Utah · Nonprofit
BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK
BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK (Utah) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being DAN AND KIM HUISH FOUNDATION ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $328k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $350k
- Net assets
- $78k
What Backcountry Santa Inc Back does
Mission
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, all within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. All references in these articles to provisions of the internal revenue code are to the provisions of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, and to the corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws. Backcountry santa is a group of volunteer pilots that fly necessities to members of the navajo nation in southern utah and northern arizona. We also fly other missions to support native american communities on an as-needed basis. Pilots throughout the intermountain west (utah, arizona, nevada, and colorado) with an interest in backcountry flying support our efforts. Our pilots volunteer their time and aircraft.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Backcountry santa and it's group of volunteer pilots flew numerous mission flights delivering more than 161,420 worth of goods & necessities to members of the navajo nation in southern utah and northern arizona. We also flew other missions to support native american communities on an as-needed basis in 2025. Pilots throughout the intermountain west (utah, arizona, nevada, and colorado) with an interest in backcountry flew in support of our efforts.
$344,374 spent$176,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $344,374.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $72k to $203k (+181%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income held at $100k.
From the IRS filings of BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 50% · 2023 50% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK has grown faster than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK?
- BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK (Utah) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being DAN AND KIM HUISH FOUNDATION ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $350,000 in grants to BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK?
- DAN AND KIM HUISH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing