SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN TRAILS COUNCIL INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $69K · expenses $78K · assets $172K

EIN
95-3911604
Address
PO BOX 345, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91376-0345
Website
HTTPS://SMMTC.ORG
NTEE code
N32 Parks and Playgrounds (Recreation and Sports) published (IRS Business Master File, as N320)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 1986 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
SHERYL PHELPS (its 2022 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2022 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS TRAILS COUNCIL, A VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS DEDICATED TO ESTABLISHING, PRESERVING AND MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC TRAIL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT AREAS THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 1 person listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

1 person listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Peter Sullivan Treasurer2022-2025 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER SULLIVAN Treasurer0 $0-- $01
2024 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER SULLIVAN Treasurer0 $0-- $01
2023 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER SULLIVAN Treasurer0 $0-- $01
2022 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PETER SULLIVAN Treasurer0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$69,036$77,501 $171,607$171,607 $52,718$16,318 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,060$67,588 $170,072$170,072 $48,194$19,866 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$73,596$63,435 $169,567$169,567 $57,761$15,835 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$65,374$37,458 $169,405$169,405 $50,124$15,250 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $37,240 in all, tax years 2016 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
AMERICAN HIKING SOCIETY $21,8002 $16,8002017 2016-2017 Public charity Exact
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VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $15,0001 $15,0002019 2019 DAF sponsor Exact
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION $4404 $752023 2020-2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN TRAILS COUNCIL INC”
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FRIENDS OF CAMP SACRAMENTOCAN32 $60,264$79,146 Member$0 Same NTEE code N32, revenue within 2x, same state
JOHN STACY LYONS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INCCAN32 $96,474$62,923 CEO$0 Same NTEE code N32, revenue within 2x, same state
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LOS ANGELES RIVER STATE PARK PARTNERSCAN32 $92,328$217,179 Former Executive Director$26,497 Same NTEE code N32, revenue within 2x, same state
BALLONA DISCOVERY PARK PARTNERSCAN32 $50,580$36,489 TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code N32, revenue within 2x, same state
UKIAH VALLEY TRAIL GROUPCAN32 $89,921$76,591 Director$0 Same NTEE code N32, revenue within 2x, same state
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING $10,857,26925 10DAF sponsor2014–2024 CITY FIELDS FOUNDATION; MOHAWK VALLEY STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL; FRIENDS OF STEVENS CREEK TRAIL; FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO PARKS and 6 more
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION $1,674,1773 1DAF sponsor2010–2012 CITY FIELDS FOUNDATION
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $1,338,7005 4DAF sponsor2011–2024 FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO PARKS; CITY FIELDS FOUNDATION; LOS ANGELES RIVER STATE PARK PARTNERS; FRIENDS OF STEVENS CREEK TRAIL
LGA FAMILY FOUNDATION $500,0002 1Private foundation2022–2023 CASTLE ROCK PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION
RIVERVIEW FOUNDATION INC $445,0005 1Private foundation2017–2022 FIREFLY TRAIL INC
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $417,66123 16DAF sponsor2016–2024 NORTH HAVEN VILLAGE PARK AND TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC; NOBLE TRAILS INC; FUND FOR CAPE MAY INC; FRIENDS OF OCONOMOWOC PARKS AND TRAILS INC and 12 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $77,501 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $77,501 100.0%
Total$77,501100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $67,588 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $62,088 91.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $5,500 8.1%
Total$67,588100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $63,435 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $63,435 100.0%
Total$63,435100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $37,458 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $37,458 100.0%
Total$37,458100%

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