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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 68-0442986

Bay Area Barns and Trails

A private foundation in Mill Valley, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $33,255 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Morris Older
53 Southwind Circle
Richmond, CA 94804
(925) 510-3149
[email protected]
Form and materials
Bay Area Barns and Trails (BABT) provides technical and financial assistance to equestrians, public and private landowners, trails associations, and community groups working together to preserve San Francisco Bay Area equestrian stables, pastures, trails, and horse camps. BABT invites equestrians to submit funding requests for stewardship projects which will enhance equestrian trails, stables, pastures, and staging areas located in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma Counties. Preference will be given to a trail, stable, pasture, staging area or horsecamp near a creek, lake, reservoir, bay, or estuary ecosystem. Recipients will be asked to submit a report within one year documenting how monies were used and with what result. Grant seekers should contact the Organization by email to request a grant application.
Deadlines
Applications are due prior to March 1 and August 1.
Restrictions
Please contact the Organization for additional information,

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $33,255

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $276,950

  • Tax year 2024

    $39,903

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $300,304

  • Tax year 2023

    $31,210

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $322,530

  • Tax year 2022

    $30,950

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $346,327

  • Tax year 2021

    $22,200

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $370,823

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,300

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $388,771

  • Tax year 2019

    $33,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $414,398

  • Tax year 2018

    $27,935

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $447,169

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bay Area Ridge Trail CouncilBerkeley, CA

    Multi-use trail building

    $7,500
  2. Volunteers for Outdoor CaliforniaBelmont, CA

    Volunteer trail mainteance support

    $5,000
  3. Friends of Bear Creek StablesRedwood Estates, CA

    Fire resistant horse shelters

    $4,755
  4. Mounted Patrol FoundationWoodside, CA

    Trail bridge repair at Huddert Park

    $4,000
  5. Sonoma County Regional Parks FoundationWalnut Creek, CA

    Patnam park trail restoration

    $2,500
  6. Point Reyes National Seashore AssociationPoint Reyes Station, CA

    Mounted patrol officer training and interpretive signage

    $2,450
  7. Equestrian Center of Walnut CreekWalnut Creek, CA

    Roof repairs

    $2,150
  8. Sonoma Ecology CenterEldridge, CA

    For trail maintenance tools

    $2,000
  9. Equi EdSanta Rosa, CA

    Therapeutic riding program support

    $1,250
  10. Square Peg FoundationHalf Moon Bay, CA

    Riding helmets for lesson program

    $1,250
  11. Santa Clara Horsemen's AssociationSan Jose, CA

    Trail safety training event

    $400

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 $5,00047% of the total
  2. Environment2 grants $4,45042% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $1,25012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California11 grants $33,255

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Morris OlderTreasurer & Director Hours 2Pay $0
  • Janice FrazierPresident & Director Hours 2Pay $0
  • Leida SchoggenDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Sahar BartlettDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mary Page HuffyDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Amory WillisSecretary & Director Hours 2Pay $0
  • Pat McAndrewsDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bertile LegrandDirector Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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