Utah Safety Council

Analysis

Utah Safety Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Sandy, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1957, 69 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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 June 2024, Utah Safety Council reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $2.3m to $1.8m (-21%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Utah Safety Council sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sustainable Workplace Alliance Inc ($1.8m), Quinebaug Valley Emergency Comm Inc ($1.8m) and Western Wake Fire Rescue Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.9% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $132k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $837k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $125k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 33 employees.