2025-07-28T12:23:07-07:00 2024-12-31 931157146 KERN & THOMPSON LLC 1800 SW FIRST AVE STE 410 PORTLAND OR 97201 990 2024-01-01 930408077 Mazamas MAZA 5032272345 527 SE 43rd Avenue Portland OR 97215 REBEKAH PHILLIPS Executive Director 2025-07-28 true true Kristin L Brooks CPA P02397432 5032223338 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z REBEKAH PHILLIPS 1457017 false X WWW.MAZAMAS.ORG X 1946 OR MAZAMAS PROMOTES MOUNTAINEERING THROUGH EDUCATION, CLIMBING, HIKING, FELLOWSHIP, SAFETY AND THE EXPLORATION & PROTECTION OF MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS. 9 9 5 500 2371 329225 939817 330267 433795 40918 46386 10931 -14089 711341 1405909 22000 8500 0 298365 363286 0 108895 475742 680942 796107 1052728 -84766 353181 2963350 3370813 235901 226313 2727449 3144500 X MAZAMAS PROMOTES MOUTAINEERING AND WILDERNESS EXPLORATION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO COLLECTS AND DISSEMINATES AUTHORITATIVE AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING MOUNTAINS AND WILDERNESS, AND ENCOURAGES THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD. false false 300195 36183 FACILITIES:LOCATED IN PORTLAND, OREGON, THE CARBON-NEUTRAL MAZAMA MOUNTAINEERING CENTER IS THE MAZAMAS HEADQUARTERS. IT HOUSES OFFICES FOR STAFF, MEETING ROOMS AND CLASSROOMS, AN EXTENSIVE MOUNTAINEERING LIBRARY AND COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ARCHIVES, AND A LARGE AUDITORIUM WITH EDUCATIONAL CLIMBING WALLS FOR CLASS ACTIVITY. CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS ARE ALSO HELD IN THE FACILITYS AUDITORIUM.MAZAMAS ALSO OWNS A LODGE LOCATED IN GOVERNMENT CAMP, OREGON, THAT RESIDES ON U.S. FOREST SERVICE LAND. PARTICIPANTS IN MAZAMA EDUCATION PROGRAMS, MEMBERS, SKI CLUBS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING YOUTH GROUPS IN THE PORTLAND, OREGON AREA USE THE FACILITY DURING THE YEAR. THE LODGE IS ALSO USED AS A BASE FOR MT. HOOD CLIMBS LED BY MAZAMAS. USERS ARE CHARGED A FEE TO COVER THE DIRECT COSTS OF LODGING AND MEALS. 164505 320200 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:MAZAMAS CONDUCTS EDUCATION IN MOUNTAINEERING, ROCK CLIMBING, ICE CLIMBING, BACKCOUNTRY SKIING, NORDIC SKIING, WILDERNESS FIRST AID, AND OTHER MOUNTAIN-RELATED OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE COURSES INCLUDE TECHNIQUES, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, AND CONSERVATION ETHICS. NON-MEMBERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN CLASSES OFFERED THROUGH MAZAMAS. MORE THAN 600 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ANNUALLY. 130547 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: INITIATIVES IN 2024 SUPPORTED MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF A BIMONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MAGAZINE AND NEWSLETTERS, VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS, AND OTHER VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION STRATEGIES. 122734 3000 77412 ACTIVITIES & EVENTS:MAZAMAS OFFERS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING HIKING, CLIMBING, BACKPACKING, AND LOCAL STREET RAMBLES LED BY VOLUNTEER LEADERS. PARTICIPATION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SUBJECT TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS REQUIRED FOR EACH ACTIVITY. PARTICIPANTS ARE NOT CHARGED A FEE FOR ACTIVITIES, EXCEPT FOR CLIMBS IN THE MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. IN A TYPICAL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 1,500 CLIMBERS PARTICIPATE IN OUR CLIMBING PROGRAM, 2,000 HIKERS PARTICIPATE IN OUR HIKING AND STREET RAMBLES PROGRAM, AND A FEW HUNDRED PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL EVENTS. MAZAMA OUTINGS ARE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FIVE DAYS OR LONGER. OUTINGS VARY IN SCOPE AND NUMBER FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING ON VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP. MOST OUTINGS INVOLVE HIKING, CLIMBING, BACKPACKING, TREKKING, OR SKIING, BUT SOME MAY INCLUDE IN-TOWN EXCURSIONS. ALTHOUGH MOST OUTINGS TAKE PLACE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, SOME TRAVEL TO FOREIGN DESTINATIONS. LIKE OTHER ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; PARTICIPANTS PAY FOR THEIR OWN TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS. MAZAMAS ALSO AWARDS GRANTS THAT HELP FUND CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS INTO HIGH OR REMOTE MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF THE WORLD. MAZAMAS OFFERS INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELD AT THE MAZAMA MOUNTAINEERING CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE OUTDOOR-ORIENTED PROGRAMS ARE FREE WITH A SUGGESTED DONATION, AND RANGE IN NATURE FROM FILM SCREENINGS TO RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY UPDATES TO PRESENTATIONS BY MISSION-ALIGNED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. 