Donate
Keep the trails open and free
The Regional Trail Corporation is a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Almost every dollar you give goes straight into the corridor — and every gift is tax-deductible.
Ways to give
Choose how you'd like to help
Give by mail
Send a check payable to the Regional Trail Corporation. All RTC mail goes to the PO Box below.
Regional Trail Corporation PO Box 95, 111 Collinsburg Road West Newton, PA 15089Shop the store
Every purchase from the official GAP Trail Store supports trail upkeep — and outfits you in TrailKeeper colors.
Visit the storeOther ways to give
Beyond cash and check, there are smart ways to make a bigger impact. We’re glad to walk you or your advisor through any of these.
IRA / QCD gifts
At 70½+, a qualified charitable distribution straight from your IRA can be a tax-smart way to give.
Appreciated stock
Donating securities that qualify for long-term capital-gain treatment can avoid taxes on the gains and generate a charitable deduction for the value on the date of your gift.
Donor-advised funds
Recommend a grant to RTC from your Donor-Advised Fund.
Planned gifts & bequests
Include RTC in your will or estate plan and leave a lasting trail legacy.
Tribute & memorial gifts
Give in honor or in memory of a current or past trail user.
Employer matching
Many employers match charitable gifts — an easy way to double your impact.
Interested in any of these? Email regionaltrail@comcast.net or call (724) 872-5586 and we’ll take it from there.
Direct your gift
Give to a specific chapter
Want your gift to stay with your local trail? Designate a chapter and 100% goes to them. Chapters with their own giving page are linked below; for the rest, note the chapter on your check and RTC forwards it in full.
Where your gift goes
What RTC does with your support
RTC is the backbone the local chapters lean on. We handle the administrative coordination and insurance that keep the chapters covered, and we lead the major fundraising for the big projects — trail rebuilds, surfacing, and extensions that run hundreds of thousands of dollars. The chapters do the day-to-day upkeep; your gift funds the materials, protections, and capital work that volunteer hours alone can’t cover.
- Resurfacing and grading crushed-limestone trail
- Mowing, brush clearing, and storm cleanup
- Benches, kiosks, shelters, and trailhead signage
- Fuel, parts, and equipment for volunteer crews
- Insurance coverage that keeps the chapters and corridors protected
- Securing the leases, easements, and grants that keep trails public
Your impact
What a gift makes possible
Every amount helps. Here's the kind of work different gifts support.
Covers a chapter membership and a season of supplies for one volunteer crew member.
Buys fuel and blades to keep mowers and saws running through the growing season.
Helps fund a new bench, kiosk, or signage at a trailhead where people start their ride.
Supports larger capital work — surfacing, drainage, and bridge and trailhead improvements.
With gratitude
Thank you to our supporters
RTC's work is possible thanks to the generosity of foundations, public partners, and individual donors — including some of our major funders:
- Allegheny County
- Colcom Foundation
- Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy
- Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation
- Laurel Foundation
- Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
- Richard King Mellon Foundation
- Westmoreland County
Thank you for keeping the trails there.
Every gift, large or small, is the reason the next person gets to ride, walk, or roll a trail that's open and free.