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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO SAVE OUR CANYONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$568,032
Total expenses
$478,001
Contributions and grants received
$564,568
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,464
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$756,502
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,248
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$741,254
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$297,674
Management and general expenses
$101,728
Fundraising expenses
$78,599
Program service expenses (Part III)
$297,674

Program services were 62.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $44

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $564,524

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,464 · excluded $3,464

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,347

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $44

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,347

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,244 · program services $40,760 · management and general $51,008 · fundraising $34,476

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $176,352 · program services $129,899 · management and general $15,484 · fundraising $30,969

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,158 · program services $9,113 · management and general $3,550 · fundraising $3,495

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,254 · program services $16,499 · management and general $6,428 · fundraising $6,327

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,835 · program services $19,835

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,084 · management and general $8,084

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $500 · program services $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,599 · program services $56,835 · management and general $2,382 · fundraising $2,382

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,112 · program services $1,795 · management and general $211 · fundraising $106

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,000 · program services $13,600 · management and general $1,600 · fundraising $800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,673 · program services $6,673

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,306 · program services $1,306

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $680 · program services $578 · management and general $68 · fundraising $34

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,980 · management and general $2,980

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $8,086 · management and general $8,086

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSE & MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $950 · management and general $950

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGE

    total $887 · management and general $887

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $301 · program services $281 · management and general $10 · fundraising $10

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,388 · end of year $50,243

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $189,574 · end of year $219,490

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,427 · end of year $1,081

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $399,430

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $14,688

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $385,421 · end of year $384,742

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $67,266 · end of year $100,946

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,248 · end of year $15,248

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $643,828 · end of year $741,254

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE BEAUTY AND WILDNESS OF THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS.

  • SAVE OUR CANYONS WORKED TOWARD OUR MISSION IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, BUT GENERALLY ALL PROGRAMS FIT INTO POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND STEWARDSHIP. SOC ENGAGED OVER 50,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS AND WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ORGANIZING SEVERAL EVENTS. WE COLLABORATE WITH AND SIT ON COUNCILS WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO BE THE VOICE OF FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. WE LED DOZENS OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS TO GIVE BACK TO THIS PLACE BY CLEANING UP ROADWAYS, PARTNERING ON FUELS AND CLIMATE PROJECTS, PULLING INVASIVE WEEDS, AND MAINTAINING TRAILS. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WE LEAD EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO INTRODUCE URBAN YOUTH TO THE NATURAL SYSTEMS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WASATCH. ALL OF THIS WORK IS TO HELP MAINTAIN THE WILD CHARACTER, WATERSHED, AND DISPERSED RECREATION OF THIS HEAVILY USED RANGE.

    Expenses $297,674

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Spencer Shaver

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $80,709
    From this org
    $80,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Omar Alam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Todd Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Abbey Benesh

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jayme Blakesley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Briefer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eliza Cowie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Lockhart

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Niermeyer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Sleater

    OPERATIONS M

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jack Stauss

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601349349308760

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