Wyoming · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS (Wyoming) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,508 to it, the largest being ALTERRA MOUNTAIN COMPANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $695k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $464k
What American Association of Avalanche Professionals does
Mission
The american avalanche association promotes professional excellence in avalanche safety, education, and research in the united states.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Technical information, research, and publications: a3 shared technical snow and avalanche information and research through printed publications, digital platforms, and reference materials. This included publication of the avalanche review, a trade periodical serving the avalanche industry in the united states and internationally. During this past winter season, a3 published four issues (october, december, february, and april). A3 maintained avalanche.org, which connects the public to avalanche safety resources, including local and regional avalanche forecasts, a listing of education providers aligned with a3 guidelines, and an online avalanche library of curated articles and reference materials. A3 also continued its technical publishing program through publication and distribution of snowy torrents, and the snow weather and avalanche guidelines.
$333,331 spent$205,723 earned by the program58% of program spendingProfessional and recreational avalanche education and training: a3 established, maintained, and oversaw national standards for professional and recreational avalanche education to promote public safety and consistent, high-quality instruction. For professional education, a3 coordinated professional training programs delivered through six approved providers. During the reporting period, approximately 61 courses were conducted, educating 600+ students. A3 also conducted workshops to prepare and evaluate future professional course instructors and refined program standards as needed. For recreational education, a3 maintained curriculum and instructor standards for recreational level courses, and recognized course providers and instructors whose programs aligned with national guidelines. Recognized courses include avalanche awareness, recreational level 1, avalanche rescue, and recereational level 2.
$156,786 spent$78,385 earned by the program27% of program spendingGrants and scholarships for professional development and research: a3 supported regional professional development workshops through the a3 regional education grant program. A3 also provided grant support for snow and avalanche research projects that advance safety, education, and scientific understanding.
$81,003 spentof which $63,255 as grants14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $571,120.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $339k to $469k (+38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 5% · 2022 14% · 2023 22% · 2024 15% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $39 → $6k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS’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
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
91% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wyoming, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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.
Government funding AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $373k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$373k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Wyoming
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS (Wyoming) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,508 to it, the largest being ALTERRA MOUNTAIN COMPANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $17,508 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS?
- ALTERRA MOUNTAIN COMPANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wyoming. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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