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TCC Operating Budget

As climbing season approaches, the Tahoe Climbing Coalition would like to take a moment to thank the community for your support and provide some information about our budget and how your donations are used to protect and improve Tahoe climbing.

 

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, TCC offers full budget transparency and all financial information can be found on the IRS and California Secretary of State websites. Members are invited to attend our board meetings on the first Thursday of every month, with an open-invite meeting at Blue Granite every other month (dates/locations posted on our website and on social media). The TCC discusses the budget and spending priorities at each meeting, and we welcome community attendance and input. 

 

TCC's annual expenditures average approximately $8,000.​

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We invite the community to support the TCC by becoming members or participating in our stewardship events, and welcome all interested community members to attend our meetings to provide your input and learn more about where your membership dollars are allocated. As always, feel free to reach out to us via email or on Facebook/Instagram.

Calendar Year 2022

  • TCC's total income from memberships, donations, and grands for 2022 was $8,915.68

  • Insurance costs for our organization are approximately $2,000. 

  • The cost for registration, taxes and maintaining our website was approximately $100

  • Equipment costs for rebolting and stewardship work total approximately $1,500. Rebolting equipment purchases include several hundred stainless steel bolts/hangers/mussy hooks, a drill, a rope, and ascenders. Stewardship equipment purchases comprise trail maintenance hand tools and graffiti abatement equipment. With this equipment, TCC has replaced unsafe bolts and added mussy hooks to a variety of local crags, including Castle Rock, Berkeley Camp, and Luther Spires. TCC's recent trail improvement and cleanup events have taken place at Luther Rock, Luther Spires, Eagle Lake TH, Woodfords Canyon, PieShop, and Berkeley Camp. 

  • Through TCC's partnership with Blue Granite, we spent approximately $1,400 on instruction and equipment for underserved youth to learn to climb through our ClimbUp program. 

  • Finally, $4,600 was spent on membership swag (t-shirts, hats, mugs, stickers, etc.), which is used for fundraising. There was a significant increase in this cost for 2022 due to low inventory of nearly all of these items. TCC spent an additional $162 on shipping for sending membership gifts to our members when they signup/renew.

Calendar Year 2021

  • TCC's total income from memberships, donations, and grands for 2021 was $5,513.35

  • Insurance costs for our organization are approximately $2,000. 

  • The cost for registration, taxes and maintaining our website was approximately $190

  • Equipment costs for rebolting and stewardship work total approximately $700. 

  • Through TCC's climbing scholarships, we spent  $200 on gym access and and equipment for underrepresented and underserved community members to experience climbing through our social outreach programs. 

  • Finally, $2,780 was spent on membership swag (t-shirts, hats, mugs, stickers, etc.), which is used for fundraising. TCC spent an additional $106 on shipping for sending membership gifts to our members when they signup/renew.

Calendar Year 2020

  • TCC's total income from memberships, donations, and grands for 2020 was $8,770.38

  • Insurance costs for our organization are approximately $2,000. 

  • The cost for registration, taxes and maintaining our website was approximately $200

  • TCC did not spend money on rebolting or trail equipment in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Through TCC's climbing scholarships, we spent approximately $1,800 to expose underserved youth to all that climbing has to offer via our Acend and ClimbUp programs. TCC Spent an additional $350 to procure background checks for our ClimbUp volunteer instructors.

  • Finally, approximately $4,200 was spent on membership swag (t-shirts, hats, mugs, stickers, etc.), which is used for fundraising. TCC spent an additional $156 on shipping for sending membership gifts to our members when they signup/renew.

Calendar Year 2019

  • TCC's total income from memberships, donations, and grands for TCC's inaugural year was $13,503.12

  • Insurance costs for our organization are approximately $2,300. 

  • The cost for registration, taxes and maintaining our website was approximately $500

  • TCC did not spend money on rebolting or trail equipment in our first year of operation. This was all done using donated trail tools.

  • Through TCC's climbing scholarships, we spent approximately $730 to expose underserved youth to all that climbing has to offer via our community outreach programs.

  • Finally, approximately $2,500 was spent on membership swag (t-shirts, hats, mugs, stickers, etc.), which is used for fundraising and membership generation.

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