Utah · Nonprofit
Desert Thunder Foundation
Desert Thunder Foundation (Utah) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,195 to it, the largest being THE KAREN KERASOTES KERFOOT FOUNDATION ($5,195). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $222k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $544k
What Desert Thunder Foundation does
Mission
To tell people about God and His plan of salvation through education, mentoring, and providing role models of Christian behavior.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Foundation operated community racing events throughout the year. Activities included organizing race events, collecting entry fees, and awarding prize winnings. These events promote community engagement, mentorship, and positive recreational opportunities aligned with the Foundation mission.
$279,092 spent$218,318 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $279,092.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $121k to $-170762 (−241%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of Desert Thunder Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of Desert Thunder Foundation’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.
Where its funders are
Desert Thunder Foundation 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. 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
Desert Thunder Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Desert Thunder Foundation
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Desert Thunder Foundation: 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 Desert Thunder Foundation?
- Desert Thunder Foundation (Utah) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,195 to it, the largest being THE KAREN KERASOTES KERFOOT FOUNDATION ($5,195). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Desert Thunder Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,195 in grants to Desert Thunder Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Desert Thunder Foundation?
- THE KAREN KERASOTES KERFOOT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,195 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Desert Thunder Foundation 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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