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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$322,118
Total expenses
$263,591
Contributions and grants received
$283,064
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,731
Investment income
$4,014
Other revenue
$33,309
Total assets, end of year
$399,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$260
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$399,202
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$158,982
Management and general expenses
$93,400
Fundraising expenses
$11,209
Program service expenses (Part III)
$158,982

Program services were 60.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $22,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $260,864

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $1,731 · related or exempt $1,731

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,014 · excluded $4,014

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $40,916

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $40,916

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,109

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $14,716

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$7,607 · related or exempt -$7,607

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $87,679 · program services $21,981 · management and general $65,698

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,980 · management and general $16,980

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,197 · program services $1,000 · management and general $6,197

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,801 · fundraising $8,801

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,925 · program services $15,608 · fundraising $2,317

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,792 · program services $8,591 · management and general $3,110 · fundraising $91

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,390 · program services $962 · management and general $428

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,731 · program services $744 · management and general $987

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,895 · program services $1,895

  • 24a · Other expenses: AVALANCHE CENTER EXPENSE

    total $108,201 · program services $108,201

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $166,540 · end of year $219,757

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $175,691 · end of year $179,705

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $20,468

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $20,468

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,425 · end of year $832

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $131 · end of year -$572

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $340,675 · end of year $399,202

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR ORGANIZATION, FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER SUPPORTS THE SNFAC AND PROMOTES LIFE-SAVING AVALANCHE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER AND BY PROVIDING FREE AND LOW COST AVALANCHE EDUCATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

  • AVALANCHE CENTER PROGRAM: THE 108,200 PROVIDED TO THE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER SUPPORTED THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DAILY AVALANCHE FORECASTING, A CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY. FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO MEET SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE FORECASTERS, ENSURING THEY HAD ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO PERFORM THEIR JOBS SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. THIS INCLUDED EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR ON-THE-GROUND OBSERVATIONS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION OF AVALANCHE RISKS, ALL OF WHICH HELP SAFEGUARD LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS DURING THE WINTER SEASON. EDUCATION PROGRAM: THE 27,120 ALLOCATED TO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDED CLASSROOM AND FIELD-BASED AVALANCHE SAFETY COURSES, EDUCATIONAL TALKS, AND WORKSHOPS. THESE FUNDS COVERED EXPENSES FOR CLASSROOM MATERIALS, SAFETY PRODUCTS, AND PAY FOR QUALIFIED AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS WHO LED BOTH FORMAL CLASSES AND INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS, AIMING TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SAFETY IN AVALANCHE-PRONE AREAS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER PROVIDED CRITICAL AVALANCHE EDUCATION TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EMPOWERING THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO MAKE SAFER DECISIONS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY. MARKETING PROGRAM: MARKETING EXPENSES WERE ALLOCATED TO RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT BOTH OUR EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND THE DAILY AVALANCHE FORECASTS, WITH A FOCUS ON ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING AVALANCHE RISK AWARENESS. THROUGH TARGETED OUTREACH, FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH AVALANCHE CENTER INFORMED LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM MAKE SAFE CHOICES IN AVALANCHE-PRONE AREAS. THIS EFFORT AIMED TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN AVALANCHE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TO ENSURE THAT DAILY FORECASTS REACHED A BROAD AUDIENCE ACROSS OUR CITIES AND SURROUNDING RECREATIONAL AREAS.

    Expenses $158,982 · Revenue $1,731

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Butler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Travis Vandenburgh

    VICE PRES/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Megan Stevenson

    TREASURER/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Frank Gould

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Erin Zell

    SECRETARY/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ryan Guess

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75
  • Louise Stumph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Chase Gouley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Tyler Ferris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Olin Glenne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500279349301455

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