Public Charity

PALMETTO TRAIL

PALMETTO TRAIL is a Public Charity headquartered in COLUMBIA, SC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.0M revenue, $3.2M expenses, $6.6M total assets. 23 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 570907043 COLUMBIA, SC Land Resources Conservation NTEE: C34 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$3.2M
Total Assets$6.6M
Grant Records23
Funding Total$2.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION FOR SOUTH CAROLINA'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE RECREATION ON THE PALMETTO TRAIL AND OTHER TRAIL YSTEMS THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, RACE, CREED, AGE OR ABILITY.

Where $100 goes at Palmetto Trail

How Palmetto Trail divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
The Palmetto Trail is dedicated to building, protecting and maintaining a statewide multi-use nature based trail that provides a continuous trail spanning from the mountains to the sea…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD CHAIRM Dr Tracy Macpherson
VICE CHAIR Grady Johnson
BOARD MEMBER Jeffrey Archie
BOARD MEMBER Jess Powell
EXECUTIVE DI Mary Roe
BOARD MEMBER Mikee Johnson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,758,665 17 grants
Arts & Culture
$150,000 2 grants
Animal Welfare
$75,000 1 grant
Environment & Conservation
$9,500 1 grant
Unspecified
$5,243 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.0M $3.2M $6.6M
2024 $1.9M $2.4M $7.1M
2023 $3.0M $1.4M $7.3M
2022 $829K $1.1M $5.9M
2021 $1.2M $897K $8.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.2M to $3.0M (+152%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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