THE ACCESS FUND

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 17010

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 · 2024

• STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION: ACCESS FUND PARTNERS WITH LAND MANAGERS AND LOCAL CLIMBING ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY AND ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AT CLIMBING AREAS. OUR ACCESS FUND CONSERVATION TEAMS TRAVEL THE COUNTRY ASSESSING CLIMBING AREA CONSERVATION NEEDS, WORKING WITH LOCALS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, AND PROVIDING STEWARDSHIP BEST PRACTICES. ADDITIONALLY, THE ACCESS FUND HELPS ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR STEWARDSHIP VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, ADOPT A CRAG, UNITES LOCAL CLIMBING COMMUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAND MANAGERS TO CONSERVE THEIR LOCAL CLIMBING AREAS.

  Expenses $897,736 · Revenue $240,496

• CLIMBING MANAGEMENT POLICY - ACCESS FUND WORKS WITH LEGISLATORS, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, STATE AGENCIES, TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OFFICIALS FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT CLIMBERS' INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED IN PUBLIC LAND PLANNING. WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THESE OFFICIALS TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT BALANCE CLIMBING ACCESS WITH RESOURCE CONSERVATION, RESPONSIBLE PLACEMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF FIXED ANCHORS, SUSTAINABLE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CLIMBING AREAS, AND RECOGNITION OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF CLIMBING. ACCESS FUND ALSO WORKS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL LAND MANAGERS ON CLIMBING MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND STEWARDSHIP OF CLIMBING AREAS.

  Expenses $681,564

• LOCAL SUPPORT AND MOBILIZATION - ACCESS FUND WORKS TO EMPOWER LOCAL ADVOCATES TO JOIN TOGETHER AND FORM LOCAL CLIMBING ORGANIZATIONS. ACCESS FUND SUPPORTS THESE LOCAL GROUPS WITH GRANTS, ONE-ON-ONE GUIDANCE WHEN AN ACCESS ISSUE OCCURS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS, AND CONSULTING ON POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND REGULATORY ISSUES. THE ACCESS FUND REGULARLY HOSTS CONFERENCES AND SUMMITS, WHICH BRING TOGETHER LAND MANAGERS AND CLIMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN CLIMBING STEWARDSHIP, LAND CONSERVATION, POLICY, LOCAL SUPPORT AND MOBILIZATION, AND VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT.

  Expenses $499,486 · Grants $76,882

• LAND ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION - THE ACCESS FUND CLIMBING CONSERVATION LOAN PROGRAM IS THE FIRST-EVER REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES LOCAL CLIMBING ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES WITH THE FUNDS AND EXPERTISE TO ACT QUICKLY TO SAVE THREATENED CLIMBING AREAS. IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, ACCESS FUND WILL HOLD ENDANGERED PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY. AS OF 06/30/25, ACCESS FUND OWNED ONE PROPERTY IN FEE; LEASED TWO PROPERTIES; HELD CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON TEN PROPERTIES; AND MANAGED THREE PROPERTIES UNDER CONTRACT. EDUCATION THE ACCESS FUND ADVANCES CLIMBER EDUCATION THROUGH THE LENS OF MINIMUM IMPACT BEHAVIORS SO THAT CLIMBERS BECOME BETTER STEWARDS OF THE NATIONS CLIMBING RESOURCES. THROUGH THE CLIMBER STEWARD PROGRAM, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, PRINT PUBLICATIONS, AND THE VERTICAL TIMES NEWSLETTER, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES UP-TO-DATE NEWS ON POLICY, AREA REPORTS, EVENTS, ACTION ALERTS, GRANTS, AND MORE. RISK MANAGEMENT AND LANDOWNER SUPPORT THE ACCESS FUND WORKS WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDOWNERS ON TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE BOTH REAL AND PERCEIVED RISKS OF CLIMBINGGIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE AND PROTECTIONS THEY NEED TO OPEN THEIR LAND TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THE ACCESS FUND WORKS TO STRENGTHEN STATE RECREATIONAL USE STATUTES AND HELPS LANDOWNERS IMPLEMENT WAIVER SYSTEMS AND OTHER TYPES OF ACCESS AGREEMENTS TO MITIGATE RISKS.

  Expenses $179,426

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,504,708

  Expenses

  $3,167,020

  Contributions

  $2,975,661

  Grants paid

  $76,882

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,557,042

  Expenses

  $3,441,334

  Contributions

  $3,118,723

  Grants paid

  $79,999

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,987,749

  Expenses

  $3,891,537

  Contributions

  $2,829,038

  Grants paid

  $79,630

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

  $3,851,037

  Expenses

  $3,664,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,371,494

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,240,273

  Expenses

  $3,111,045

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,236,547

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,748,651

  Expenses

  $3,156,951

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,327,193

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,344,909

  Expenses

  $2,894,812

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,205,387

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,148,577

  Expenses

  $2,707,760

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,959,821

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,258,131

  Expenses

  $2,251,984

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,140,093

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,919,305

  Expenses

  $1,901,263

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,119,274

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,694,375

  Expenses

  $1,576,789

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,103,836

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,592,520

  Expenses

  $1,370,608

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,976,467

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,268,034

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,743,144

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• SOUTH CENTROL PENNSYLVANIA CLIMBERS

  $10,000

  2022

• WISCONSIN CLIMBERS ASSOCIATION

  $10,000

  2024

• CLIMBING ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $10,000

  2024

• WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY

  $7,000

  2023

• NEW RIVER ALLIANCE OF CLIMBERS

  $6,166

  2022

• CAROLINA CLIMBERS COALITION

  $5,166

  2022

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $153,203

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $152,552

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $142,377

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $125,516

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $91,730

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $60,321

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $59,005

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $41,101

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $40,600

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $40,250

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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