Utah Rivers Council

Analysis

Utah Rivers Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Sandy, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 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, Utah Rivers Council reported income of $485k and spending of $401k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $307k to $485k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Utah Rivers Council sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Resources Group Inc ($485k), Francis Small Heritage Trust Inc ($485k) and Mongol Ecology Center ($484k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $282k (70% of expenses). It paid $2,557 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $906k against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $889k. It reported 9 employees.