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← AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,914,945
Total expenses
$5,481,018
Contributions and grants received
$1,455,016
Grants paid
$83,834
Program service revenue
$3,318,697
Investment income
$73,584
Other revenue
$3,067,648
Total assets, end of year
$10,652,189
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,228,152
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,424,037
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,166,174
Management and general expenses
$913,693
Fundraising expenses
$401,151
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,166,174

Program services were 76.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $650

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,454,366

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $72,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $2,699,421 · related or exempt $2,699,421

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LODGING FEES

    total $619,276 · related or exempt $619,276

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,584 · excluded $73,584

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $516,167

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $650

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $161,392

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $354,775

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $106,316

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $150,952

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$44,636 · unrelated business -$20,268 · excluded -$24,368

  • 11a · Other revenue: AMC, LLC OPERATING GAIN

    total $2,427,700 · excluded $2,427,700

  • 11b · Other revenue: CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $183,357 · excluded $183,357

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $146,452 · excluded $146,452

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,757,509

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $83,834 · program services $83,834

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,054,824 · program services $1,528,822 · management and general $309,018 · fundraising $216,984

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $302,298 · program services $225,928 · management and general $44,549 · fundraising $31,821

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $181,267 · program services $135,319 · management and general $26,994 · fundraising $18,954

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $97,252 · program services $9,725 · management and general $87,527

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,107 · program services $1,496 · management and general $5,611

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $787,817 · program services $685,056 · management and general $83,035 · fundraising $19,726

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,378 · program services $8,216 · management and general $1,860 · fundraising $4,302

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,186 · program services $9,819 · management and general $4,593 · fundraising $774

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $231,957 · program services $85,603 · management and general $109,453 · fundraising $36,901

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $254,969 · program services $141,046 · management and general $113,742 · fundraising $181

  • 17 · Travel

    total $224,109 · program services $155,637 · management and general $21,551 · fundraising $46,921

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,943 · management and general $10,943

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $67,889 · program services $67,889

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $95,589 · program services $61,450 · management and general $32,188 · fundraising $1,951

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

    total $441,053 · program services $441,053

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $293,553 · program services $265,743 · management and general $15,450 · fundraising $12,360

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $243,597 · program services $223,020 · management and general $10,527 · fundraising $10,050

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRANTS

    total $118,487 · program services $118,487

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$45,091 · program services -$81,969 · management and general $36,652 · fundraising $226

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $974,464 · end of year $5,266,181

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $156,554 · end of year $202,017

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,997 · end of year $77,426

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $45,712

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $61,360 · end of year $63,132

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,245 · end of year $43,613

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

    $2,193,631

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

    $1,099,212

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,077,416 · end of year $1,094,419

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,104,880 · end of year $3,671,976

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,661 · end of year $1,661

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $2,157,396 · end of year $155,842

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $69,258 · end of year $75,922

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $344,553 · end of year $389,485

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,833,887 · end of year $1,696,780

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $145,636 · end of year $141,887

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,528,825 · end of year $6,748,769

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,870,042 · end of year $1,675,268

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SHARE AND SUPPORT OUR PASSION FOR CLIMBING INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, & RESOURCES THAT BENEFIT AND INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS, ADVOCATE FOR & LEAD CLIMBING INTERESTS, PROMOTE CONSERVATION, & FOSTER COMMUNITY & COMPETENCY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT A UNITED COMMUNITY OF COMPETENT CLIMBERS AND HEALTHY CLIMBING LANDSCAPES.

  • COMMUNITY RESOURCES: THE AAC SUPPORTS THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES GRANTS FOR CLIMBERS, HELPING MEMBERS CLIMB BEYOND THEIR HOME AREA. ALSO, THE AAC OPERATES SEVERAL CAMPGROUNDS FOR CLIMBERS, INCLUDING THE GRAND TETON CLIMBERS' RANCH IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WY., AS WELL AS CAMPGROUNDS IN NEW YORK, TEXAS, WEST VIRGINIA, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE AAC ALSO SUPPORTS MEMBERS BY PROVIDING UP TO 12,500 IN RESCUE BENEFITS. IN ADDITION, THE AAC HOSTS LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG CLIMBERS.

    Expenses $782,075 · Grants $81,484

  • THROUGH THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL, DISTRIBUTED IN HARD COPY SINCE 1929 AND NOW ALSO ON-LINE, THE AAC RECORDS NEW CLIMBS AND CLIMBING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE AAC'S LIBRARY IN GOLDEN, COLORADO IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CLIMBING LIBRARIES, INCLUDING BOOKS, GUIDEBOOKS, MAPS, DVDS, AND OTHER RESOURCES.

    Expenses $265,743

  • CONSERVATION & ADVOCACY RESOURCES: PROTECTING THE PLACES WE CLIMB HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO THE AAC AND HAS BEEN SINCE THE CLUB'S INCEPTION MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. AAC PROJECTS CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE AAC IS ALSO ACTIVE INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING INITIATIVES IN ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA.

    Expenses $2,350 · Grants $2,350

  • COMMUNITY RESOURCES: THE AAC SUPPORTS THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES GRANTS FOR CLIMBERS, HELPING MEMBERS CLIMB BEYOND THEIR HOME AREA. ALSO, THE AAC OPERATES SEVERAL CAMPGROUNDS FOR CLIMBERS, INCLUDING THE GRAND TETON CLIMBERS' RANCH IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WY., AS WELL AS CAMPGROUNDS IN NEW YORK, TEXAS, WEST VIRGINIA, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE AAC ALSO SUPPORTS MEMBERS BY PROVIDING UP TO 12,500 IN RESCUE BENEFITS. IN ADDITION, THE AAC HOSTS LOCAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG CLIMBERS.

    Expenses $3,116,006

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Friedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Pavan Surapeneni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Robert Deconto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Katelyn Stahley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Nina Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Cody Kaemmerlen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lori Coyner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brody Leven

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Maureen Beck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Eddie Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Allyson Gunsallus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Payam Abbassian

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Keith Thomajan

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • MacKenzie McGrath

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ashlee Milanich

    DEPUTY DIREC

    Total calculated
    $123,400
    From this org
    $123,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Benjamin Gabriel

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $200,000
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $200,000
  • Shane Johnson

    VP, COMMUNIC

    Total calculated
    $123,400
    From this org
    $123,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kelly Pittenger

    VP, FINANCE/

    Total calculated
    $106,397
    From this org
    $106,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Heidi McDowell

    VP, DEVELOPM

    Total calculated
    $105,218
    From this org
    $105,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501629349300710

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