California · Nonprofit
Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc
Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $866,994 to it, the largest being TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($718,083). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $990k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $867k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc does
Mission
The Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association's (TCCSEA) mission is to promote the sport of cross country skiing through educational activities for children and adults in the North Lake Tahoe/Truckee region of Northern California/Northern Nevada. Through the partnership with the Tahoe City Public Utility District, TCCSEA provides several educational programs to its community members. TCCSEA provides school children in the community with a unique opportunity to not only learn and participate in a sport that will provide lifelong enjoyment and health benefits but also can provide motivated individuals with a foundation for world class competitive training. Many young athletes from the area move on to competition at the national and international level in Nordic skiing. TCCSEA supports its local Nordic ski team from North Tahoe Middle and High Schools by providing free trail access, coaching support and ski equipment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Strider Gliders After-School Ski Program is an 8-week program for children 4 to 11 years old that includes ski instruction, equipment use for the entire winter, and ski trail access, all for a nominal fee, thanks to over 2,000 hours of community support donated each season.
$65,066 spentof which $12,600 as grants$24,704 earned by the program46% of program spendingTCCSEA sponsors free skiing for schools in the North Tahoe area whereby teachers may reserve one day per month in January, February, and March to allow their students to ski for free, including the use of rental equipment. TCCSEA is also a proud sponsor of North Tahoe High and Middle School Cross Country Ski Teams with the Association providing coaching support, ski equipment and free trail passes to all team members. Approximately 9 races are held each season, including one home race at Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area.
$52,913 spentof which $3,087 as grants$12,678 earned by the program37% of program spendingOperation of the Winter Discovery Center. The Winter Discovery Center is a place-based science learning center for TTUSD students, launched by the TCCSEA and the Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP).The Winter Discovery Center, a 30 foot Pacific Yurt, located at the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area, is the home to a comprehensive program that includes academic lessons with curriculum that abides by national Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
$9,000 spent6% of program spendingThe Las Chicas program is a year-round initiative that empowers young Latina girls by teaching them mountain biking in the summer and cross-country skiing in the winter, with guidance from bilingual coaches and mentors. Designed to promote physical wellness, self-esteem, and goal-setting, the program provides participants with valuable skills and mentorship, helping them build a foundation for long-term success.
$8,520 spentof which $7,161 as grants$3,055 earned by the program6% of program spendingSponsorship of the Junior Mountain Bike program. TCCSEA promotes mountain biking through organized rides during the summer months for to children ages 7-11 on the same trails used for cross country skiing in the winter.
$4,530 spent$9,801 earned by the program3% of program spendingBiathlon and other cross-country skiing related programs are sponsored by TCCSEA.
$2,323 spent$9,473 earned by the program2% of program spendingSponsorship of the Tahoe Cross Country Junior Development (DEVO)Team. The DEVO program is an early development program open to athletes age 11-14 for cross-country ski racing. This is an excellent training program for athletes participating in other sports or who want to stay active in their "off" (summer) season. The goal of the program is to introduce and develop cross-country ski skills, promote general fitness, and create a love of the sport to last a lifetime.
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $142,352.
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 2024 to 2025, from $5.1M to $5.8M (+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.
90% of Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $427k.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association 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
Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 83% · 2023 94% — 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
100% of Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association 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 $800 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $866k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc?
- Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $866,994 to it, the largest being TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($718,083). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $866,994 in grants to Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc?
- TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $718,083 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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