Nonprofit · EIN 39-6076028
ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE
Tax-exempt · CROSS PLAINS, WI 53528
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,993,823 | $3,348,761 | $1,645,062 | $17,634,354 | $323,085 | $17,311,269 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $4,141,742 | $3,086,129 | $1,055,613 | $15,846,857 | $498,050 | $15,348,807 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,507,133
- of which government grants
- $397,472
- Membership dues
- $555,616
- Program service revenue
- $211,851
- Investment income
- $133,613
- Net rental income
- $8,950
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $3,984
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $89,502
- Other revenue
- $141,226
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $140,519
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,200,926
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,613,527
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $32,581
- Occupancy
- $61,860
- Travel
- $66,022
- Depreciation
- $92,929
- Program services (functional)
- $2,685,926
- Management and general (functional)
- $408,140
- Fundraising (functional)
- $254,695
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $15,846,857
- Total assets, end of year
- $17,634,354
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $323,085
- Net assets, end of year
- $17,311,269
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $11,424,644
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,187,601
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $9,277,466
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $8,033,803
- Gross receipts
- $5,511,804
- Employees
- 27
- Volunteers
- 2,000
- Year formed
- 1958
- State of legal domicile
- WI
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUKE KLOBERDANZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO Officer | 40 | $136,018 | $4,501 |
| KEVIN THUSIUS | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LAND CONSERVATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,852 | $3,347 |
| JOHN KOLBE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HOFF | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATTY DREIER | PRESIDENT (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANA CHABOT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB MALEWICKI | VP PHILANTHROPY/PRESIDENT ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN SWANSON | VICE PRESIDENT GOVERNANCE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GLASSER | VICE PRESIDENT PERSONNEL Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDSAY BERNHAGEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIE BOUCHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTY KANTER-CRONIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT LINGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY ONOFREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FRED STADLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RON RETZEK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELLEN DROUGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LINDA MERTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUE GREENWAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ED MADERE | DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT FUNK | DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY PETERSON | DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM YANACHECK | DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUKE KLOBERDANZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO Officer | 40 | $120,073 | $3,482 |
| KEVIN THUSIUS | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LAND CONSERVATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,023 | $2,885 |
| JOHN KOLBE | VP PERSONNEL/PRESIDENT ELECT/PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATTY DREIER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB MALEWICKI | VP PHILANTHROPY/PRESIDENT ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANA CHABOT | DIRECTOR/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MAUREEN SKELTON | TREASURER (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUE GREENWAY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GLASSER | DIRECTOR/VP PERSONNEL Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT FUNK | VICE PRESIDENT GOVERNANCE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM YANACHECK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN SWANSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT LINGEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FRED STADLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLEN DROUGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA MERTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ED MADERE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HOFF | DIRECTOR (BEGAN APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RON RETZEK | DIRECTOR (BEGAN APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW UNDERWOOD | DIRECTOR (THRU APRIL) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEG SCHMITZ LAYTON | DIRECTOR (THRU SEPT) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2110 MAIN ST, CROSS PLAINS, WI 53528-9596
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LUKE KLOBERDANZ, 2110 MAIN ST, CROSS PLAINS, WI 53528
- Signed the 990
- LUKE KLOBERDANZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
- Phone
- (608) 798-4453
- Website
- WWW.ICEAGETRAIL.ORG
- Return prepared by
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE ALLIANCE IS TO CONSERVE, CREATE, MAINTAIN, AND PROMOTE THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.
Program accomplishments
- TRAILS - THE ALLIANCE HAS BUILT AND MAINTAINSED MORE THAN 700 MILES OF THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL. ALLIANCE STAFF COORDINATE THIS EFFORT AMONG 19 VOLUNTEER CHAPTERS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. IN ADDITION TO TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, STEWARDSHIP, AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE ALLIANCE ADDED APPOXIMATELY 6.7 MILES OF NEW TRAIL AND STARTED THE PROCESS TO BUILD ANOTHER 15 NEW MILES IN THE FUTURE. ALL TOLD, THE ALLIANCE'S 1,986 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 103,439 HOURS - A NEW RECORD.Expenses $1,076,699
- LANDS - THE ALLIANCE COMPLETED ELEVEN LAND TRANSACTIONS WHILE HELPING PARTNERS COMPLETE THREE ADDITIONAL ACQUISITIONS AND THEREBY PROTECTED 188 ACRES OF LAND AND ADDED AN ESTIMATED 3.2 MILES OF FUTURE TRAIL. PROPERTIES WERE PROTECTED IN BOTH FEE AND EASEMENT. ALL THESE LANDS WILL HOST A VARIETY OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCLUDE THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL. THE ALLIANCE ALSO HOSTED 3 HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, DESIGNED TO REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES, COLLECTED 308 POUNDS OF NATIVE SEEDS, AND BURNED MORE THAN 300 ACRES.Expenses $859,958
- OUTREACH - THE ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO ENGAGE NEW MEMBERS AND TRAIL USERS. 2024 INCLUDED THE 5TH MAMMOTH HIKE CHALLENGE WITH MORE THAN 9,000 REGISTRANTS WITH 78% BEING NEW. OUR SAUNTERS AND THINK OUTSIDE YOUTH EDUCATION WORK DREW MORE THAN 10,000 YOUTH TO THE TRAIL. WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES DESIGNATED AS ICE AGE TRAIL COMMUNITIES TO 24. MEMBERSHIP CONTINUED TO GROW TO 6,945 MEMBERS. ICE AGE TRAIL LICENSE PLATES CONTINUE TO GENERATE REVENUE AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ALLIANCE.Expenses $749,269 · revenue $212,247
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 39-6076028
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1961
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $17,634,354
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,511,804
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $4,993,823 | $3,348,761 | $17,634,354 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $4,141,742 | $3,086,129 | $15,846,857 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,491,175 | $2,855,876 | $14,186,057 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 39-6076028).
Questions about ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE
- What is the EIN of ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE is 39-6076028.
- Is ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1961.
- Are donations to ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE 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 ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names LUKE KLOBERDANZ.
- Who are the officers and directors of ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 23 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $136,018 (LUKE KLOBERDANZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO).
- How much revenue does ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,993,823, expenses of $3,348,761 and total assets of $17,634,354 at year end.
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