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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR AVALANCHE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC

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501(C)(3) organization. Received $6,000 grant in 2024. Purpose: EDUCATIONAL

Tracked direct giving

$0

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

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Dark Money Spending

Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain

Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. These inter-organizational transfers are a key pathway in dark money flows — a nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants given

$111,365

GranteeAmountTax YearPurpose
FRIENDS OF THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER$24,3652021EDUCATION
NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER$10,0002021EDUCATION
FRIENDS OF CAIC$10,0002021EDUCATION
HATCHER PASS AVALANCHE CENTER$12,5002021EDUCATION
BRIDGER-TETON AVALANCHE CENTER$12,5002021EDUCATION
FRIENDS OF THE FLATHEAD AVALANCHE CENTER$20,0002021EDUCATION
FRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INC$9,5002021EDUCATION
WALLOWA AVALANCHE CENTER$12,5002021EDUCATION

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$24,291

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$6,0002024EDUCATIONAL
ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$7,7002024Operational Support
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION$10,5912023GENERAL PURPOSE

Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.

IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates because QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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Gave money toFRIENDS OF THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $24,365 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toNORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toFRIENDS OF CAICIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toHATCHER PASS AVALANCHE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,500 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toBRIDGER-TETON AVALANCHE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,500 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toFRIENDS OF THE FLATHEAD AVALANCHE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toFRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $9,500 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Gave money toWALLOWA AVALANCHE CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $12,500 (tax year 2021). Purpose: EDUCATIONSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $6,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: EDUCATIONALSource
Received money fromALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $7,700 (tax year 2024). Purpose: Operational SupportSource
Received money fromCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,591 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL PURPOSESource