The Access Fund

“The access fund is a membership based organization but the members do not elect or appoint the board of directors.”

“Once the preparation of the form 990 is complete, it is reviewed by board members.”

“The policy is consistently monitored through review and observation by the board of directors. In the event an issue is brought before the board and a director has an unavoidable conflict of interest regarding that issue, the director shall indicate that a conflict exists, and excuse herself or himself from both the deliberations and the vote on the issue.”

“There is a compensation committee on the board that determines the executive director's salary. The compensation committee looks at the colorado nonprofit salary survey and the 990s for comparable organizations when determining the compensation for the executive director.”

“Executive director determines all other staff members' salary based on board approved budget.”

“Kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, west virginia, wyoming”

“All public documents are available upon request. All public documents are available at www.accessfund.org”

“Land acquisition and protection - the access fund climbing conservation loan program is the first-ever revolving loan program that provides local climbing organizations and other agencies with the funds and expertise to act quickly to save threatened climbing areas. In special circumstances, access fund will hold endangered property on behalf of the climbing community. As of 06/30/25, access fund owned one property in fee; leased two properties; held conservation easements on ten properties; and managed three properties under contract. Education the access fund advances climber education through the lens of minimum impact behaviors so that climbers become better stewards of the nations climbing resources. Through the climber steward program, social media outreach, print publications, and the vertical times newsletter, the organization provides up-to-date news on policy, area reports, events, action alerts, grants, and more. Risk management and landowner support the access fund works with private and public landowners on tools and strategies to mitigate both real and perceived risks of climbinggiving them the confidence and protections they need to open their land to public access. The access fund works to strengthen state recreational use statutes and helps landowners implement waiver systems and other types of access agreements to mitigate risks.”