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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 FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$733kRecreation & Sports$51kEmployment$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $78,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $90,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$9,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Mountaineers$50,000
Surfrider Foundation$9,000
American Whitewater$9,000
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance$5,000
Washington Trails Association$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Winter Wildlands Alliance: $23k → 8%Winter Wildlands Alliance: $23k → 8%Winter Wildlands Alliance: $21k → 8%Winter Wildlands Alliance: $18k → 8%Winter Wildlands Alliance: $14k → 8%Winter Wildlands Alliance: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$762k · 11 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$762k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+51%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    THE MOUNTAINEERS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $269k · revenue +23%
  • AW
    American Whitewater
    9× · 2017–2025 · $167k · revenue +44%
  • WW
    WINTER WILDLANDS ALLIANCE INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $108k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • MB
    Mountain Bike the Tetons Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • CA
    CULTIVATE ABILITY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • WC
    Washington Climbers Coalitiongraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +51%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
International Mountain Bicycling Association Central Wyoming Trails Alliance

CWTA seeks to preserve, protect, and promote mountain biking, trail running, hiking and equestrian access on public and publicly accessible private lands. Through effective communication and education, we advocate for diverse use…

Recreation & Sports
2
Methow Valley Trails Collaborative

Enhancing sustainable trail experiences in the Methow Valley.

Environment
3
Colorado Mountain Bike Association

COMBA is dedicated to protecting and improving mountain biking on the Colorado Front Range.

Recreation & Sports
4
Pacific Crest Trail Association

The pacific crest trail association's mission is to advocate for the pacific crest trail as an inspirational outdoor experience, to connect people to the pct, and to conserve the trail.

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5
Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

The Boulder Mountainbike Alliance exists to serve as a positive voice for mountain biking in the greater Boulder County, Colorado area by improving the trail experience for all users through social rides and events, advocacy, and trail…

Recreation & Sports
6
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition

Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition's (WMBC) mission is to preserve and enhance bicycle trail access in Whatcom County through stewardship, education, and advocacy.WMBC is a federal non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We work with many diverse…

Recreation & Sports
7
Overland Mountain Bike Association

Promote and support skills and safety for mountain biking in and around the front range of northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. This includes trail upkeep and expansion and safe biking education.

Recreation & Sports
8
Outdoor Alliance

Our mission is to unite the voices of outdoor enthusiasts to protect the humanpowered outdoor recreation experience and conserve Americas public lands.

Environment
9
Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association

TAMBA is dedicated to the stewardship of sustainable, multiple-use trails and to preserving access for mountain bikers through advocacy, education and promotion of responsible trail use. TAMBA is primarily a trail building…

Recreation & Sports
10
Appalachian Mountain Club

Since 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club has promoted the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of the Appalachian region. We are the nation's oldest outdoor recreation and conservation…

Environment
11
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association

The VVMTA's mission is to connect our coummunity to the outdoors through sustainable recreation. The VVMTA advocates for soft surface trails, manages trail stewardship programs, maintains and builds trails, coordinates and trains…

Environment
12
Falls Creek Wildlands and Trails

Falls Creek Wildlands and Trails FCWT promotes conservation stewardship and responsible recreation in the Falls Creek area through trail development and maintenance environmental restoration and preservation projects and educational…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mountaineers; the most unlike its peers is Cultivate Ability. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MOUNTAINEERS: $268,961 · EnvironmentTHE MOUNTAINEERSAmerican Whitewater: $167,150 · EnvironmentAmerican WhitewaterTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $48,500 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION+3 more: $28,780 · Environment+3 moreTHE ACCESS FUND: $86,400 · OtherTHE ACCESS FUNDTHE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB: $11,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN ALPI…WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherWASHINGTON TRAILS…CORBA-CONCERNED OFF-ROAD BICYCLISTS: $9,350 · OtherCORBA-CONCERNED O…CULTIVATE ABILITY: $5,000 · OtherWINTER WILDLANDS ALLIANCE INC: $107,671 · Human ServicesWINTER WILDLAND…International Mountain Bicycling Association: $27,750 · Recreation & SportsMountain Bike the Tetons Inc: $13,000 · Recreation & SportsWashington Climbers Coalition: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Environment$513,391Other$121,750Human Services$107,671Recreation & Sports$45,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MOUNTAINEERS: $268,961 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Whitewater: $167,150 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetWINTER WILDLANDS ALLIANCE INC: $107,671 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetTHE ACCESS FUND: $86,400 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $48,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Mountain Bicycling Association: $27,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEvergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMountain Bike the Tetons Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB: $10,580 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORBA-CONCERNED OFF-ROAD BICYCLISTS: $9,350 over 2y, 15% of budgetCULTIVATE ABILITY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWashington Climbers Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMountainTrue: $3,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

PatagoniaorgClif Family FoundationThe Denver FoundationSeattle FoundationThe Wilderness SocietyGe Aerospace Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…National Philanthropi…
PatagoniaorgCA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Outdoor Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Outdoor Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • American Whitewater: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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