News from ISHA: Donors Stepped Up in Covid Year

In 2020, donors dug deep to help ISHA weather trying times. Fundraising set a new record.

For the seventh year in a row, donors to the nonprofit International Skiing History Association set a record for unrestricted donations. Thanks to the generosity of ISHA members, individual donations in 2020 rose 15.6 percent over the previous best year (2019).

The 2020 Fundraising Campaign raised a total of $136,857 in gifts from 443 individuals. The ISHA Board of Directors thanks Christin Cooper and Penny Pitou for leading the annual drive.

Fifty-four companies and organizations contributed $35,000. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many ski industry firms lost customer traffic, with the result that ISHA’s corporate sponsorship revenue fell 33 percent for the year. However, total unrestricted donations rose .3 percent.

In 2020, membership dues covered about 18.6 percent of ISHA’s annual costs for publishing the magazine, maintaining the website, producing the annual ISHA Awards program, and maintaining communications with the membership. The balance of the budget was met through charitable contributions, corporate sponsorships, bulk sales of the magazine to our museum partners, foundation grants and revenue from investment funds.

On the expense side of the ledger, 67 percent of the budget went to support ISHA programs (magazine and website publishing, awards program). The remainder went to administration (member service, bookkeeping and audit, fundraising, member recruitment).

ISHA is a 501( c )( 3 ) public charity, eligible to receive grants from family and community foundations, donor-advised funds and corporate matching programs, in addition to direct contributions from individuals.

If you’re interested in supporting a specific ISHA program, please contact president Seth Masia at (303) 594-1657. If your firm would like to be a corporate sponsor, contact Peter Kirkpatrick at (541) 488-1933.

ISHA Income 2020

• Individual donations $132,506 (59%)
• Memberships $50,694 (23%)
• Corporate Sponsorships  $35,000 (16%)
• Magazine sales (museums, other partners $6,399 (3%)
• Total revenue $224,599

ISHA Expenditures 2020

• Magazine content, editorial $74,397 (30%)
• Magazine printing, distribution $45,598 (19%)
• Events, ISHA Awards program $36,501 (15%)
• Website content, management $7,169 (3%)
• Administration, bookkeeping $63,542 (26%)
• Fundraising, member recruitment $13,158 (5%)
• Audit, tax preparation $3,725 (2%)
• Total $244,090
   

HONOR ROLL

Listed here are the donors who supported ISHA’s mission with tax-free donations and gift memberships above and beyond their membership dues in 2018. –Seth Masia, President

Pinnacle Club
$10,000 and up

• Barry & Kristine Stott

Chairman's Circle
$5,000 to $9,999

• Elliot Cooperstone
• Renie & Dave Gorsuch
• Jake & Maureen Hoeschler
• Jean-Claude Killy
• Nicholas Paumgarten
• Nicholas Skinner

SuperG(ivers)
$2,000 to $4,999

• John J. Byrne
• Mike & Carol Hundert
• Liza-Lee & George Kremer
• Stephanie McLennan
• Jack Nixon In memory of Gwen James Nixon
• Charles Sanders

History Leader
$1,000 to $1,999

• Osvaldo & Eddy Ancinas In memory of John Fry
• Skip Beitzel, Hickory & Tweed Ski Shop
• Albert & Gretchen Rous Besser
• Christin Cooper-Tach & Mark Tach In memory of John Fry
• Chris & Eileen Diamond
• Charles Ferries
• E. Nicholas Giustina
• Adolph Imboden
• Peter Looram
• Seth Masia In memory of John Fry & Dick Bohr
• Judy McLennan
• Marvin & Renee Melville
• Janet Mosser
• Richard & Deborah Pearce
• Penny Pitou
• Barbara Alley Simon
• Bob Soden
• John Stahler
• Carol & Barry Stone In memory of John Fry &
• Jeff Stone
• Stephen Storey
• Ivan Wagner, Swiss Academic Ski Club
• Thomas Wilkins

Gold Medalist
$500 to $999

• Michael & Diana Brooks
• Jeffrey Burnham
• Michael & Jennifer Calderone
• Robert Craven In honor of Penny Pitou
• Jack & Kathleen Eck
• Curtis Emerson
• Tania & Tom Evans
• Peter Fischer
• Mitch & Kim Fleischer
• Jim & Barbara Gaddis
• Vernon Greco
• Hugh Harley In memory of John Fry
• Robert Irwin
• Joe Jay & Susan Jalbert, Jalbert Productions In memory of Calvin Beisswanger
• Nigel Jones
• Jim & Dorothy Klein
• Winston Lauder
• Win Lockwood
• Robert & Alice Looney
• J. Howard Marshall III
• Debby McClenahan
• Andy & Linda McLane,
• McLane Harper Charitable Foundation
• David Moffett
• Chauncey & Edith Morgan
• Stan & Sally Morse
• David Moulton
• Trygve Myhrven
• Bradley Olch
• Peter Pell Sr.
• Charles & Janet Perkins
• Lee Perry Jr.
• Doug & Ginny Pfeiffer
• William Polleys
• Nancy Greene Raine
• David Scott
• Jay Stagg
• Einar Sunde
• Otto Tschudi
• Lee Turlington In honor of Marcel Barel
• U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
• Roger Wangen

Silver Medalist
$100 to $499

• Peter Abramson In memory of John Fry
• Guy Alexander
• Graham Anderson In memory of John Fry
• Coralue Anderson
• Gordon Arwine
• Carol Atha
• Michelle Avery
• Alan Baker
• Brian Balusek
• F. Michael Bannon
• Pat Bauman
• Phil Bayly
• Tom Beachman
• Kevin & Cyndy Beardsley
• Bob Beattie
• Stephen & Louise Berry
• Nicholas & Ellen Besobrasow
• Michael Bing
• Rick & Judy Birk
• Heather Black
• Tom Blair
• Jeff Blumenfeld, NASJA
• Spencer Bocks
• Bruce Boeder
• Junior & Maxine Bounous
• Charles Bowen
• Bob & Christana Boyle In memory of Gus Gnehm
• Sally Brew
• Michael Briggs
• Jerome Britton
• G. Stanley Brown
• Jan & Judith Brunvand
• Jackie & John Bucksbaum,
• John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation
• Eddie Bunch,
• The Bunch Family (Alpine Ski Shop)
• Frank Cammack
• Doug Campbell
• Duncan Campbell
• Chris Cannon
• Dorothy Cantor
• Rick Carter
• Warren & Gretchen Cash
• Harvey & Reserl Chalker, Alpine Sports
• Kathryn & Charles Chamberlain
• Barbara Clark
• Jaycee & Patty Clark
• Cal Conniff
• Sven & Mary Dominick-Coomer
• Jay Cowan
• Art & Sharon Currier
• Chris & Jessica Davenport
• George & Jean Davies
• Michael & Vicki Dawson
• Mike Day
• Mike Dederer
• Yves Desgouttes
• Kathe Dillmann In memory of John Fry
• Peter Dirkes
• Dave Donaldson
• Mike Douglas
• Alex Douglas, Mount Seymour History Project
• James Duke
• Robert Ebling III
• John Eichenour
• Rett Ertl
• Gregory Fangel, Woodenskis.com
• John Farley
• Sally Faulkner
• Anthony & Barbara Favale
• Diane & Jim Fisher
• Ingie Franberg
• W. D. Frank
• Victor & Karin Frohlich
• Dick Frost
• Marlies Fry
• Tony Gagliardi In memory of Andy Nault
• Ken Gallard In memory of John Fry
• Caleb & Sidney Gates
• Hans Geier In memory of John Fry
• Pepi & Sheika Gramshammer
• Ellen Greer
• Larry Gubb
• Aleš Guček In memory of John Fry
• Edson Hackett
• H. Fred Haemisegger
• Susie Hagemeister
• Mike Halstead In memory of John Fry
• John Hansen
• Erica Hansen In memory of Hank Garza
• Stefi Hastings In memory of John Fry
• Bettie Hastings
• Robert Havard
• Cathy Hay, Alpine Sport Shop
• Irene & Michael Healy
• Tom & Roberta Heinrich
• Jim & Linda Henderson
• John Hoagland
• Karin Hock Baker In memory of Nick Hock
• Randy Hoffman
• Ron Hoffman
• David Holton
• Steve Irwin
• Joe Irwin
• David Jacobs
• Bill & Cheryl Jensen
• Phil & Brigitte Johnson
• Wini Jones
• Donald Jones
• David Kaufman
• Hank Kaufmann
• John & Denise Kelley
• Paul Kenny
• LeRoy Kingland
• Leon Kirschner
• Pete Kolp
• Mike Korologos
• Madi Kraus
• Ivo Krupka
• Erik Kvarsten
• Michael Lafferty
• William Lash
• Jeffrey & Martha Leich
• John Lewis
• Tom & Laurel Lippert
• Alan Lizee
• John Lovett
• Jean Luce
• Phil Lutey
• John Maas
• James & Dianne Mahaffey
• Tom Malmgren
• James Mangan
• Garrett R. Martin
• Bob & Trudy Matarese
• Jeff Mayfield
• Sloan McBurney
• Stephen McGrath
• Sandra McMahon
• John McMurtry In memory of John Fry
• Christine McRoy
• Charlie McWilliams
• Paul Mehrtens Jr.
• Peter Miller
• Louisa & Steve Moats
• Gregory Morrill
• Halsted Morris
• Roger Moyer
• Paul Naeseth
• Carolyn Nally
• Michael Neal
• Connie Nelson, Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation
• Timothy Nelson
• New York Museum of Skiing Hall of Fame
• Paul Oliver
• Gary & JoAnn Olson
• George Page
• Philip Palmedo
• Tom Parrott
• Fred Passmore
• Tom & Sally Patterson
• Albert & Carol Pierce
• LuAnn Dillon & Tom Pierce
• Brian Poster
• Glen Poulsen
• Bob Presson
• Michael Prinster
• Peggy Proctor Dean
• Christian & Joanie Raaum In memory of Gus Raaum
• Carey & A. Todd Rash
• Ken Read
• Stuart Rempel
• Ken Rendell
• Jim Renkert In memory of John Fry
• Grant Reynolds
• Thomas Rhodes
• Wilbur Rice
• Alex Riddell
• Bill Roberts
• Albert & Julia Rosenblatt In memory of John Fry
• Jan Rozendaal
• William Rude In memory of John Fry & Pat Doran
• Paul Ryan
• Mary Sargent
• David Schames
• Rod Schrage
• Don Schwamb
• Bill Scott
• Allan & Sally Seymour
• Tom & Sandy Sharp
• Christopher Shining
• Peggy Shinn In memory of John Fry
• Brad Simmons
• Donald Simonds
• Richard Sippel
• Constantine Siversky In honor of the Siverskys
• Ski Barn In memory of Carol and Richard Fallon
• Lowell Skoog
• Michael Smith
• Terrell & Tammie Smith
• Alicia Smith
• Ann Soden
• Robert Sorvaag
• Glenn Spiller
• Rick Stark
• Arthur Stegen
• Nancy Stone, Buck Hill, Inc.
• Rick Stoner
• John Stout
• Sam Stout
• Robert Tengdin
• Joannie & Mark Ter Molen
• Robert & Sue Thibault
• Simeon Thomas
• Brent & Bonnie Tregaskis, Snow Summit Ski Corp
• Bradford & Una Tuck
• Charles Upson
• Juris Vagners
• Paul Vesterstein
• Susan Voorhees
• Bruce Wadsworth
• Dick & Barbara Wagner
• Karl Wallach
• Lawrence Walsh In memory of Walt Roessing and John Fry
• Patrick Walsh
• Annie Ward
• Ray Dave Watkins
• William Webster
• James Wick
• Thomas Wies
• Alice & Brad Williams
• Heggie Wilson
• Maurice Woehrlé
• Carmen Yonn

Bronze Medalist
Up to $99

• Horst & Kit Abraham
• Michel Achard
• Drew Adams, Glacier
• Ski Shop
• Steve Adams
• Robert & Margaret Albrecht
• Boyd Allen III In memory of John Fry
• Vicki Andersen, NASJA West
• Tom Andrews
• Larry Asay
• Nat Barker
• Peter Birkeland
• Jim Bogner
• Richard Boutelle
• Rouene Brown
• Frank Brown
• Nancy Brucken
• Charlie & Mary Seaton Brush
• William Burns Jr. In memory of James Reilly
• Frank Carrannante
• Thomas Clark
• Ned & Jan Cochran In memory of Tage Pedersen
• Ron Costabile
• Larry Daniels
• Chris Dawkins
• Dennis De Cuir
• Thomas Dillon
• David Downs
• Randy Draper
• Duane Ecker
• Murray & Gretchen Fins
• Margaret Fuller
• Bill Fundy
• Bruce Gaisford
• Tracy Gibbons Sturtevant’s
• Martin Glendon
• Austen Gray
• Wende Gray
• John Greenwood
• Jim Hamblin
• D. Anne Heggtveit Hamilton
• Alden Hanson, Apex Ski Boots
• Sherri Harkin
• Brett Heineman
• Nathan & Monica Hill
• Suzanne Hoffmann, Blizzard Ski Club In memory of Calvin Beisswanger
• Sandy Hogan
• John Holland
• William & Linda Holman
• Kris Husted
• Julien & Trudie Hutchinson
• David Ingemie
• Walter Jackson
• John Jacobs,
• Reliable Racing Supply
• Kathleen James
• Karen Jeisi
• JJ Johansson
• Kirk Johnson
• Richard Jones
• Jeff Kahn
• Peter Kirkpatrick,
• PK Company
• Earl Kishida
• Bill La Couter
• Joseph LaBarbera
• Duane Larson
• Charlie Leavitt
• Mimi Levitt, Alta Lodge
• Nicholas Lewin
• Sandy & Colleen Liman
• John Lutz
• Nina MacLeod
• Dick & Jo Anne Malmgren
• Constance Marshall
• Nick Martini
• Richard Mason In memory of David E. Mason, Sr.
• Jessie McAleer
• Woods McCahill
• Christian McDonald
• James & Barbara McHale
• Leslie McLennan
• Millie Merrill
• Donald & Susan Miller
• Louis Miller
• Mark & Janet Miller, Antique Skis
• Michael Moore
• Rick & Melinda Moulton
• Keith Nelson
• Christopher Newell In Honor of Chris Newell
• Greg Newton
• Allen Pachmayer
• Deanna & Val Painter
• Ruth Parton
• Scott Peer
• Nancy Pesman
• Paul & Margie Prutzman, Pinnacle Sports
• Evelyn Pitt
• Roland Puton
• Thomas Quinn
• Edward Rengers
• Marsha Rich
• Reinhard Richter
• Joseph & Cynthia Riggs
• Gary Rivers
• Jack Robbins
• Paul Rogers
• Bruce Rosenoff
• Fred Runne
• Rick Rust
• Fred Schaaff
• Jake Schuler
• Greg Sewell
• Peter Shelton
• John & Judy Sherman
• Geoff Smith
• Linda Socher
• Sheila Spalding
• Gretchen Sproehnle
• Mark & Janet Standley
• Audrey Staniforth
• William Stecker
• Robert Sullivan
• Rod Tatsuno
• Polly Thompson
• Richard Tillema
• Louise Van Winkle
• Lucile Vaughan
• Janet Wadsworth Evans In memory of Donald Wadsworth
• John Waring
• Doug Webb
• Tom West
• Lisa West
• Lon Whitman
• Scott Willingham
• Jack Wolber
• Bob Woodward
• Frederick Yost

Leading the Way
The following ISHA members have kick-started our 2021 fundraising by giving $100 or more by March 1, 2021.

• Karin Hock Baker
• Michael Bannon
• Beekley Family Foundation
• John Byrne | In honor of the Byrne Family
• Chris Cannon
• James Clarke
• Richard Crumb
• Caleb Gates
• Nick Giustina
• Scott Jackson
• Jean Claude Killy
• William Lash
• Caroline & Serge Lussi | Adirondack Foundation
• Juliette Clagett Maclennan
• Thomas & Diane Malmgren
• Seth Masia
• Stephanie Mclennan
• Marvin & Renee Melville
• Trygve & Vicki Myhren
• Carolyn Nally
• Thomas Pierce & Luann Dillon
• Barbara Thornton
• Lawrence Walsh | In memory of Walt “The Wordsmith” Roessing
• Carmen Yonn

2021 Corporate Sponsors
ISHA deeply appreciates your generous support!

World Championship ($3,000 and up)

• Gorsuch
• Polartec

World Cup ($1,000)

• Aspen Skiing Company
• BEWI Productions
• Bogner
• Boyne Resorts
• Dale of Norway
• Darn Tough Vermont
• Dynastar | Lange | Look
• Fairbank Group: Bromley, Cranmore,
• Jiminy Peak
• Gordini USA Inc. | Kombi LTD
• HEAD Wintersports
• Hickory & Tweed Ski Shop
• Intuition Sports, Inc.
• Mammoth Mountain
• Marker-Volkl USA
• National Ski Areas Association (NSAA)
• Outdoor Retailer
• Rossignol
• Ski Area Management
• Ski Country Sports
• Snowsports Merchandising Corporation
• Sport Obermeyer
• Sports Specialists, Ltd.
• Sun Valley Resort
• Vintage Ski World
• Warren and Laurie Miller
• World Cup Supply, Inc.

Gold ($700)

• Gold ($700)
• Race Place | BEAST Tuning Tools
• The Ski Company (Rochester, NY)
• Thule

Silver ($500)​​​​​​​

• Alta Ski Area
• Boden Architecture PLLC
• Dalbello Sports
• Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners
• Fera International
• Holiday Valley
• Hotronic USA, Inc. | Wintersteiger
• MasterFit Enterprises
• McWhorter Driscoll, LLC
• Metropolitan New York Ski Council
• Mt. Bachelor
• New Jersey Ski & Snowboard Council
• Russell Mace Vacation Homes
• Schoeller Textile USA
• Scott Sports
• Seirus Innovations
• SeniorsSkiing.com
• Ski Utah
• Swiss Academic Ski Club
• Tecnica Group USA
• Trapp Family Lodge
• Western Winter Sports Reps Association
• World Pro Ski Tour

ISHA Heritage Partners
These museums and organizations actively support ISHA by providing our journal, Skiing History, as a benefit to their members and donors. We’re proud to share our mission of preserving skiing history with these institutions, and we encourage you to support them!​​​​​​​

• U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame & Museum www.skihall.com
• Canadian Ski Museum and Hall of Fame www.skimuseum.ca
• Alf Engen Ski Museum www.engenmuseum.org
• North American Snowsports Journalists Association nasja.org
• Swiss Academic Ski Club sas-ski.ch