The Outdoor Foundation

Analysis

The Outdoor Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, The Outdoor Foundation reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.8m, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.0m (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Outdoor Foundation 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 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prairie Hill Learning Center ($1.0m), Sociedad Ambiente Marino Inc ($1.0m) and SP 1600 Penn Foundation ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $506k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $2.1m.