Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Outdoor Alliance
Our mission is to unite the voices of outdoor enthusiasts to protect the humanpowered outdoor recreation experience and conserve Americas public lands.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $78k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Outdoor Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $91k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $127k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $130k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $115k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $123k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $52k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $41k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mountaineers | $268,961 | 5 | 1% |
| American Whitewater | $167,150 | 9 | 2% |
| Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc | $107,671 | 6 | 4% |
| The Access Fund | $86,400 | 6 | 1% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $48,500 | 6 | 0% |
| International Mountain Bicycling Association | $27,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mountain Bike the Tetons Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The American Alpine Club | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Colorado Mountain Club | $10,580 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mountaineers | $268,961 | 5 | 1% |
| American Whitewater | $167,150 | 9 | 2% |
| Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc | $107,671 | 6 | 4% |
| The Access Fund | $86,400 | 6 | 1% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $48,500 | 6 | 0% |
| International Mountain Bicycling Association | $27,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mountain Bike the Tetons Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The American Alpine Club | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Colorado Mountain Club | $10,580 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Trails Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Corba-Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists | $9,350 | 2 | 15% |
| Cultivate Ability | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Washington Climbers Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| MountainTrue | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Outdoor Alliance supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Clif Family Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Wilderness Society · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Outdoor Alliance
- How much does Outdoor Alliance give?
- Outdoor Alliance reported 5 itemized grants totaling $78,000, out of $90,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Outdoor Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (93%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Employment (1%).
- Who are Outdoor Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Mountaineers ($269k), American Whitewater ($167k), Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc ($108k).
- Does Outdoor Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Outdoor Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, Clif Family Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Outdoor Alliance based?
- Outdoor Alliance is based in DC.
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