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ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $69K · expenses $107K · assets $107K

EIN
91-1985677
Address
109 W MERCER ST, SEATTLE, WA 98119-3953
Website
www.alpineascentsfoundation.org
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
1999
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Mission

To provide financial assistance and access to education to those who live in indigenous mountain areas.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Gordon D Janow Board Member2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Randy T Burleson President2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Christina D Burleson Communications Director2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Gary J Harrington Secretary2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Lakpa Rita Sherpa (former) Board Member2021-2022 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Randy T Burleson President5 $0-$0 $01
Christina D Burleson Communications Director5 $0-$0 $01
Gordon D Janow Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Gary J Harrington Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gordon D Janow Board member1 $0-$0 $01
Randy T Burleson President5 $0-$0 $01
Christina D Burleson Communications Director5 $0-$0 $01
Gary J Harrington Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Randy T Burleson President5 $0-$0 $01
Gordon D Janow Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Christina D Burleson Communications Director5 $0-$0 $01
Gary J Harrington Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Randy T Burleson President5 $0-$0 $01
Gordon D Janow Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Christina D Burleson Communications Director5 $0-$0 $01
Lakpa Rita Sherpa Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Gary J Harrington Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gary J Harrington Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Lakpa Rita Sherpa Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Randy T Burleson President5 $0-$0 $01
Christina D Burleson Communications Director5 $0-$0 $01
Gordon D Janow Board Member1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,817$107,463 $107,439$90,550 $61,235- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,951$80,717 $147,177$129,196 $76,471- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$81,342$70,921 $151,005$128,962 $76,679- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,619$95,304 $144,505$118,541 $72,377- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$141,047$78,635 $162,993$141,229 $135,498- ---

Funders of this organization

10 grantors reported grants to this organization, $182,707 in all, tax years 2014 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
WEATHERSPOON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2014-2024 11$102,700 2024$3,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2014, 2020-2022 4$52,500 2022$7,250
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$8,600 2024$8,600
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BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2019-2021, 2023 4$6,500 2023$500
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THE THOMAS ROSATO FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2018 1$5,000 2018$5,000
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EJL98 CHARITABLE TR Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Alpine Ascents Foundation” 2017-2018 2$4,000 2018$2,000
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CARMELO 3 FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2021 1$2,500 2021$2,500
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HAYDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2018 1$500 2018$500
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MUTUAL OF AMERICA FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2015 1$270 2015$270
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALPINE ASCENTS FOUNDATION” 2020-2023 4$137 2023$43
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $107,463 spent · pay $0 · grants $93,447 · events $3,370
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $93,447 87.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,016 13.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$3,370reported apart
Total$107,463100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $80,717 spent · pay $0 · grants $79,485 · events $2,367
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $79,485 98.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,232 1.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$2,367reported apart
Total$80,717100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $70,921 spent · pay $0 · grants $69,478 · events $1,277
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $69,478 98.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,443 2.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,277reported apart
Total$70,921100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $95,304 spent · pay $0 · grants $93,897 · events $1,114
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $93,897 98.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,407 1.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,114reported apart
Total$95,304100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $78,635 spent · pay $0 · grants $77,263 · events $7,388
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $77,263 98.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,372 1.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$7,388reported apart
Total$78,635100%

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