Northwest Avalanche Center
The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) exists to increase avalanche awareness, reduce avalanche impacts, and equip the community with mountain weather and avalanche forecasts, education, and data.
Northwest Avalanche Center at a glance
In short: Northwest Avalanche Center gave $133K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $133K), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $133,000
- -14.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $133,000
- -14.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $133,000
- Total assets
- $767,837
- +36.4% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Northwest Avalanche Center
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Northwest Avalanche Center
Who Northwest Avalanche Center funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Mount Baker Snoqualmie Nat'l Forest ($133K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Northwest Avalanche Center gives
- Giving grew 38% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $70K (2020) to $156K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $133K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Baker Snoqualmie Nat'l Forest Everett, WA | To Assist in Mission | $133,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $767,837 | $1,202,490 | $1,005,845 | $133,000 | 1 | $9,426 |
| 2024 | $562,778 | $908,479 | $964,038 | $155,514 | 1 | $7,076 |
| 2023 | $618,337 | $814,341 | $841,814 | $120,825 | 1 | $3,149 |
| 2022 | $645,810 | $846,031 | $725,370 | $96,222 | 1 | $1,333 |
| 2021 | $525,149 | $659,346 | $615,932 | $107,682 | 1 | $-4,784 |
| 2020 | $532,170 | $631,083 | $600,922 | $69,754 | 1 | $4,175 |
| 2019 | $451,574 | $550,593 | $560,119 | $98,242 | 1 | $1,193 |
About Northwest Avalanche Center
Based on IRS filings
Northwest Avalanche Center is a public charity focused on Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, based in North Bend, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $768K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $133K. Net investment income was $9K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Northwest Avalanche Center is led by Scott Schell, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 20 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Scott Schell
Executive Director
Executive Di → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$73K (2019) → $113K (2025)
Gavin Woody
President
Director → President, 2023
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Gorton
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Ferrian
Director
Director → Vice President, 2020
Vice President → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kendall Stever
Director
Director → Treasurer, 2020
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arun Jacob
Director
Director → Vice President, 2023
Vice President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Berger Dodge
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Manuel
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phaedra Beckert
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Hartz
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Becca Cahall
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Potts
Director
Director Fro → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tyler Frisbee
Director
Director Fro → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Becky Frederick
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Recupero
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Graham
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Haferkamp
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelsey Noonan
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Angie Fidler
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Craig Shank
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (16)
- Former: Erik Chelstad (2019–2024) — Director to
- Former: Heather Karell (2019–2024) — Director to
- Former: Sarah Courtney (2019–2024) — Director to
- Former: Zach Buzaid (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Graham Gephart (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Lewis Turner (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Eric Hobbs (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Roland Emetaz (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Austin Bowlin (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Truc Nguyen Allen (2022) — Director
- Former: Libby Snead (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Liz Riggs Meder (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Rick Meade (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Brandy Floyd (2019) — Director
- Former: Justin Davis (2019) — Director
- Former: Mick Steinman (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $113K, to Scott Schell (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Northwest Avalanche Center
How much does Northwest Avalanche Center give each year?
Northwest Avalanche Center gave $133K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $156K across 1 grant.
How large is Northwest Avalanche Center?
Northwest Avalanche Center reported $768K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.
What is Northwest Avalanche Center?
Northwest Avalanche Center is a public charity focused on Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, based in North Bend, WA. It holds $768K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Northwest Avalanche Center operate?
Northwest Avalanche Center has awarded grants in Washington.
What is Northwest Avalanche Center's EIN?
Northwest Avalanche Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-1971688. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 23, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 26, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 25, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 26, 2023)
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