Better Utah Institute

Analysis

Better Utah Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Salt Lake Cty, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Better Utah Institute reported income of $364k and spending of $286k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $129k to $364k (+182%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Better Utah Institute sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holistic Healing Behavioral Healthcare ($364k), Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation ($364k) and Police on Bikes Inc ($364k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $195k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $195k.