FRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC

EIN 45-3620186 KETCHUM, ID

Revenue 2023: $322,118
Expenses 2023: $263,591

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

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: M12
Classification: 1000
Street: 330 LEWIS ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Steve ButlerSTEVE BUTLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Travis VandenburghTRAVIS VANDENBURGH

VICE PRES/DI

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Megan StevensonMEGAN STEVENSON

TREASURER/DI

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Frank GouldFRANK GOULD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Erin ZellERIN ZELL

SECRETARY/DI

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Ryan GuessRYAN GUESS

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3.75
Louise StumphLOUISE STUMPH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Chase GouleyCHASE GOULEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Tyler FerrisTYLER FERRIS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Olin GlenneOLIN 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$322,118

Expenses

$263,591

Contributions

$283,064

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$257,241

Expenses

$184,897

Contributions

$198,657

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$322,118	$263,591	$283,064	$0
2022	$257,241	$184,897	$198,657	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$241,454

Expenses

$268,108

Assets (EOY)

$284,179
2020 · 990

Revenue

$246,913

Expenses

$168,982

Assets (EOY)

$298,399
2019 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$171,575

Expenses

$150,184

Assets (EOY)

$220,557
2018 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$142,833

Expenses

$118,708

Assets (EOY)

$195,883
2017 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$119,843

Expenses

$132,399

Assets (EOY)

$171,682
2016 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$140,625

Expenses

$112,352

Assets (EOY)

$184,276
2015 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$98,078

Expenses

$81,192

Assets (EOY)

$155,970
2014 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$72,162

Expenses

$82,716

Assets (EOY)

$139,129

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$241,454	$268,108	$284,179
2020	990	$246,913	$168,982	$298,399
2019	990-EZ	$171,575	$150,184	$220,557
2018	990-EZ	$142,833	$118,708	$195,883
2017	990-EZ	$119,843	$132,399	$171,682
2016	990-EZ	$140,625	$112,352	$184,276
2015	990-EZ	$98,078	$81,192	$155,970
2014	990-EZ	$72,162	$82,716	$139,129

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$56,500

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$45,250

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$36,500

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$30,000

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
WOOD RIVER WOMENS FOUNDATION

$17,700

2024 AVALANCHE AWARENESS
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$12,600

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
AMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATION

$7,500

2024 RELIGIOUS
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$7,411

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$7,250

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

$5,000

2022 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.