Utah · Nonprofit
FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC
FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC (Utah) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,573,655 to it, the largest being THE WALBRIDGE FUND ($500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $267k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Four Corners School of Outdoor Educ does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to create lifelong learning experiences about the colorado plateau through adventure, education, and stewardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Stewardship there are only three project reports completed for 2023- 17 members served, 9 orchards/fields habitat & land improvement/restoration, 4.418 acres invasive species management, 58 slash piles stacked and treated, bank stabilization on 1 pond + canal repair, fence line repair and maintenance.
$451,327 spent$147,853 earned by the program52% of program spendingAdventure the organization's adventure program combines colorado plateau adventures with the expertise of a skilled educator, putting science and education into unique, hands-on river rafting and hiking adventures. 9 trips, 171 individuals served.
$124,869 spent$29,180 earned by the program14% of program spendingThe canyon country discovery center campus provides experiential and place-based learning about the colorado plateau. The campus engages students, teachers, and other visitors with the colorado plateau environment, community, and resources. Visitors can learn a wide range of science concepts that use place-based ngss (next generation science standards) and stem (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities for grades k-12. For calendar year 2023, a total of 1,801 individuals toured the discovery center.
$170,293 spent$25,947 earned by the program20% of program spendingEducation: 9 programs, 171 individuals served.
$121,512 spent$22,140 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $868,001.
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 2017 to 2018, from $8.9M to $8.0M (−10%).
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: 2017 17% · 2018 26% · 2019 20% · 2020 32% · 2021 38% · 2022 18% · 2023 44% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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 narrowed from 8 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $733k → $151k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC’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
FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
51% 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 FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 35% · 2019 45% · 2020 49% · 2021 39% · 2022 38% · 2023 34% — 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
33% of FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $88k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC's revenue fell 76% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $317k on record.
- Department of the Interior$267k
- Department of Agriculture$50k
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 FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC?
- FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC (Utah) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,573,655 to it, the largest being THE WALBRIDGE FUND ($500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,573,655 in grants to FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC?
- THE WALBRIDGE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL OF OUTDOOR EDUC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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