Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Analysis

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Salt Lake Cty, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1984, 42 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, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance reported income of $5.3m and spending of $4.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.4m to $5.3m (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Missouri Prairie Foundation ($5.3m), Ecology Project International ($5.3m) and Malagasy Foundation in Environment Tany Meva ($5.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $334k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $24.5m against liabilities of $90k, net assets of $24.4m. It reported 38 employees.