37068 5500 STEWARDSHIP:IN ADDITION TO RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CONSERVATION IS CENTRAL TO THE MAZAMA MISSION. FROM THE BEGINNING, MAZAMAS HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING EXISTING WILDERNESS AREAS, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ESTABLISHING BOTH CRATER LAKE AND MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARKS, CASCADE FOREST RESERVE, THE THREE SISTERS WILDERNESS AREA, AND PORTLANDS FOREST PARK. MAZAMAS CONTINUES THIS TRADITION BY ORGANIZING TRAIL- AND CRAG-TENDING ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS FUNDING CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH GRANTS TO QUALIFIED NON-PROFITS AND STUDENTS EACH YEAR. 159802 8500 77412 755049 true true false false false false false true false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 23 0 true 5 true true true false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false true false false true true true true false false true true true true true true true true false OR X X REBEKAH PHILLIPS 5032272345 527 SE 43RD AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97215 REBEKAH PHILLIIPS Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 105360 0 0 GREG SCOTT President 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID URBANIAK Vice President 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LIZ CROWE Treasurer 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MATTHEW SUNDLING Secretary 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES BARKER Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEBBIE DWELLE Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARTIN HANSON Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CLAIRE TENSCHER Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS JAWORSKI Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 105360 1 false false false 0 208348 72432 659037 1989 939817 LODGE RENTAL 900099 36183 36183 PROGRAM SERVICES 900099 397612 397612 433795 46386 46386 0 0 0 0 30315 72432 46710 -16395 -16395 0 3110 4398 -1288 -1288 ADVERTISING 541800 2371 2371 OTHER INCOME 900099 1223 1223 3594 1405909 433730 2371 29991 X 3000 3000 5500 5500 0 0 308373 192127 42048 74198 0 0 0 27874 17520 3968 6386 27039 17283 3217 6539 0 0 23947 23947 0 0 0 122821 68826 53393 602 4749 4242 326 181 54134 49935 3329 870 24855 14037 8047 2771 0 41139 40761 378 32647 30551 1352 744 0 11795 8930 2865 5148 5148 0 75732 70028 4749 955 137865 107126 21896 8843 Printing and Publications 34585 31141 2341 1103 PERMITS & LICENSES 25659 25485 169 5 BANK AND MERCHANT FEES 24745 17523 2614 4608 Postage and Shipping 12242 11053 543 646 48879 39981 8454 444 1052728 755049 188784 108895 156311 86474 16565 18231 500 10100 625 0 0 0 0 17869 16790 3212946 1465727 1721312 1747219 990318 1450099 0 0 0 50875 50875 2963350 3370813 32436 28028 203465 198285 235901 226313 X 2358996 2323128 368453 821372 2727449 3144500 2963350 3370813 353181 63870 X true X false true false X 576852 301341 60932 329225 939817 2208167 338531 442882 49042 344625 397612 1572692 0 0 0 915383 744223 109974 673850 1337429 3780859 0 0 3780859 18768 24444 7041 40918 46386 137557 0 18768 24444 7041 40918 46386 137557 0 12352 3685 1223 17260 946503 768667 117015 718453 1385038 3935676 0.96070 0.98300 0.03500 0.01370 X Support Schedule: Additional Supplemental Information YEAR 2022 WAS A SHORT YEAR OF 3-MONTHS. THE ORGANIZATION CHANGED IS FISCAL YEAR END FROM 9/30 TO 12/31 IN THAT YEAR. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 50875 X X X X false 97636 481800 579436 97636 97636 97636 97636 97636 97636 47636 50000 97636 1.00000 false false false 634590 634590 1929034 1034654 894380 122944 33158 89786 526378 397915 128463 1747219 Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose. MAZAMAS MAINTAINS A MOUNTAINEERING LIBRARY OF C. 10,000 PUBLICATIONS AND AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF HISTORIC AND NOTABLE MOUNTAINEERING ARTIFACTS WHICH ARE ACCESSED BY BOTH MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS (E.G., RESEARCHERS, HISTORIANS, STORY-TELLERS). ARTIFACTS ARE EXHIBITED IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND OCCASIONALLY LOANED TO HISTORICAL SOCIETIES FOR EXHIBIT. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MAZAMAS. false GALA EVENT 102747 72432 30315 46710 102747 72432 30315 46710 46710 -16395 true 0 0 GRANTS AND STIPENDS 3 5500 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CHRIS JAWORKSKI BOARD MEMBER 17126 CONSULTING SERVICES false CHARLES BARKER BOARD MEMBER 18000 CATERING SERVICES false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information CHRIS JAWORKSKI WAS PAID AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR CONSULTING SERVICES RENDERED TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATING MODEL, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE, AND RELATED SYSTEMS FOR THE MAZAMA LODGE. CHRIS RETURNED $650 OF HIS EARNINGS AS A DONATION TO THE MAZAMAS ORGANIZATION DURING THE YEAR.CHARLES BARKER WAS PAID AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL CATERING SERVICES RENDERED IN SUPPORT OF MAZAMA EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TYPICALLY THOSE REQUIRING OVERNIGHT STAYS AT THE MAZAMA LODGE. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS WERE AMENDED BY A VOTE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON AUGUST 12, 2024, TO ESTABLISH A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND CLARIFY THE TIMING OF DIRECTOR AND OFFICER ELECTIONS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING AND THE PRESIDENT REVIEWS AND APPROVES A DRAFT OF THE FORM BEFORE IT IS FILED. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c APPLIES TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND EMPLOYEES. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY SUSPECTED APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE AND ADJUSTS COMPENSATION. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS OTHER STAFF POSITIONS AND ADJUSTS COMPENSATION. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE MEMBERS SECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. REASONABLE REQUESTS FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS MAY BE REQUESTED AT THE MAZAMA OFFICES.