Catskill Forest Association INC

Tax-deductible

Arkville, NY501(c)(3)Since 1982EIN 22-2464884

The mission of the catskill forest association is to promote forest stewardship in the catskill region by forest landowners, timber harvesters, foresters, and the general public. The association advocates quality forest management practices, for the purpose of improving the health of the forest, preventing threats to the forest ecosystem, and supporting conservation efforts.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 41 volunteers and 9 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$92K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$370K
48% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 48% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$799K
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$732K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$400K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$799K
FY2025▲ +7%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$601K
FY2021$564K
FY2022$658K
FY2023$652K
FY2024$748K
FY2025$799K
Expenses
$732K
FY2025▼ -1%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$547K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$656K
FY2023$765K
FY2024$742K
FY2025$732K
Net assets
$400K
FY2025▲ +22%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$420K
FY2021$417K
FY2022$399K
FY2023$291K
FY2024$327K
FY2025$400K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1986.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $541K Management & general 26% · $191K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $92K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$91,732Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dec Liaison
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ryan Trapani$91,732$92,476$86,311$91,749$83,279$83,279

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes forest stewardship and quality management for healthier ecosystems and conservation.

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1 program service account for $541K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
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The teaching of proper management of forests to landowners, foresters,timber harvesters, industry, and the general public, including the improvement of forests for wildlife, recreation, aesthetics and better growth of standing timber by selecting, trimming and harvesting trees.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$799K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$434K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$255K
Investment incomeLn 3$109K
Money outPt IX
$732K
Ln 25
Programscol B$541K
Managementcol C$191K
Owns and owesPt X
$400K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$245K
Total assetsLn 16$771K
LiabilitiesLn 26$370K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$434K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$255K
Investment incomeLn 3$109K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$106K
Total revenueLn 12$799K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1
SavingsLn 2$245K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$245K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$58K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$465K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$771K
LiabilitiesLn 26$370K
Net assetsLn 32$400K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 641
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$70K$245K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$50K$58K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$593K$465K
Total assetsLn 16$727K$771K
LiabilitiesLn 26$399K$370K
Net assetsLn 32$327K$400K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$92K$69K$23K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$214K$160K$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$132K$99K$33K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$18K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12K$9K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$12K$9K$3K
TravelLn 17$16K$12K$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$785
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$37K$28K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$10K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$146K$109K$36K
All other expensesLn 24e$30K$14K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$732K$541K$191K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $799K$732K$68K$400K 990 PDF
FY2024 $748K$742K$6K$327K 990 PDF
FY2023 $652K$765K−$113K$291K 990 PDF
FY2022 $658K$656K$2K$399K 990 PDF
FY2021 $564K$567K−$3K$417K 990 PDF
FY2020 $601K$547K$54K$420K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $799,390 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$605 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$433,930
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$433,930
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $155,570 · Excluded from tax $99,231$254,801
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,372$3,372
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $106,014$106,014
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,878$1,878
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $262,857 · Excluded from tax $102,603$799,390
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $731,766 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $68,799 · Management $22,933$91,732
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $160,249 · Management $53,417$213,666
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $99,292 · Management $33,098$132,390
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,307 · Management $6,103$24,410
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,782 · Management $2,927$11,709
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,096 · Management $3,032$12,128
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,002 · Management $4,000$16,002
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,356 · Management $785$3,141
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $27,853 · Management $9,285$37,138
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,294 · Management $3,431$13,725
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $109,178 · Management $36,391$145,569
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,397 · Management $15,759$30,156
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $540,605 · Management $191,161 · Fundraising $0$731,766
Part X · Balance sheet $770,753 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$1
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $69,509$245,496
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,201$1,529
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $536$536
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $592,747$465,188
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $49,773$58,003
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $726,766$770,753
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,322$116
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $54,709$47,263
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $399,399$370,471
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $327,367$400,282
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $327,367$400,282
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $726,766$770,753
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $400,282 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$799,390
XI-2 Total expenses$731,766
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$67,624
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$327,367
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,291
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$400,282

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