Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation

Analysis

Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ogden, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $966k to $2.0m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 318%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Film Foundation Inc ($2.0m), Cyark ($2.0m) and Frances Perkins Center ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 46% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $8,271, net assets of $1.2m.