San Luis Valley Great Outdoors

Analysis

San Luis Valley Great Outdoors is a registered charity in United States, based in Alamosa, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 years ago. 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, San Luis Valley Great Outdoors reported income of $898k and spending of $1.2m, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $480k to $898k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, San Luis Valley Great Outdoors sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lifeway Network Inc ($898k), Trinity Regional Health System ($898k) and Baltimore Rescue Mission Inc ($897k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (7.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $561k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $795k, net assets of $211k. It reported 21 employees.