Trailfunds
Contribute directly to trail maintenance organizations via our mobile platform
See exactly where your money makes impact
Make Your Impact Today
Our primary mission to help foster engagement between trail users and volunteer trail maintenance organizations.
Some of Our Partners
Grant Award Recognition
2025 Partners in the Outdoors Grant Award
We are honored to announce that Trailfunds has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Partners in the Outdoors Grant from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). This grant recognizes our commitment to advancing outdoor recreation and conservation in Colorado.
Grant Purpose
This funding will help cultivate partnerships that advance and balance outdoor recreation and conservation in Colorado, promote Colorado's Outdoors Strategy, and support the priority areas identified in CPW's Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP).
We extend our sincere gratitude to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for their support and recognition of Trailfunds' mission to connect trail users with maintenance organizations. This grant will enable us to further our impact in preserving and improving Colorado's trail systems.
How Does It Work?
Discover Trails in Need
When you're exploring trails, Trailfunds sends you a push notification when you're near a trailhead that needs maintenance support. You can also browse our interactive map to discover ongoing maintenance projects.
Choose Your Organization
Some trails are maintained by multiple organizations. Select the organization you'd like to support directly. Your donation goes straight to them to fund their trail maintenance work.
Make Your Donation
Choose a preset amount or enter your own custom donation amount. You can add a personalized message with your donation. With Trailfunds, 87%-93% of your donation goes directly to the trail maintenance organization.
Track Your Impact
Your personal dashboard shows all your contributions and their impact over time. You'll receive an emailed receipt for tax purposes immediately upon confirmation of your donation.
A Staggering Backlog
Severe Underfunding of Public Lands
With a deferred maintenance backlog of $23.3 billion for the National Park Service alone, public lands, including trails, suffer from significant underfunding, delaying repairs and improvements.
Reliance on Volunteers and Long Timelines
Many trail projects require years of volunteer effort, and they struggle to manage large-scale projects efficiently due to a lack of resources, leading to extended timelines for projects.
Resource Constraints for Trail Maintenance
Trail maintenance groups, which partner with agencies like the BLM and Forest Service, often operate on shoestring budgets and lack sufficient external support to carry out their critical work.
Breathe New Life into Trail Maintenance
Direct Funding for Trail Maintenance Organizations
Trailfunds provides a simple way for users to donate directly to trail maintenance organizations, helping fill the funding gaps left by underfunded public lands. The app ensures that a large portion (87%-93%) of the donation goes directly to these organizations, providing them with much-needed resources to address maintenance backlogs.
Supporting Volunteer-Driven Efforts with Technology
By offering cutting-edge technology and an easy-to-use platform, Trailfunds empowers volunteer-driven trail organizations with the tools they need to better manage and execute their projects, helping them overcome the resource constraints that typically limit their effectiveness.
Building a Community of Trail Supporters
The app connects trail users, from hikers to equestrians, allowing them to track their favorite trails, discover ongoing maintenance projects, and join a community of supporters. This collective effort ensures that trail organizations have the backing of a strong, engaged community, helping accelerate the work needed to preserve and improve trails.
Trailfunds in Action
Simple, Fast, Impactful
Trailfunds makes it easy for trail users to discover ongoing maintenance projects as you explore trails by sending a push notification when you get within a radius of a trailhead in need.
You can then directly donate to the organizations working to preserve and improve these trails with just a few taps.
With Trailfunds, 87%-93% of your donation directly supports trail organizations.
As you contribute, you join a community of passionate trail supporters, helping to bridge the funding gap and provide essential resources to volunteer-driven groups.
Trail organizations are able to visualize contributions made and track progress on project goals.
Trailfunds makes it simple to make a real impact on the trails that matter most to you.
In the Media
Trailfunds Helps Hikers Support Trail Maintenance
Backpacker Magazine highlights how Trailfunds is revolutionizing trail maintenance funding.
New App Aims to Connect Colorado Trail Users to Nonprofits
Denver 7 News interviews our Head of Operations, Chris Rizzo, about Trailfunds' mission to support trail maintenance.
PCTA Drastically Reduces Trail Work Due to Federal Funding Cuts
Backpacker reports on how federal budget cuts are forcing the PCTA to scale back trail maintenance, highlighting the urgent need for alternative funding solutions.
