Bryce Canyon Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870258075
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Bryce, UT, USA
Phone
4358344781
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,353,299
Expenses
$2,034,034
Assets
$17,331,472
Liabilities
$181,856

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAYLE L POLLOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GAYLE L POLLOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $180,577 total reported compensation
  • SHAWN A CHYNOWETH (DIRECTOR OF RETAIL OPERATI): $144,602 total reported compensation
  • PAULA C HENRIE (DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE DEVEL): $125,364 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The bryce canyon association (bca) mission is to assist and promote the historical, scientific and educational activities of the national park service at bryce canyon national park. The association also supports the research, interpretation and conservation programs of the national park service and u.s. Forest service.

What it reported doing in 2025

The bryce canyon association (bca) provided financial support to bryce canyon national park in core mission areas which included interpretation, education, and research activities in the park. Bca provided support to the free publication program through printing of the park's information guide and other free informational pieces that enhance the visitor experience at bryce canyon. This includes the popular "i hiked the hoodoos" program and jr. Ranger activities designed especially for children and youths providing incentives to explore and learn about the park's incredible resources. Monetary support was also provided to facilitate the annual astronomy festival and geology festival during the busy summer season. In addition, financial support was provided for the Utah prairie dog day and interpretive event.bca continued to fund seasonal housing needs for volunteer and seasonal staff in the interpretive and resource management programs at bryce canyon. Bca also funded ongoing paleontological investigations that are being conducted to identify and assess resources that are newly discovered or at risk, in the park. Bca continued to support higher education opportunities by providing scholarship monies to southern Utah university and snow college.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.3%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.52; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.