Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks

Analysis

Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks is a registered charity in United States, based in Moab, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks reported income of $362k and spending of $259k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $362k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Nature Center Administrators ($362k), Habitatmap Incorporated ($362k) and Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Inc ($362k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $94k. It paid $20k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $4,372, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 3 employees.