MARICOPA TRAIL AND PARK FOUNDATION

Phoenix, AZ | www.mctpf.org

Mission

The Maricopa Trail + Park Foundation is dedicated to protecting, promoting, developing and maintaining the Maricopa Trail and one of the nation's largest parks systems for current and future generations.

Notes from the nonprofit

The Foundation was started nearly a decade ago with an anonymous contribution from an individual who wanted to help preserve the Maricopa County Parks system and the Maricopa Trail. The Foundation is managed by the nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization's Board of Directors and is not a membership organization. The Foundation advocates to protect the natural heritage of the region; provides information and education; partners to provide important recreational facilities and amenities; and provides stewardship assistance through volunteer programs. The Foundation also serves as a partner with all of the Regional Parks "Friends Groups" who volunteer to assist their specific Regional Park's Nature Center, participate in fund raising activities, and provide volunteer leadership and volunteer park and trail maintenance activities.

Ruling year info

2012

President

Mr. Brian Derrick

Board Member-at-Lare

Mr. Mitchell J. Klein

Main address

805 N 4th Ave Unit 703

Phoenix, AZ 85003 USA

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EIN

20-0707991

NTEE code info

Land Resources Conservation (C34)

Parks and Playgrounds (N32)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Increase proceeds and reduce expenses for the organization's primary annual fundraising event in 2021. The Prickly Pedal Mountain Bike Race experienced 20% growth in the number of participants and spectators from year one to year five. Due to the COVID-19 guidelines, our Foundation was unable to conduct its premier annual fundraising event. The Foundation's other program is seeking $300,000 in federal grant Economic Development Administration funding to establish a 5-year effort to increase economic development in 27 partnership communities' tourism revenues, promote growth in existing and new businesses and job growth to help overcome the pandemic losses of our partnership communities by marketing the recreational benefits of the Maricopa Trail systems for their community residents' physical and mental health.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

DIY Prickly Pedal Challenge on the Maricopa Trail

This is a competitive mountain bike virtual challenge race on a 40-mile segment of the 315-mile Maricopa Trail, which circles Maricopa County in Arizona and connects 10 Maricopa County Regional Parks. January 23, 2016 is the date of the first inaugural Prickly Pedal 40-mile mountain bike race, which is being held in Maricopa County, Arizona. The event is anticipated to attract mountain bike, hiking, trail running, and equestrian enthusiasts from around the nation. A Prickly Pedal Fun Run 7-mile mountain bike event is also offered for families and youth in conjunction with this event.

Pricky Pedal Mountain Bike Race on the Maricopa Trail

Annual fundraising event that attracts 300-500 mountain bike racers from across the nation. This is a USA Cycling sponsored race that requires skilled mountain bikers and is 40-50 miles in length.

Population(s) Served

Adults

Maricopa Trail Communities Program

A County-wide program to connect the Maricopa Trail to 24 communities in Maricopa County that provides access to the ten Maricopa County Regional Parks comprised of 160,000 acres of open space and more than 500 miles of recreational trails.

Population(s) Served

Adults

Economically disadvantaged people

Maricopa Trail Stewardship Program

The Stewardship Program involves 30-40 volunteer Segment Stewards who maintain 5-15 mile segments of the 315-mle Maricopa Trail that forms a continuous loop that connects the 10 Maricopa County Regional Parks that total 120,000 acres of open space lands, mountain ranges, national forest lands, canal systems, mountain preserves, and more than 500 miles of recreational trails for all non-motorized trail users.

Population(s) Served

Family relationships

Adults

Children and youth

Ethnic and racial groups

Health

Family relationships

Adults

Children and youth

Ethnic and racial groups

Health

Where we work

External reviews

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

What is the organization aiming to accomplish?

Greater growth in individual and corporate event sponsor donations and grants to support the increased marketing expenses of the organization's annual fundraising event and programs to help bring increased business, tourism and jobs back from the pandemic-created losses to the 27 community partners along the route of the Maricopa Trail.

What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?

Work toward attraction of local, state, regional, national and international event registrations that will bring more national event sponsors and expand awareness for the primary annual fundraising event.

What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?

Very strong support and the success realized in the development of new government grants, sponsorships and memorandums of agreements that were signed during the previous calendar year

What have they accomplished so far and what's next?

Developed more than 80 partnerships with other organizations, government agencies, and user groups in the past two years, and the next steps will involve the expansion of the number of corporate and organizational sponsors for the annual fundraising event and the potential for increasing the primary annual fundraising event to multi-day events.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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MARICOPA TRAIL AND PARK FOUNDATION

Board of directors
as of 12/03/2020

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Board co-chair