Colorado · Nonprofit
Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc
Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,257 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($84,943). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc does
Mission
To coordinate and conduct search and rescue operations in Alamosa County. "so that others may live"
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
AVSAR is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that works in conjunction with the Alamosa County Sheriff's Office. AVSAR serves Alamosa County for all search and rescue needs, primarily on the Blanca Massif, which features three of the state's 14,000 foot peaks (Blanca, Ellingwood, and Little Bear). AVSAR is also available to assist other ocunties within the state of Colorado by mutual aid. In cases where mutual aid is requested, AVSAR responds to out of county missions assiting with search and rescue operations. AVSAR frequent responds to missions in Conejos, Saguache, Costilla, and Huerfano counties.
$38,919 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,919.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $275 → $18k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 78% · 2022 55% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
82% of Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $19k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,648 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,648 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc?
- Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,257 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($84,943). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $104,257 in grants to Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $84,943 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing