Idaho · Nonprofit
VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC
VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC (Idaho) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,258,077 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ($694,376). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $291k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $379k
What Valley Advocates for Responsible Development Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to shape policy, guide development, and provide outreach to preserve natural resources, protect rural character, and promote vibrant communities in teton valley through civic action.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Vard as a development tracker in teton valley: vard tracks development activity in the five government jurisdictions that comprise teton valley. Vard staffers prepare comments and attend public meetings on behalf of vard's 1,338 members. Watchdog activities include: performing a technical review for development proposals, reaching out to/negotiating with developers, educating the public about development activities, and taking legal action when necessary.
$80,433 spent60% of program spendingVard as a collaborative force: vard works with several government, nonprofit, and business nonprofits to secure funding and other resources for large conservation and community development projects in teton valley.
$26,811 spent20% of program spendingVard as a free educational resource available to all: vard provides free consultation services for developers, citizens, governments, and all others seeking to address key planning and conservation issues in teton valley.
$13,406 spent10% of program spendingVard as a resource for local government: provided public comments to teton county's planning and zoning commission and the board of county commissioners, as well as extensive outreach and educational opportunities to vard membership about development activities across teton valley.
$13,406 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $134,056.
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 $121k to $269k (+122%).
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: 2020 9% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Dawn Felchle
Chair, treas
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $24k → $211k.
7 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT 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
VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 57% · 2019 66% · 2020 64% · 2021 33% · 2022 63% · 2023 80% — growing more concentrated.
“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
71% of VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
97% of VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT 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 $41k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from funders outside Idaho, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT 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 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
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC?
- VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC (Idaho) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,258,077 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ($694,376). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,258,077 in grants to VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE is the largest funder on record, with $694,376 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VALLEY ADVOCATES FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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