Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLIC BY THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER, INCLUDING AVALANCHE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC, THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF AVALANCHE ADVISORIES AND MOUNTAIN WEATHER FORECASTS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS.
SUPPORTING THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER IN THEIR MISSION TO INFORM THE RECREATING PUBLIC ABOUT AVALANCHE DANGER, AND PROVIDING QUALITY FREE AVALANCHE SAFTETY EDUCATION TO THE GREATER GALLATIN COMMUNITY AND ALL BACKCOUNTRY USERS IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA.
AVALANCHE SAFETY AND AWARENEWSS EDUCATION PROGRAM: THE FRIENDS OF THE GNFAC PROVIDES FREE, QUALITY AVALANCHE SAFETY EDUCATION AND INFORMATION FOR ALL BACKCOUNTRY USERS IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA. IN THE 2019-2020 SEASON, OVER 40 INSTRUCTORS COORDINATED AND STAFFED 125 DAYS OF CLASSES (TALKS, SEMINARS, AND FIELD SESSIONS) FOR 4,200 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING: GRADES 1-12, COLLEGIATE, SEARCH AND RESCUE GROUPS, SKI PATROL, AND SKI AND SNOWMOBILE CLUBS. ONE IN FIVE OF PARTICIPANTS IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCE CENTER IN THEIR MISSION TO INFORM THE RECREATING PUBLIC ABOUT AVALANCHE DANGER: THE FRIENDS OF GNFAC HOSTS THE MTAVALANCHE.COM WEBSITE, OWNS AND MAINTAINS 4 WEATHER STATIONS, AND PROVIDES OTHER DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE AVALANCHE CENTER SUCH AS GEAR AND EQUIPMENT. IN THE 2019-2020 SEASON, THE WEBSITE'S FORECAST PAGE RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 1,526 DAILY VIEWS AND OVER 5,245 INDIVIDUALS SUBSCRIBED TO THE AVALANCHE CENTER'S DAILY ADVISORIES.
SNOWPILOT SOFTWARE: THE FRIENDS FUNDS THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS OPEN-SOURCE, FREE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS USERS TO RECORD AND GRAPH SNOWPIT INFORMATION IN A SECURE DATABASE WHERE RESEARCHERS CAN ANALYZE IT TO ADVANCE THE FIELD OF SNOW SCIENCE. OVER 5,000 PEOPLE USE SNOWPILOT. WITH OVER 22,000 SNOWPITS, SNOWPILOT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST SNOWPIT DATABASE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Allyson Fauver | Treasurer | 8.27 | $12,910 |
| Mark Greeno | Director | 1.78 | $2,514 |
| Ben Nobel | Director | 1.1 | $735 |
| Emily Wolfe | Secretary | 0.69 | $150 |
| Laura Ryan | Director | 0.57 | $0 |
| Rob Lininger | Director | 0.57 | $0 |
| Leah Knickerbocker | Director | 0.57 | $0 |
| Dawn Brown | Director | 0.57 | $0 |
| Tyler Allen | Director | 0.57 | $0 |
| Regina Wall | President | 0.57 | $0 |
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