Vermont · Nonprofit
VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC
VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,768 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($107,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $136k
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Vt Association of Snow Travelers Inc does
Mission
The vermont association of snow travelers, inc. (vast) is a vermont based not-for-profit corporation founded in 1967. The purpose of vast is to coordinate the development, maintenance, and management of vermont's statewide snowmobile trails system (ssts) as well as to educate vermont snowmobilers about the safe, responsible operation of snowmobiles, and the protection of vermont's environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Statewide snowmobile trails program (sstp) - the statewide snowmobile trails system (ssts) is comprised of more than 6,000 miles of interconnected snowmobile trails that extend from the canadian border in the north, to the massachusetts border in the south, and from the new hampshire border in the east, to the new york border in the west. Through the state of vermont, vast has been awarded a cooperative agreement and partnership with the state of vermont for the future development, maintenance and management of the ssts. To this date, vermont is the only state, of 27 snow-belt states, to operate its sstp in partnership with a private not-for-profit corporation. Funding for this program comes through the state of vermont, agency of natural resources, department of forests, parks and recreation, and is from the following three sources: (1) the revenue collected from the sale of vermont snowmobile registrations; five dollars of each registration is retained by the state to fund law enforcement. The department of forests, parks, and recreation takes 11,500 off the top for administrative expenses; (2) the return of fines and penalties that vermont collects from citations issued for…
$256,969 spentof which $167,637 as grants$717,624 earned by the program8% of program spendingVast general program - the major revenue source for this budget is the sale of a trail pass (trails maintenance assessment, or "tma") required by vermont law in order to operate a snowmobile on the ssts. This program also receives grant funding. One source of grant revenue is the national recreational trails program. Vast has other partnerships with federal agencies, like the united states forest service and the united states fish and wildlife services that bring in additional revenues. Vast sells advertising in its magazine (published five times annually) for additional program revenue. This program is broken down into the following three divisions - (1) administration - this division of the program pays for administrative services for the balance of the program, including all salaries and wages, and fringe benefits paid to vast staff. The major income sources are a portion of the tma revenue raised annually and the sale of advertising within snowmobile vermont and the vast website. Snowmobile vermont is the primary tool for communication with its membership. This program division is also reimbursed for employee wages and benefits that are expended on behalf of other programs of…
$2,802,716 spentof which $2,143,562 as grants$3,392,654 earned by the program92% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,059,685.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.5M to $5.4M (+20%).
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 6% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $54.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS 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
VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
79% of VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS 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 $28k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k 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.
Government funding VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.5M on record — $1.9M federal, $22.6M state.
- Department of Agriculture$1.9M
- Grants$16.0M
- Other Grants$5.3M
- Grants to Municipalities$692k
- Gr, Awards, Scholarships&Loans$432k
- Other Repair & Maint Serv$204k
- Other Grants-Service Agreemnt$7k
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 VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Vermont Snow Trails Conservancy Cha · exempt
- American Outdoors Risk Retention · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC?
- VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,768 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($107,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $135,768 in grants to VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $107,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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