Share Winter Foundation
Share Winter Foundation funds youth learn-to-ski and snowboard programs across the U.S., helping partner organizations with instruction, gear, lift tickets and transportation to increase access to winter sports. The site includes impact figures, partner information, and explicit grant eligibility and application guidance for community programs.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Structured youth-focused programs that provide learn-to-ski or snowboard instruction, equipment, lift access and transportation, typically established nonprofits or community programs with a track record of delivering winter-sports youth programming.
Good Fit
- • Operates a youth learn-to-ski or snowboard program
- • Requests general operating support for instruction, gear, tickets, or transport
- • Has demonstrated program outcomes and local partnerships with ski areas
- • Is an established nonprofit (not an individual or one-off program)
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year reached roughly 23 states, indicating a national multi-state footprint rather than a single-state focus.
Recipient Variety
The latest year funded 64 distinct recipients and similar counts in prior years, with modest dollar concentration (the largest grantee ~4%, top five ~18%), showing a broad and diverse recipient set for the foundation's scale.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of turnover exists: about 10 new grantees (~16% new) in the latest year and many returning partners across three years, which indicates unfamiliar applicants have been able to enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
