About Mammoth Lakes Tourism
Mammoth Lakes Tourism invites visitors to align with our community’s values—through the responsible promotion and stewardship of our mountain destination—to bring economic vitality to Mammoth Lakes.
Focus Areas
Destination marketingVisitor stewardship and educationCommunity programs and engagementEvent promotion and supportIndustry/business support (extranet, marketing tools)
Who They Fund
event organizers/host organizationscommunity event participants/audiences
Funding Style
event-specific/project fundingshort-term/one-time grantsrestricted-use (event expenses)
About Mammoth Lakes Tourism
Mammoth Lakes Tourism’s largest recent award was a $491,816 event grant to Spartan Race Inc in 2025, a sign of how strongly the organization uses grantmaking to support visitor-facing programming. Across its recent awards, the funder backs events tied to tourism, economic activity, community engagement, and stewardship in Mammoth Lakes. The grant list shows a mix of large-scale productions and recurring local event support, from endurance events to music festivals and other seasonal gatherings. The organization’s recent funding also includes $38,000 to Eastern Sierra Running LLC in 2025 for event grant funding, alongside repeated support for Mammoth-based event organizers and presenters. That pattern fits its stated emphasis on destination marketing, visitor stewardship and education, community programs and engagement, event promotion and support, and industry or business support. Awards are restricted-use and project-specific, with the active program described as Special Event Funding for producing events in Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra / Mono County area. The structure of the grants suggests a funder focused on events as a tool for visitation and local economic impact rather than broad operating support.
What Mammoth Lakes Tourism Funds
Event production is the clearest throughline in Mammoth Lakes Tourism’s giving. In 2024, it gave $20,000 to Mammoth Yoga Festival LLC for event grant funding, and in 2023 it awarded $27,500 to Mammoth Yoga Festival LLC for the same purpose. Endurance and sports programming also appears in the portfolio. Eastern Sierra Running LLC received $23,414 in 2023, $20,000 in 2024, and $38,000 in 2025, all described as event grant funding. Music and cultural events are another recurring area. Tom Whitman Presents Inc received $27,500 in 2023, $20,000 in 2024, and $18,000 in 2025. Mammoth Media Institute Inc received $20,000 in 2024 and $15,000 in 2025. Local event businesses and organizers are also part of the mix, including Black Diamond Foods LLC, Mammoth Rock N Events LLC, and The Rea Ranch LLC.
How Mammoth Lakes Tourism Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster in the mid-five-figure range: the 25th percentile is $12,500, the median is $15,000, and the 75th percentile is $20,000. Recent awards also show a much larger outlier at the top end. The foundation’s grantmaking is recurring rather than one-off for several recipients: Spartan Race Inc, Eastern Sierra Running LLC, Tom Whitman Presents Inc, Mammoth Yoga Festival LLC, Mammoth Media Institute Inc, Black Diamond Foods LLC, Sheek Group LLC, and Mammoth Rocks LLC all appear more than once in the recent-grants list. The program is event-specific and restricted to event expenses, with Special Event Funding as the active program. Unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$479K
Total Assets
$8.1M
Total Revenue
$9.7M
Total Expenses
$10.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $20K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JOHN MORRIS
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