Wyoming Outdoor Council

Analysis

Wyoming Outdoor Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Lander, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1983, 43 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, Wyoming Outdoor Council reported income of $2.4m and spending of $1.5m, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $2.4m (+2.4%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wyoming Outdoor Council sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Accelerating Circularity Inc ($2.4m), Ridgeline Center for Law and Policy ($2.4m) and Berkshire Garden Center Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $118k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $747k. At year end it held assets of $10.1m against liabilities of $418k, net assets of $9.7m. It reported 19 employees.