Utah Council of the Blind

Analysis

Utah Council of the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in Woods Cross, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1987, 39 years ago. 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, Utah Council of the Blind reported income of $238k and spending of $320k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $367k to $238k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Utah Council of the Blind sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace and Truth Community Development Corporation ($238k), Exeter Volunteer Fire Co No 2 ($238k) and United Way of the Great River Region ($238k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 36% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $2,718, net assets of $1.4m.