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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “avalanche”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to FRIENDS OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER — avalanche safety for recreational backcountry users in colorado
The Alaska Community FoundationAnchorage, AKCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $131,765 · through 2024Largest: $30,550 to Alaska Avalanche School — operational support
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $349,602 · through 2024Largest: $126,026 to BRIDGER-TETON AVALANCHE CENTER FOUNDATION — avalanche edu. & outreach, general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to FRIENDS OF COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER — general & unrestricted
Largest: $1,000 to SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER — general operating funds
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER — youth avalanche education program
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $21,500 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN CLUB — avalanche education fund /pi avalanche fund
Largest: $3,000 to Crested Butte Avalanche Center Inc — assistance with new snowmobile purchase for avalanche observation & safety
Largest: $50,000 to COLORADO-RAPID AVALANCHE DEPLOYMENT — rapid avalanche deployment
Jackson Hole Snow DevilsJackson, WYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $151,500 · through 2023Largest: $65,500 to Community Foundation of JH — ampl, teton youth and family services, charles reid scouboe scholarship, bridger teton avalanche, honoring our vets, teton county search & rescue
Largest: $10,000 to 7)AIARE — avalanche research& education general support
American Institute for Avalanche Research and EducationMount Crested Butte, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $29,900 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF THE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER — avalanche grant
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →