Here are a few organizations that I’m a big fan of. I figured I’d list them here; if you have the means, the sport of ski racing can always use your help.

  • Share Winter Foundation

    If you’re looking to increase snowsport participation:

    “Share Winter Foundation (“Share Winter”) is a grantmaking organization working to improve the lives, health, and fitness of youth through winter sports.

    Share Winter works closely with carefully selected grantees to build efficient, effective, sustainable winter sports programs and pipelines to ongoing winter sports participation. Through our partnerships, we strive to make winter sports accessible to a broader, more diverse community, and share winter with 100,000 youth by 2028.

    This year alone, Share Winter will fund over 45,000 youth in programs across the country, fueling the next generation of winter sports participants and enthusiasts. If you’d like to help us share winter, please consider donating today.”

  • World Cup Dreams/T2 Foundation

    If you’re looking to support American ski racers:

    “Our Mission: To further the growth and development of the nation’s best athletes by helping them realize their athletic goals and dreams through career management, mentorship and financial support.

    Deep in the soul of every athlete is a kid who fell in love with their favorite sport. A love so deep that every minute, of every day, of every season, consumed them until their dreams became a reality.

    More than just another non-profit organization, WCDF considers ourselves enablers of dreams.

    WCDF has granted over $2,000,000 to athletes over the last 5 years and was founded by former US Ski Team athletes, Bryon Friedman and Erik Schlopy.

    We are by the athlete and for the athlete.

    World Cup Dreams Foundation (WCDF) and T2 Foundation have worked in parallel for more than a decade supporting elite ski racers, who require additional funding. Now the two organizations will merge together as one, serving the race community as World Cup Dreams Foundation under the leadership of executive director Tommy Biesemeyer.”

  • Kelly Brush Foundation

    If you’re looking to support ski racing safety:

    “The KBF was founded by Kelly and her family after Kelly was injured in 2006 at an NCAA alpine ski race. Since our founding, we’ve been committed to ski racing safety and will continue to advocate and provide resources so that every ski racer is training and competing on the safest possible venues.

    For those who have experienced a spinal cord injury, being active can feel out of reach. The obstacles are real: physical, financial, and even the belief it is possible.

    The Kelly Brush Foundation (KBF) is dedicated to making active lifestyles a reality for those who have experienced a spinal cord injury. We offer the inspiration to believe and the grants to enable anyone to buy the equipment they need to get out and go. But the KBF funds more than just recreation, because when you’re out there on the hill, road or trail, as your heart rate rises and you feel the wind on your face, disability fades away. An active lifestyle forges connections with others — both new friends and old, in and out of a chair.”