Grand Canyon Colorado River Fund

Analysis

Grand Canyon Colorado River Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Flagstaff, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 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, Grand Canyon Colorado River Fund reported income of $93k and spending of $141k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $139k to $93k (-33%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Grand Canyon Colorado River Fund sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kern Environmental Education Foundation ($93k), Cheer Coastal Habitat Education and Environmental Restoration ($93k) and Bay Islands Conservation Association Inc ($93k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $1,010, net assets of $21k.