Wyoming · Nonprofit
GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION
GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION (Wyoming) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,005,954 to it, the largest being JACKSON HOLE PRESERVE INCORPORATED ($1,563,224). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Grand Teton Association does
Mission
The mission of the association is to inspire "deeper connection, better understanding, and enduring support for our public lands."
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The association operates retail outlets at the following locations: grand teton national park-craig thomas discovery and visitor center-colter bay visitor center-jackson hole airport-jenny lake visitor center-lsr preservenational elk refugebridger-teton national forest-pinedale district office-supervisor's office-west tableall items the association sells have been approved by the respective federal agencies as either being an interpretative item, or an item that enhances the saftey/visitor convenience of the federal agencies' visitors.
$1,261,989 spent$13,710 earned by the program55% of program spendingTo help fulfill its mission, the association has cooperating agreements, operating agreements, interpretative and educational services agreements, scope of sales statements, and similar agreements with the following federal agencies: grand teton national park (gtnp), u.s. Fish and wildlife service-national elk refuge (ner), and the bridger-teton national forest (btnf). These agreements are the basis of the assistance and support the association provides to the federal agencies. As the association assists and supports these federal agencies and the public lands the agencies steward, the association is fulfilling the mission of the federal agencies as well as its own mission.
$1,025,752 spentof which $1,025,752 as grants$3,178,198 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,287,741.
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 $4.4M to $6.2M (+42%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2020 15% · 2021 11% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Jesse Ryan
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $465k → $339k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION’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
GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 56% · 2019 34% · 2020 67% · 2021 47% · 2022 37% · 2023 60% — 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
40% of GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wyoming, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $405k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $171k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$107k
- Department of the Interior$64k
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 GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION
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 Wyoming
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION?
- GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION (Wyoming) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,005,954 to it, the largest being JACKSON HOLE PRESERVE INCORPORATED ($1,563,224). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $3,005,954 in grants to GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION?
- JACKSON HOLE PRESERVE INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $1,563,224 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRAND TETON ASSOCIATION 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.
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 11 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