Utah · Nonprofit
BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL
BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL (Utah) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,081 to it, the largest being ENGELMANN FOUNDATION ($12,841). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Bear River Charter School does
Mission
The mission of the Bear River Charter School (brcs) is to provide an outstanding educational and social experience for elementary and middle school students (k-8).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operate a public charter school serving students in grades k-8 with direct instruction & small class sizes. We aspire to serve a population that is diverse in learning needs, race/ethnicity, and language background. Brcs provides a positive, dynamic social and educational enviroment every day. It features an educational program based on the individual needs of each student through a strong focus on basic skills in reading, spelling, writing and mathematics; active engagement in the areas of science, social studies, art, and physical education; a low student-to-teacher ratio; and emphasis on basic societal values of respect, consideration, cooperation, and honesty.
$1,724,745 spent$76,380 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,724,745.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $2.2M (+9%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 97% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% · 2024 95% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Peter Ehlen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $296.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL’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
BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 86% · 2023 100% — 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
BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $232k on record.
- Department of Education$232k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL?
- BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL (Utah) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,081 to it, the largest being ENGELMANN FOUNDATION ($12,841). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $14,081 in grants to BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL?
- ENGELMANN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,841 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEAR RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL 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 2021–2025), 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