Utah · Nonprofit
Utah Venture Outdoors Inc
Utah Venture Outdoors Inc (Utah) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,241 to it, the largest being JOAN AND TIM FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($87,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $97k
- Net assets
- $0
What Utah Venture Outdoors Inc does
Mission
To inspire the community to get outside and embrace Utahs incredible recreational amenities. We provide unique, local experiences that engage, educate and inspire participants to get outside and live healthy lifestyles.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Utah Venture Outdoor ceased operations at the end of 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Funds are used to pay for contractors to operate the events. This includes the event managers, audio and visual technicians, event production, accountant, and other contractors who all make these events a reality.
$29,441 spent71% of program spendingIncludes printed and mailed summer event brochures, flyers, web development, and social media marketing content to interact with the community and promote the mission to live healthy lifestyles.
$6,243 spent15% of program spendingCommunity events include interactive learning activities, organized food truck nights, community festivals, outdoor movie nights, a rolling car show, and camp adventures through out the summer.
$5,923 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $41,607.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $66k to $168k (+156%).
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: 2019 40% · 2020 83% · 2021 64% · 2022 53% · 2023 50% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Aimee McConkie
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $87k → $75.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Utah Venture Outdoors Inc’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
Utah Venture Outdoors Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 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
100% of Utah Venture Outdoors Inc's grant income comes from Utah funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like Utah Venture Outdoors Inc
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Utah Venture Outdoors Inc: 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 Utah Venture Outdoors Inc?
- Utah Venture Outdoors Inc (Utah) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,241 to it, the largest being JOAN AND TIM FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($87,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Utah Venture Outdoors Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $97,241 in grants to Utah Venture Outdoors Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Utah Venture Outdoors Inc?
- JOAN AND TIM FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $87,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Utah Venture Outdoors Inc 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 3 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