INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN EXPLORERS CONNECTION

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2023 · Form 990EZ · revenue $20K · expenses $50K · assets $81K

EIN
84-1348903
Address
PO BOX 3665, BOULDER, CO 80307-3665
Website
www.mountainexplorers.org
NTEE code
E99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 1997 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Melissa Foley (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Our mission is to support an ethical mountain trekking culture by promoting social, economic and environmental responsibility

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 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
Melissa Foley Co-Chairperson2019-2023 4 $0 reported 1
Karen Capaldi Co-Chairperson2021-2023 4 $0 reported 1
Christine Minja-Trupin Board Member2019-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Saskia de Rover Board Member2022-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Nathan Partain (former) Board Chairman2019-2021 4 $0 reported 1
Adam Roberts (former) SECRETARY/Treasurer2019-2021 2 $0 reported 1
Steena Chandler (former) Board Member2019-2020 1 $0 reported 1
Lindsay Amundsen (former) Board Member2019-2020 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Melissa Foley Co-Chairperson4 $0-$0 $01
Karen Capaldi Co-Chairperson4 $0-$0 $01
Christine Minja-Trupin Board Member2 $0-$0 $01
Saskia de Rover Board Member2 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Melissa Foley Co-Chairperson4 $0-$0 $01
Karen Capaldi Co-Chairperson4 $0-$0 $01
Christine Minja-Trupin Board Member2 $0-$0 $01
Saskia de Rover Board Member2 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Nathan Partain Board Chairman4 $0-$0 $01
ADAM ROBERTS SECRETARY/Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA FOLEY BOARD MEMBER2 $0-$0 $01
Christine Minja-Trupin Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
KAREN CAPALDI BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Nathan Partain Board Chairman4 $0-$0 $01
Steena Chandler Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Lindsay Amundsen Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Melissa Foley Board Member2 $0-$0 $01
Adam Roberts Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Christine Minja-Trupin Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NATHAN PARTAIN BOARD CHAIRMAN4 $0-$0 $01
STEENA CHANDLER SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
LINDSAY AMUNDSEN BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA FOLEY BOARD MEMBER2 $0-$0 $01
ADAM ROBERTS BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTINE MINJA-TRUPIN 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
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$19,623$49,590 $80,780$80,780 $19,623$0 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$95,190$92,856 $106,293$106,293 $95,190$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$94,035$95,942 $105,061$104,510 $94,035- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$112,170$100,779 $106,968$106,417 $112,170- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$138,935$70,256 $95,026$95,026 $138,935- ---

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $65,439 in all, tax years 2016 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
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2019, 2024 2$19,739 2024$10,277
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2018-2019 2$13,500 2019$6,500
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MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2020 1$10,000 2020$10,000
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THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2020 2$10,000 2020$5,000
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VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$7,500 2023$7,500
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SEMROD FAMILY PRIVATE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “International Mountain Explorers Connection” 2020, 2023 2$4,000 2023$1,000
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MUTUAL OF AMERICA FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “International Mountain Explorers Connection”, “INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN EXPLORERS CONNECTION” 2016, 2018 2$500 2018$250
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PFIZER FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN EXPLORERS CONNECTION” 2022 1$200 2022$200
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INTERNATIONAL SPINE RECONSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCNYE99 $16,500$3,526 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MINIDENTAL IMPLANTSNYE99 $34,270$50,388 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
SEATTLE KING COUNTY DENTAL FOUNDATIONWAE99 $30,591$32,007 EXECUTIVE DI$67,756 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
FOUNDATION FOR SURGICAL INNOVATIONORE99 $12,545$41,980 President$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
COVE-UNION-POWDER MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONORE99 $34,255$3,685 Chairman$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF THE LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER ICTE99 $32,509$102,247 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
HEAD AND NECK FOUNDATIONORE99 $14,000$34,114 PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
IRA SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL CANCER FOUNDATION INCNYE99 $26,215$85 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
COLE KUBISTA FOUNDATION INCILE99 $27,871$16,889 President$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
TIFFANY CLOUSE FOUNDATION INCNVE99 $21,441$7,121 PRESIDENT, TREASURER, DIRE$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
WILMINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION INCNCE99 $24,729$2,496 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
CHRISTIAN SEX ADDICTION SPECIALISTS INTERNATIONAL INCGAE99 $14,412$9,039 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
MORGAN COUNTY CARING FOR KIDS COALITIONMOE99 $36,993$43,882 President$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
SOCIEDAD IBERO-LATINOAMERICANA DE TRANSPLANTE DE CABELLO INCFLE99 $25,255$9,261 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
ST BARNABAS COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES INCNYE99 $10,046$60,527 PRESIDENT & CEO$1,067,682 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
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GEORGIA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION IGAE99 $31,018$16,277 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
EMMAUS ROAD MEDICAL DIRECTIONVAE99 $22,966$14,008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS$0 Same NTEE code E99, revenue within 2x
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$240,80011 52015–2024 FOUNDATION FOR RADIANCE; SERENDIPITY FOUNDATION INC; CRYSTAL FOUNDATION; HEALTH4THEWORLD and 1 more
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FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor$96,8388 42010–2023 WILL S WAY FOUNDATION; HEALING HUNTER FOUNDATION; GROUP CARE GLOBAL; SAKTHI FOUNDATION INC
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$80,7702 22020–2021 HEALTH4THEWORLD; GHANA ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL AID
THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST DAF sponsor$60,0006 12011–2024 PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF THE LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER I
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$35,0001 12022–2022 GLOBAL MEDICAL MISSIONS
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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.

2023 · Form 990EZ · $49,590 spent · pay $24,763 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $24,763 49.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,424 41.2%
Fees to independent contractors $2,370 4.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,032 4.1%
Printing, publications, postage $1 0.0%
Total$49,590100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $92,856 spent · pay $60,114 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $60,114 64.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,158 28.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,478 5.9%
Fees to independent contractors $1,106 1.2%
Total$92,856100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $95,942 spent · pay $42,645 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $46,604 48.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $42,645 44.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,185 5.4%
Fees to independent contractors $1,508 1.6%
Total$95,942100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $100,779 spent · pay $51,961 · grants $21,020 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $51,961 51.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,620 21.5%
Grants and similar amounts paid $21,020 20.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,178 5.1%
Fees to independent contractors $1,000 1.0%
Total$100,779100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $70,256 spent · pay $6,459 · grants $51,122 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $51,122 72.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,415 12.0%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $6,459 9.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,260 6.1%
Total$70,256100%

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