NonprofitsFirst Descents

Recreation & Sports

First Descents

DENVER, CO

Total revenue

$8.9M

Total expenses

$4.5M

Net assets

$12.8M

Grants received

$11.0M

266 grants

EIN

810539964

Tax year

2024

Mission

First descents provides life-changing outdoor adventures to young adults impacted by cancer and other serious health conditions.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$9.2M
Program service revenue
Investment income$208K
Other revenue
Total revenue$8.9M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.6M
Fundraising$998K
Other expenses$1.9M
Total expenses$4.5M
Total assets$13.1M
Net assets$12.8M

People

20 listed

NameRoleCompensation

PATRICK O'DONOGHUE

EXECUTIVE DI

Board

$242K

40 hrs/wk

BRADFORD LUDDEN

FOUNDER AND

Board

$186K

40 hrs/wk

ADAM SCHUSTER

COO

Board

$151K

40 hrs/wk

DR BRANDON HAYES-LATTIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ALIX BERGLUND

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BRENT GOLDSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOEL APPEL

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

TANUM DAVIS BOHEN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DEBBIE KING FORD

BOARD CHAIRP

Board

2 hrs/wk

KAMMI REISS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH KEATING

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

GENEVIEVE HOVDE

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BROCK STRASBOURGER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BEN DAVIS

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JULIE WRIGHT

VICE CHAIRPE

Board

2 hrs/wk

MICHAEL GROSS

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

KIP CROSS

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

LARRY SMITH

MEDICAL DIRE

Board

2 hrs/wk

RAYMOND SHEDD

VP OF ADVANC

Staff

$180K

40 hrs/wk

ANNA MCGRATH

VP OF PROGRA

Staff

$115K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 266

FromAmountPurposeYear
$175K
Surviviorship programming
2024
$45K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$35K
to support young adults impacted by cancer and other serious health conditions
2024
$30K
General operating support
2024
$25K
First Descents I Expanding Participation and Access to Outdoor Adventure and Psychosocial Support
2024
$25K
NYC PROGRAMS
2024
$25K
FIRST DESCENTS CORE PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES IN ITS ENTIRETY.
2024
$17K
SPORTS AND RECREATION
2024
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING FUND
2024
$15K
Support Sick and Hungry Kids
2024
$13K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL MISSION.
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$10K
exempt function of charity
2024
$10K
SPORTS & RECREATION
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER.
2024
$8K
PROVIDES LIFE CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS
2024
$6K
UNRESTRCITED
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$4K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2024
$3K
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$3K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$500
SOCIAL SERVICESSUPPORT
2024
$351K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$175K
Surviviorship programming
2023
$100K
CONTRIBUTION
2023
$90K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, IN MEMORY OF VALERIE COIT LUCKENBILL
2023
$45K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$28K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$25K
FIRST DESCENTS CORE PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES IN ITS ENTIRETY.
2023
$25K
FIRST DESCENTS (FD) PROVIDES LIFE-CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS. SINCE 2001, FD HAS SERVED MORE THAN 10,150 PARTICIPANTS AT OVER 1,100 PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE TO PROVIDE ONGOING PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORTIVE CARE. BEGINNING IN 2020, FD EXPANDED PROGRAMMING TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON THE FRONTLINES OF COVID-19. RECOGNIZED FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FIRST DESCENTS IS A PROUD NONPROFIT PARTNER OF 1% FOR THE PLANET AND WAS HONORED AS A CNN HERO IN 2016.
2023
$25K
First Descents - Expanding Participation and Access to Outdoor Adventure and Psychosocial Support
2023
$25K
NYC PROGRAMS
2023
$20K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$15K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$13K
SPORTS/LEISURE
2023
$13K
CHARITABLE
2023
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF MISSION
2023
$10K
Charitable Event
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER.
2023
$10K
exempt function of charity
2023
$8K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$8K
PROVIDES LIFE CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS
2023
$7K
HEALTH SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$4K
Provides outdoor adventures for young adults impacted by cancer and other serious health conditions
2023
$4K
General Support
2023
$4K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$3K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2023
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$3K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$3K
Charitable Event
2023
$3K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$2K
Program Support
2023
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$510
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$510
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$500
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
2023
$500
Charitable Event
2023
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$500
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$255
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$231
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$132
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$102
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$102
GENERAL
2023
$100
JH Charity Challenge
2023
$50
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2023
$50
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$303K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$166K
to provide general operating support
2022
$150K
Surviviorship programming
2022
$100K
CONTRIBUTION
2022
$75K
First Descents - Expanding Participation and Access to Outdoor Adventure and Psychosocial Support
2022
$50K
ONGOING OPERATIONS
2022
$45K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$39K
SPORTS/LEISURE
2022
$36K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$25K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
2022
$25K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
2022
$25K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
2022
$25K
HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
2022
$15K
CHARITABLE
2022
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$13K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$10K
Scholarship
2022
$10K
501(c)(3) Qualified Organization
2022
$10K
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CHILD CANCER
2022
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER.
2022
$10K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$10K
Provide free adventures
2022
$10K
exempt function of the charity
2022
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$8K
PROVIDES LIFE CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER AND OTHERSERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS
2022
$6K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$6K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
Provides outdoor adventures for young adults impacted by cancer and other serious health conditions
2022
$4K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2022
$3K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2022
$2K
Charitable Event
2022
$2K
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$2K
Program Support
2022
$1K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$1K
TO PROVIDED LIFE CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES TO YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS
2022
$800
CHARITABLE
2022
$297
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$275
General & Unrestricted
2022
$269
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$269
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$255
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT/ANNUAL GIFT
2022
$231
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$100
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$51
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$50
MATCH - AGENT MATCHING GIFT - 184
2022
$50
General Operating Support
2022
$25
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$437K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2021
$232K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$232K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$50K
Improving Psychosocial Health through Adventure Peer Support
2021
$35K
Care Provision
2021
$25K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$25K
HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
2021
$20K
SEE TISBEST MISSION
2021
$20K
SEE TISBEST MISSION
2021
$20K
Support Sick and Hungry Kids
2021
$20K
CHARITABLE
2021
$10K
FIRST DESCENTS PROVIDES LIFE-CHANGING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES TO YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS.
2021
$8K
B0: Well-Being
2021
$5K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$5K
TO SUPPORT YOUNG ADULTS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS THROUGH OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
2021
$5K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2021
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO GENERAL FUND
2021
$4K
YOUNG ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR SUPPORT
2021
$3K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2021
$3K
GENERAL FUNDDONATION
2021
$2K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2021
$400
CHARITABLE
2021
$1.7M
General Operating Support
2020
$872K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2020
$598K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$575K
Special Projects COVID-19 Relief Efforts
2020
$200K
SUPPORT SICK AND HUNGRY KIDS
2020
$150K
Adventure-based healing for youth
2020
$125K
CONTRIBUTION
2020
$50K
FRONT LINE WORKER ADVENTURE HEALING PROGRAM
2020
$38K
Provide free Adventures
2020
$25K
HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
2020
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$20K
CHARITABLE
2020

Funded by

$11.0M from 112 funders · 266 grants · 2017–2024

Wend II Inc

$2.5M · 3 grants · 2020–2022

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$2.0M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Charities Aid Foundation America

$1.4M · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Tap Cancer Out Inc

$500K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$484K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Anahata Foundation Xxxxx5004

$390K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Michael Gross Family Foundation

$375K · 4 grants · 2018–2023

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

$331K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

Details

EIN810539964
NTEE codeN20
Subsection03
Ruling date2002-06
Formed2003
Employees58
Volunteers90
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