Boulder Outdoor Survival School

Analysis

Boulder Outdoor Survival School is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Boulder Outdoor Survival School reported income of $616k and spending of $567k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $380k to $616k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Boulder Outdoor Survival School sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Applied Ecological Institute Inc ($616k), Milwaukee Riverkeeper ($616k) and Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network Inc ($616k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $226k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $332k, net assets of $676k. It reported 35 employees.