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Your gift to the 10th Mountain Division Foundation directly funds programs that honor our soldiers, support their families, preserve their history, and inspire future generations through outdoor education and community initiatives. With one donation, you become part of a legacy of courage, service, and innovation that continues to shape communities across the nation.
Join us today—help link the legacy!
About the 10th Mountain Division Foundation
The 10th Mountain Division Foundation honors the legacy of America’s storied mountain troops by supporting programs and partners who carry that spirit forward today. We invest in initiatives that serve soldiers, veterans, families, and historical organizations while advancing outdoor education and protecting the heritage of the Division across generations.
Our mission is simple yet powerful: Support efforts that honor the 10th Mountain Division to perpetuate its legacy.
Our work centers around four pillars: Fund. Advocate. Collaborate. Communicate.
Who We Support
We proudly support a broad, interconnected community:
10th Mountain Division Soldiers, Families, and Veterans.
10th Mountain Division History & Heritage Organizations.
Mission-based Initiative Partners in outdoor education, preservation, and community programs.
What We Support
Outdoor Experience Programs
We empower outdoor education and leadership programs inspired by the Division’s pioneering influence on skiing, mountaineering, and technical outdoor skills.
Representative partners include: NOLS • PSIA-AASI • STRIDE Wounded Warriors • Move United Warfighters • Huts for Vets • Weston Veteran Avalanche Training • 10th Mountain Alpine Group • Giving Back Outdoors • National Ski Patrol Rocky Mountain Division Avalanche Training • Ninety-Pound Rucksack Challenge • North Country Climbing Gym • Platte Rivers Veterans Fly Fishing • Tactical Alpinism Guide Training Program.
Monuments & Memorials
We maintain and support monuments and memorials that honor 10th Mountain Division Soldiers across the country—from Tennessee Pass to Fort Drum and beyond. Each project ensures their courage and sacrifice remain visible and remembered.
Public History & Collections
We fund archival preservation, museum initiatives, digitization projects, and historical research that safeguard the Division’s story and ensure it remains accessible to future generations.
Current and past partners include: History Colorado • Denver Public Library • Colorado Snowsports Museum & Hall of Fame • Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division Museum • Tenth Mountain Living History Display Group • Good Choice Media and New England Ski Museum Digital Preservation • Good Choice Media and New England Ski Museum Digital Preservation • Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast.
Impact Highlights
In 2025 alone, your generosity helped us award more than $139,000 in grants supporting:
Veteran outdoor programs
Scholarships for descendants and military history students
Museum and archival preservation
Monument maintenance and interpretive projects
Each gift expands our ability to serve, preserve, and inspire.
Why Your Gift Matters
Your donation is more than a contribution—it’s a continuation of a legacy that began on snow-covered mountains and lives on through service, community, and stewardship.
When you give, you help us:
Preserve history
Honor service and sacrifice
Strengthen military families and veterans
Advance outdoor leadership and education
Support community partners nationwide
Your support ensures the 10th Mountain Division legacy endures.
Semper Avanti!
The 10th Mountain Division Foundation supports efforts that honor the 10th Mountain Division to perpetuate its legacy.
Our History: From the Peaks of WWII to Today’s 10th Mountain Division
The story of the 10th Mountain Division begins in the high alpine terrain of Colorado during World War II. With support from the National Ski Patrol and the American Alpine Club, the U.S. Army formed a specialized mountain warfare unit composed of the country’s strongest skiers and mountaineers. Training at Camp Hale, Colorado, these soldiers mastered skiing, climbing, cold-weather survival, and technical mountaineering skills that would transform both military operations and the outdoor recreation movement in America.
In 1945, the Division achieved a decisive breakthrough in the Italian Alps, scaling Riva Ridge and Mount Belvedere in a pivotal offensive that shifted the momentum of the war. Returning home, 10th Mountain veterans used their leadership and outdoor expertise to establish and influence more than 60 ski resorts and related outdoor industries across the United States—forever shaping how Americans engage with the mountains.
In the 1950s, veterans founded the 10th Mountain Division War Memorial Foundation and dedicated the Tennessee Pass Memorial in 1959 to honor fallen soldiers. Remaining funds established the organization now known as the 10th Mountain Division Foundation.
The Modern Division: Passing the Torch
The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) was reactivated in 1985 at Fort Drum, New York, and has since become the most deployed division in the U.S. Army. The unveiling of the Military Mountaineer Statue in 1991 symbolically passed the torch between WWII veterans and today’s soldiers—uniting generations under a shared legacy of service, readiness, and resilience.
Today the Foundation honors all eras of the Division: WWII soldiers, post-war veterans, the 10th Infantry Division (1948–1958), and the modern Light Infantry Division serving at Fort Drum.
Organization name
10th Mountain Division Foundation
other names
10MDF
1958
Tax id (EIN)
84-0574802
Category
Military & Veterans Organizations
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
133 S. Van Gordon St. Suite 200Headquarters
133 S. Van Gordon St., Suite 200Jefferson County, CO, US
Eagle County, CO, US