Idaho · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC
FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,887 to it, the largest being SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($123,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $322k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $334k
- Net assets
- $399k
What Friends of the Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center Inc does
Mission
Our organization, friends of the sawtooth national forest avalanche center supports the snfac and promotes life-saving avalanche education and outreach throughout southern and central idaho. We do this by providing direct financial support to the sawtooth national forest avalanche center and by providing free and low cost avalanche education to the general public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Avalanche center program: the 108,200 provided to the sawtooth avalanche center supported the production and distribution of daily avalanche forecasting, a critical public safety service for the community. Funds were allocated to meet specific operational needs of the forecasters, ensuring they had essential resources to perform their jobs safely and efficiently. This included equipment, technology, and support necessary for on-the-ground observations, data analysis, and timely communication of avalanche risks, all of which help safeguard local residents and outdoor enthusiasts during the winter season. Education program: the 27,120 allocated to the education program funded classroom and field-based avalanche safety courses, educational talks, and workshops. These funds covered expenses for classroom materials, safety products, and pay for qualified avalanche professionals who led both formal classes and informal presentations, aiming to increase public awareness and safety in avalanche-prone areas. Through this program, friends of the sawtooth avalanche center provided critical avalanche education to community members, empowering them with the knowledge and skills to make safer…
$158,982 spent$1,731 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $158,982.
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 2020 to 2021, from $221k to $298k (+35%).
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: 2021 29% · 2022 65% · 2023 5% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 12 funders, grant income rose $200 → $60k.
8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER 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
FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 58% · 2022 74% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
75% of FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER 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 $65k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside Idaho, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $269k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC
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In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,887 to it, the largest being SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($123,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $333,887 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC?
- SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $123,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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