Utah · Nonprofit
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE (Utah) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $730,306 to it, the largest being STEVEN C LEUTHOLD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($331,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $542k
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $730k
- Net assets
- $421k
What Glen Canyon Institute does
Mission
The Glen Canyon Institute has dedicated its resources to the restoration of the glen canyon and a free flowing colorado river
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The results of scientific and other independent studies show significant evidence that demonstrates the counterproductive nature and destructive legacies of the glen canyon dam. Through Glen Canyon Institute's education and outreach program, the institute has educated thousands of people about colorado river policy and the need to restore glen canyon. This includes the returning rapids project which works to bring scientists and stakeholders into areas of cataract canyon and the san juan river that have been affected by glen canyon dam.
$392,387 spent$222,773 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $392,387.
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 $308k to $387k (+25%).
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 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE’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. 1 of the last 9 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 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $63k → $140k.
6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE’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
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 65% · 2019 73% · 2020 29% · 2021 36% · 2022 51% · 2023 36% — 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
50% of GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE
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
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: 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 GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE?
- GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE (Utah) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $730,306 to it, the largest being STEVEN C LEUTHOLD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($331,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $730,306 in grants to GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE?
- STEVEN C LEUTHOLD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $331,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 28 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