As a member of the American Alpine Club Spitzer established the "Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Climbing Award" which gives $12,000 to several mountain climbing expeditions annually.
Amerikan Alpine Club'ın bir üyesi olarak Spitzer, yılda birkaç dağ tırmanışı seferine 12.000 dolar kazandıran "Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Climbing Award"ı kurdu.