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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN MOUNTAIN GUIDES ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,813,881
Total expenses
$3,603,103
Contributions and grants received
$947,299
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,823,410
Investment income
$64,052
Other revenue
-$20,880
Total assets, end of year
$2,674,083
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,107,212
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,566,871
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,912,230
Management and general expenses
$536,266
Fundraising expenses
$154,607
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,912,230

Program services were 80.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $572,166

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $27,766

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $76,453

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $270,914

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $114,232

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION COURSES

    total $2,600,922 · related or exempt $2,600,922

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

    total $222,488 · related or exempt $222,488

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $64,052 · excluded $64,052

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,025

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

    $27,766

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $26,116

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$24,091 · excluded -$1,228

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,725

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,514

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,211 · excluded $3,211

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,738,406 · program services $1,472,670 · management and general $185,521 · fundraising $80,215

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $271,198 · program services $230,518 · management and general $28,761 · fundraising $11,919

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $80,016 · program services $17,361 · management and general $55,214 · fundraising $7,441

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,526 · program services $14,651 · management and general $46,596 · fundraising $6,279

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $93,322 · program services $20,248 · management and general $64,396 · fundraising $8,678

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,952 · program services $4,380 · management and general $2,225 · fundraising $347

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $78,260 · program services $36,991 · management and general $40,046 · fundraising $1,223

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $98,151 · program services $76,558 · management and general $12,760 · fundraising $8,833

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,038 · program services $44,869 · management and general $7,675 · fundraising $6,494

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,435 · program services $2,435

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,317 · management and general $4,317

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,963 · program services $157,813 · management and general $9,888 · fundraising $262

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM

    total $671,984 · program services $635,774 · management and general $18,224 · fundraising $17,986

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIP

    total $111,280 · program services $111,280

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $80,646 · program services $22,778 · management and general $54,072 · fundraising $3,796

  • 24d · Other expenses: PERMITS AND LICENSES

    total $34,249 · program services $30,824 · management and general $3,425

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,360 · program services $33,080 · management and general $3,146 · fundraising $1,134

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $760,606 · end of year $428,681

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $764,008 · end of year $1,097,271

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $31,941

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,132 · end of year $30,286

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,331 · end of year $65,112

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

    $3,670

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

    $558

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $3,112

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $631,819 · end of year $995,119

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $44,615 · end of year $22,561

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $107,972 · end of year $125,058

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $749,935 · end of year $825,024

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $155,133 · end of year $150,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $40,561 · end of year $7,130

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $810,629 · end of year $1,130,106

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $413,781 · end of year $436,765

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN MOUNTAIN GUIDES ASSOCIATION (AMGA) IS THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR TRAINING, CREDENTIALS, RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP AND SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL MOUNTAIN GUIDES AND CLIMBING INSTRUCTORS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT THE MOUNTAIN GUIDING COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC WHILE SERVING AS A RESOURCE TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND PROTECTION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

  • AMGA IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE GUIDING COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, STANDARDS, AND CERTIFICATIONS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF GUIDED SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC. AMGA OFFERS EDUCATIONAL COURSES AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR GUIDES WHO TEACH AND GUIDE ROCK CLIMBING, ALPINE CLIMBING, AND BACKCOUNTRY SKIING. AMGA UPHOLDS AND REPRESENTS HIGH STANDARDS FOR THE PROFESSION OF GUIDED CLIMBING AND SKIING IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $2,912,230 · Revenue $2,823,410

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matt Wade

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $157,841
    From this org
    $157,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,841
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $157,841

  • Jane Soucy

    DEPUTY DIREC

    Total calculated
    $130,706
    From this org
    $130,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Silas Rossi

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $8,352
    From this org
    $8,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elaina Arenz

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $6,630
    From this org
    $6,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eddie Schoen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Geoff Unger

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $18,745
    From this org
    $18,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jon Rockefeller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Banks

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $6,256
    From this org
    $6,256
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charles Rutstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tracy Faber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Shon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Max Lurie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Carroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503089349300435

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