There were a number of great designs within the Utah Avalanche Center app. Most developers likely won’t consider donations as a viable business model beyond goodwill. In the case of The Utah Avalanche Center, donations drive 2/3 of the organization’s funding and allow services such as mobile services.

What the UAC does well is clearly state why the organization relies on donations and then creates an easy way to complete a transaction. You’re holding in your hand the end result.

The contact section of the app is also well done. Icons reinforce contact information text and what to each outreach channel provides.

Last, the camera feature is clever in how it records slope, location and timestamps when the photo was taken. It crashed the app every time though effectively making the feature useless, so I have to ding the app in speed (for crashing) until that gets resolved.