Utah · Nonprofit
CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH
CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH (Utah) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $583,654 to it, the largest being Conservation Lands Foundation ($480,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $584k
- Net assets
- $147k
What Conserve Southwest Utah does
Mission
Advocate conservation and stewardship of our area's natural and cultural resources and advocate implementation of the smart growth policies that enable conservation for the benefit of present and future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public lands -advocated for protection of local public lands and educated and engaged the public in their protection; rallied 7,000+ public comments to the bureau of land management leading to the rejection of a proposed four-lane highway red cliffs national conservation area; organized 25+ environmental conservation education and outreach activities for 1,000 attendees; organized 65+ volunteers for a total of 1,750+ volunteer hours on public lands stewardship activities like monitoring mojave desert tortoise and other sensitive species, and restoring habitat and native vegetation in the beaver dam wash national conservation area.
$166,950 spent66% of program spendingDesert livability - created a strong towns local conversation group and hosted 80+ attendees at 11 roundtable meetings focusing on bottom-up capacity building for strong, livable communities; commissioned an expert report highlighting local sustainable transportation options and presented results within the community; authored monthly educational publications on livability topics and elevated smart growth issues in local news via 3 press interviews; monitored community impacts at local planning and government meetings; met with community stakeholders and attended local stakeholder meetings conferences to expand program reach; and advocated for smart growth principles, including coordinated land use and transportation planning.
$55,634 spent22% of program spendingWater - organized parade of gardens southern utah for 500+ attendees to strengthen local water conservation culture; monitored impacts to local water resources and participated in important public comment periods (e.g. Warner valley reservoir); advocated for protection of the local watershed; educated and engaged 250+ people on water conservation principles at 2+ community presentations and events; advocated for water conservation in the local news via 4 press interviews; participated as a leader on the southwest advisory sub-council of the colorado river authority of utah and the virgin river watershed council; encouraged local officials and water managers to adopt sustainable water management practices.
$32,024 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,608.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $103k to $178k (+73%).
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: 2020 14% · 2021 6% · 2022 13% · 2023 11% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $76k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. 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
CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 98% · 2020 98% · 2021 96% · 2022 97% · 2023 79% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
80% of CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $122k on record.
- Department of the Interior$122k
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 CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH?
- CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH (Utah) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $583,654 to it, the largest being Conservation Lands Foundation ($480,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $583,654 in grants to CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH?
- Conservation Lands Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $480,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVE SOUTHWEST UTAH 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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