Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION
NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,532 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($34,458). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What National Ski Patrol System Inc Eastern Division does
Mission
The Eastern Division of National Ski Patrol is made up of approximately 10,000 dedicated men and women from diverse backgrounds who share the same passion and love for skiing and want to join that passion with the ability to help or assist their fellow skiers and snowboarders who may be in trouble. The Eastern Division includes Alpine and Nordic ski areas from Maine to West Virginia in 15 regions throughout the Northeastern United States: Central NY, CT, Eastern NY, Eastern PA, EMARI (Eastern MA and RI), Genesee Valley, Maine, NH, NJ, Northern VT, Southern NY, Southern VT, Western Appalachian (Western PA, MD, and parts of WV), Western MA, and Western NY. We are the largest NSP division.We provide training and support services to the individual patrols that furnish on-the-snow services to the general public at individual snowsports areas. The majority of services are provided by volunteers. We also have a growing bike patrol organization. www.nspeast.org
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education classes to develop patroller skills in the YOUNG ADULT PATROLLER (YAP) Program. This is anyone who is in high school, above the age of 15, who is a member of, or training to join a ski patrol organization at any mountain.What being a YAP can do for you! Improve your skiing/riding skills.Get certified in CPR, first aid, and slope side care.Become a member of the National Ski Patrol (there are perks!).Connect with other YAPs up and down the East Coast.Learn leadership and teamwork skills.Scholarships (both college & YAP events).
$67,399 spentof which $5,700 as grants$58,220 earned by the program8% of program spendingEducation classes to develop patroller skills in the OUTDOOR EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION (OET) Program. This program provides NSP members with on-snow training for skiing, riding, telemark and toboggan handling skills. Our mission is to provide membership with credentialled education and leadership training in outdoor emergency transportation. Training is provided at local mountains, regional clinics and division Patroller Schools via www.PatrollerSchool.org.The OET Staff is led by the Steering Committee. Steering appoints Division Staff and OET Instructor Trainers (ITs). Regional Directors together with Steering appoint Regional Advisors (RAs). The Senior OET program is managed by the RAs. RAs develop and mentor OET instructors and Senior Trainer Evaluators (TEs). The path to getting involved with the division OET program begins with becoming a Senior Patroller.Patrollers interested in the Senior OET program begin by completing a Senior Candidate Application. The candidate's Patrol Director verifies that the applicant has sufficient knowledge, skills and experience to participate in senior level training.Questions and feedback on OET programs are encouraged and can be made directly…
$81,871 spent$42,466 earned by the program10% of program spendingEducation classes to develop patroller skills in CERTIFIED Program.The NSP Certified Program is a performance-based leadership program that provides an opportunity for patrollers to learn and be tested on critical patroller skills and knowledge. The Certified program has a distinguished history with many of its members serving in National, Division, Regional, and Local patrol leadership positions with a commitment to giving back, fostering learning, and progressing core patroller skills over the years. Success in the Certified program is hard-earned requiring a real commitment to mastering multiple patrol-related disciplines often over multiple years and across regions/divisions to gain a vast and deep knowledge/skill base. Through the program, our members not only build a best-in-class level of expertise but also a sense of camaraderie with fellow patrollers as they work outside their local patrol/region. Your preparation to participate will provide a unique opportunity to learn from others, broaden your experience and sharpen your skills.Admission is not automatic. To apply as a candidate, an applicant's credentials are reviewed by a committee to ensure a minimal level of…
$37,064 spent$24,935 earned by the program4% of program spendingAlumni, Avalanche (AVY), Awards, Bike, Instructor Development (ID), Memorial Scholarship Fund (MSF), Mountain Travel & Rescue (MTR), Nordic/Backcountry (NBC), Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC), Outdoor Risk Management (ORM), Patroller Stress Awareness Team (PSAT), Safety, Senior, Telecommunications, and Women's.
$674,347 spentof which $12,774 as grants$159,744 earned by the program78% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $860,681.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $2.9M to $3.4M (+15%).
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.
66% of NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
J M Grant Fullman
Division Director & Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $12k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION’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
NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 34% · 2023 89% — 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.
Where its funders are
90% of NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION'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 $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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
NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Ski Patrol System Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION?
- NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,532 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($34,458). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $39,532 in grants to NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $34,458 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL SKI PATROL SYSTEM INC EASTERN DIVISION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 7 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