Nonprofit · EIN 13-1771421
TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC
Tax-exempt · BROOKLYN, NY 11225
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,774,139 | $3,189,897 | -$415,758 | $3,199,608 | $1,255,598 | $1,944,010 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,965,113 | $3,633,779 | -$668,666 | $2,993,975 | $757,627 | $2,236,348 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $4,270,295 | $4,609,236 | -$338,941 | $3,944,414 | $964,294 | $2,980,120 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,374,815
- of which government grants
- $454,266
- Program service revenue
- $1,409,378
- Investment income
- $46,055
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$15,052
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$113,458
- Other revenue
- -$56,109
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $357,528
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,487,827
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,137,466
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $64,483
- Occupancy
- $178,550
- Travel
- $68,414
- Depreciation
- $62,652
- Program services (functional)
- $2,734,855
- Management and general (functional)
- $274,187
- Fundraising (functional)
- $180,855
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,993,975
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,199,608
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,255,598
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,944,010
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $236,758
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,533,304
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $385,777
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,558,233
- Gross receipts
- $3,264,881
- Employees
- 179
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1887
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHANNA GUMAER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $150,000 |
| TIFFANY CATON | DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Officer | 40 | $102,408 |
| JOSH BORKIN | DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS Officer | 40 | $98,075 |
| FRANK NOLAN | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JANELL WISE | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BRANDON COOPERMAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| EAMONN JOHNSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ALIA ABBAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PRIYA BAJAJ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHAY BERGMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LYNDON BRAGANZA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LUCIA DEMPSEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AOIFE DUNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FAN HUANG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE KEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
10 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELE KELBER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB KLEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EREZ LEVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LOUIS MILEA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT SCHWEITZER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COLLEEN SEBRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MADISON SKINNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEANNENE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRITTANY STEVENSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHANNA GUMAER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $161,538 |
| TIFFANY CATON | DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Officer | 40 | $98,603 |
| JOSH BORKIN | DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS Officer | 40 | $95,911 |
| JANELL WISE | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LOUIS MILEA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| EAMONN JOHNSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ALIA ABBAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PRIYA BAJAJ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHAY BERGMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LYNDON BRAGANZA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LUCIA DEMPSEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AOIFE DUNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE KEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB KLEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EREZ LEVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FRANK NOLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT SCHWEITZER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COLLEEN SEBRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MADISON SKINNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIEL PEERBOOMS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Former | 40 | $149,804 |
| JOSH BORKIN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $81,300 |
| LOUIS MILEA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ALIA ABBAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PRIYA BAJAJ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHAY BERGMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LYNDON BRAGANZA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LUCIA DEMPSEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EREZ LEVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EAMONN JOHNSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| AOIFE DUNA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB KLEIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS MACIOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FRANK NOLAN | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBERT SCHWEITZER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VASILIS VARSAKOPOULOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COLLEEN SEBRA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS SHEAFFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JANELL WISE | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 495A FLATBUSH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225-3783
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SHANNA GUMAER, 495A FLATBUSH AVENUE, BROOKYLN, NY 11225
- Signed the 990
- SHANNA GUMAER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (212) 529-5113
- Website
- TRAILBLAZERS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC
Mission
THROUGH OUTDOOR EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, TRAIL BLAZERS STRIVE TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUES AND LIFE SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR PRODUCTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN YOUNG PEOPLE.
Program accomplishments
- EXPANSION OF DAY CAMP PROGRAM, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OVERNIGHT PROGRAM- EACH PROGRAM HAS GROWN RAPIDLY SINCE ENSURING EACH DAY IS FILLED WITH OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WITH A SCHEDULE DETERMINED BY THE INTERESTS OF THE GROUP.OUTDOOR EXPERIMENTAL ADVENTURES- EACH SUMMER, CHILDREN FROM THE TRI-STATE AREA COME TO TRAILBLAZERS TO EXPERIENCE A UNIQUE ADVENTURE IN WHICH THEY ENGAGE IN A VARIETY OF ADVENTURE-BASED ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, SELF-CONFIDENCE, EMPATHY, PEACEFUL CONFLICT RESOLUTION, COMMUNICATION, AND LOVE OF LEARNING.ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION- TRAIL BLAZER'S PROGRAMS EMPHASIZE A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS LEAVE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS EVERYWHERE WE LIVE, WORK, AND LEARN, RATHER THAN SOMETHING WE GET AWAY TO. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF NEW JERSEY, WE OFFER CUSTOM PROGRAMS IN THE FORM OF OVERNIGHT TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.Expenses $2,734,855 · revenue $1,409,378
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-1771421
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1937
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Youth development (O500)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,199,608
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,264,881
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $2,774,139 | $3,189,897 | $3,199,608 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $2,965,113 | $3,633,779 | $2,993,975 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $4,270,295 | $4,609,236 | $3,944,414 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $4,438,438 | $4,333,611 | $3,954,845 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-1771421).
Questions about TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC
- What is the EIN of TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC is 13-1771421.
- Is TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1937.
- Are donations to TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names SHANNA GUMAER.
- Who are the officers and directors of TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 25 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $150,000 (SHANNA GUMAER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does TRAIL BLAZER CAMPS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,774,139, expenses of $3,189,897 and total assets of $3,199,608 at year end.
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