Squaw Alpine Transit Company
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What it says it does
To provide transit within Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows to assessed businesses' guests, employees, owners, and visitors to improve resort traffic congestion, guests experience, and safety.
- Income
- $1.5 million
- Spending
- $1.4 million
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 9
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $1.3 million spent. Mountaineer provided microtransit services December 7, 2024 through April 20, 2025 as outlined in the OVAM MD MDP. The season comprised of 135 operating days. This was the second consecutive season that Mountaineer provided transportation to 100,000+ passengers. Furthermore, Mountaineer had its two busiest days on record during the 2024-25 season, serving 2,286 passengers on December 24, 2024 and 2,146 passengers on February 8, 2025. Last, Mountaineer set a record in the 24-25 season for transporting the most passengers, 3,771 (a 37% YOY increase) between Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows 5pm-11pm. In total, since its inaugural season beginning in December 2018, Mountaineer has transported 506,609 passengers and provided 244,206 rides of which 57% were shared. As a result of Mountaineer since its inception, nearly 90,000 cars have been removed from Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows roads and more than 150,000 vehicle miles traveled were reduced.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
Not on the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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