Colorado · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES
CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being BALLANTINE FAMILY FUND ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $227k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $203k
What Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies does
Mission
research and education
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Colorado Dust on Snow (CODOS) programCSAS provided regional field monitoring and analysis services regarding the effects of desert dust deposition in Colorado mountain snowpacks to ten regional water management agencies (units of state and local government), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geologic Survey, National Weather Service and other stakeholders throughout the winter and spring of 2025/2026. Executive Director Derry devoted 62.5 % to CODOS activities in FY2526.Research SupportCSAS provided direct field research support services to researchers from Boise State University, NASA-SnowEx campaign, Utah State, USGS, CRREL, CU, CSU, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab team during FY2526. CSAS provided data and operated field instrumentation for these hosted researchers. CSAS also provided data for research projects and scientific articles to other teams in the US and abroad. Executive Director Derry devoted 4.5% to CSAS Research Program activities during FY2526.EducationCSAS typically supports an undergraduate field course for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, SUNY-Geneseo, Minnesota University, and conducts its own field class for…
$174,290 spent100% of program spendingResearch SupportCSAS provided direct field research support services to researchers from Boise State University, NASA-SnowEx campaign, Utah State, USGS, CRREL, CU, CSU, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab team during FY2425. CSAS provided data and operated field instrumentation for these hosted researchers. CSAS also provided data for research projects and scientific articles to other teams in the US and abroad. Executive Director Derry devoted 5.7% to CSAS Research Program activities during FY2425.
EducationCSAS typically supports an undergraduate field course for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, SUNY-Geneseo, Minnesota University, and conducts its own field class for four Colorado water management professionals. We also hosted a snow/dust conference this year. The Executive Director spent 1.7% on education efforts in FY2425.
Mountain System MonitoringCSAS maintained its Mountain System Monitoring infrastructure and program activities at the Senator Beck Basin Study Area at Red Mountain Pass throughout FY2425, continuously collecting weather, snowpack, soils, radiation, and stream flow measurements 24/7/365 and publishing those data, as archived datasets, on its open access website for K-12 schools, undergraduate and graduate student, researcher, agency, and other researchers investigating the effects of climate change on mountain systems. Public, open access to near-real-time hourly data from the Senator Beck Basin was also maintained in FY2425 on the CSAS website and used by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center highway safety program, the National Weather Service, other regional snow safety professionals, local water management agencies, and the general public. Executive Director Derry devoted 39.3% to monitoring operations and MSM program activities in FY2425.
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $174,290.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $78k to $145k (+87%).
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: 2018 92% · 2024 98% · 2025 98% · 2026 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES's revenue grew 81% between 2017 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $421k on record.
- Department of Defense$208k
- Department of the Interior$177k
- Department of Agriculture$37k
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.
Organizations like CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES
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.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES?
- CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being BALLANTINE FAMILY FUND ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES?
- BALLANTINE FAMILY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE STUDIES 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing