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12 funders with a record of paying for “avalanche”

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Community Foundation of Jackson Hole → Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center Foundation: $328K across 3 grants, latest 2024Jackson Hole Snow Devils Inc → Community Foundation of Jh: $152K across 3 grants, latest 2023Shipley Foundation Inc #0755496 → Colorado-Rapid Avalanche Deployment: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Islands Fund → Northwest Avalanche Center: $145K across 3 grants, latest 2024First Ascent Charitable Foundation → Friends of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center: $120K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Alaska Community Foundation → Alaska Avalanche School: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2022Seattle Foundation → Northwest Avalanche Center: $16K across 5 grants, latest 2023Chris Mikesell Foundation → Crested Butte Avalanche Center Inc: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation → 7)aiare: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Inc → Central Oregon Avalanche Assn: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tatar Family Foundation → Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center: $9K across 4 grants, latest 2025Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation → Northwest Avalanche Center: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025First Ascent Charitable Foundation → American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Inc: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Alaska Community Foundation → Alaska Avalanche Information Center Inc: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Jackson Hole → Teton Avalanche Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation → 9)crested Butte Avalanche Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Inc → Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tatar Family Foundation → American Institute for Avalanche Research and Educ: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2025Seattle Foundation → Telluride Mountain Club: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation → Sierra Avalanche Center: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Alaska Community Foundation → Friends of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche I: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Foundation of Jackson Hole → Women in the Tetons Jackson Hole Babe Force: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Inc → Friends of Payette Avalanche Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation → 5)crested Butte Avalanche Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Alaska Community Foundation → Friends of Chugach National Forest Avalanche Infor: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Alaska Community Foundation → Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Alaska Community Foundation → Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Alaska Community Foundation → American Institute for Avalanche Research and Educ: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Alaska Community Foundation → Jr Avalanche Hockey Association: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation → 3)aiare: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Community Foundation of Jackson Hole: $350K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Jacks…$350KFirst Ascent Charitable Foundation: $210K on this topic. Open the funder.First Ascent Charitable Found…$210KJackson Hole Snow Devils Inc: $152K on this topic. Open the funder.Jackson Hole Snow Devils Inc$152KShipley Foundation Inc #0755496: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Shipley Foundation Inc #07554…$150KIslands Fund: $145K on this topic. Open the funder.Islands Fund$145KThe Alaska Community Foundation: $132K on this topic. Open the funder.The Alaska Community Foundati…$132KAmerican Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.American Institute for Avalan…$30KJean Thomas Lambert Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder.Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation$28KSeattle Foundation: $22K on this topic. Open the funder.Seattle Foundation$22KTatar Family Foundation: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.Tatar Family Foundation$16KChris Mikesell Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Chris Mikesell Foundation$12KDouglas and Maria Bayer Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Douglas and Maria Bayer Found…$8KBridger-Teton Avalanche Center Foundation: received $328K on this topicBridger-Teton Avalanche Center…$328KNorthwest Avalanche Center: received $165K on this topicNorthwest Avalanche Center$165KCommunity Foundation of Jh: received $152K on this topicCommunity Foundation of Jh$152KColorado-Rapid Avalanche Deployment: received $150K on this topicColorado-Rapid Avalanche Deploy…$150KFriends of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center: received $120K on this topicFriends of the Colorado Avalanc…$120KAmerican Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Inc: received $90K on this topicAmerican Institute for Avalanch…$90KAlaska Avalanche School: received $31K on this topicAlaska Avalanche School$31KAlaska Avalanche Information Center Inc: received $25K on this topicAlaska Avalanche Information Ce…$25KFriends of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche I: received $23K on this topicFriends of the Chugach National…$23KFriends of Chugach National Forest Avalanche Infor: received $18K on this topicFriends of Chugach National For…$18KHatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc: received $12K on this topicHatcher Pass Avalanche Center I…$12KCrested Butte Avalanche Center Inc: received $12K on this topicCrested Butte Avalanche Center…$12KTeton Avalanche Inc: received $11K on this topicTeton Avalanche Inc$11KWomen in the Tetons Jackson Hole Babe Force: received $11K on this topicWomen in the Tetons Jackson Hol…$11K7)aiare: received $10K on this topic7)aiare$10KCentral Oregon Avalanche Assn: received $10K on this topicCentral Oregon Avalanche Assn$10K9)crested Butte Avalanche Center: received $10K on this topic9)crested Butte Avalanche Center$10KFriends of the Utah Avalanche Center: received $10K on this topicFriends of the Utah Avalanche C…$10KFriends of Payette Avalanche Center: received $10K on this topicFriends of Payette Avalanche Ce…$10KHatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc: received $10K on this topicHatcher Pass Avalanche Center I…$10KFriends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center: received $9K on this topicFriends of Colorado Avalanche I…$9KAmerican Institute for Avalanche Research and Educ: received $8K on this topicAmerican Institute for Avalanch…$8KAmerican Institute for Avalanche Research and Educ: received $7K on this topicAmerican Institute for Avalanch…$7KTelluride Mountain Club: received $6K on this topicTelluride Mountain Club$6KJr Avalanche Hockey Association: received $5K on this topicJr Avalanche Hockey Association$5K5)crested Butte Avalanche Center: received $5K on this topic5)crested Butte Avalanche Center$5KSierra Avalanche Center: received $4K on this topicSierra Avalanche Center$4K3)aiare: received $3K on this topic3)aiare$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →