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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-1214808

The Backcountry Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $626,952 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $626,952

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $4,496,709

  • Tax year 2024

    $666,300

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,361,398

  • Tax year 2023

    $335,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,294,194

  • Tax year 2022

    $868,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,440,737

  • Tax year 2021

    $586,137

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $5,605,543

  • Tax year 2020

    $721,271

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,965,509

  • Tax year 2019

    $895,217

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,390,558

  • Tax year 2018

    $946,887

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,802,600

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. USA Nordic SportPark City, UT

    General

    $414,952
  2. Innerscience Research FundYelm, WA

    General

    $72,000
  3. Individual

    General

    $50,000
  4. Nuclear Threat InitiativeWashington, DC

    General

    $50,000
  5. Let It GrowNew York, NY

    General

    $25,000
  6. St Stephens Episcopal SchoolAustin, TX

    General

    $5,000
  7. Nansen Ski ClubBerlin, NH

    General

    $5,000
  8. Casa Montessori CDC IncAustin, TX

    General

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $414,95276% of the total
  2. Science and technology1 grant $72,00013% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $50,0009% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $5,000<1% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah1 grant $414,952
  2. Washington1 grant $72,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  4. New York1 grant $25,000
  5. Texas2 grants $10,000
  6. New Hampshire1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • James H HollandTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Joseph J HollandTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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