Great Western Resources
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993657662
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- St George, UT, USA
- Phone
- 4358991520
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,572
- Expenses
- $63,420
- Assets
- $152
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HAYDEN BALLARD (PRESIDENT and CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD)
- MICHAEL NOEL (VICE PRESIDENT and BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
People named in this filing
- HAYDEN BALLARD (PRESIDENT and CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD)
- MICHAEL NOEL (VICE PRESIDENT and BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
- CHRIS HEATON (SECRETARY and BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advocate for and promote proper science education knowledge and policy in public land management involvingutilizing stakeholders the general public elected leaders and judicial courts
What it reported doing in 2024
The first program service activity representing 50736 approximately 80 of line 17 expenses Representation of five southern Utah counties in various federal land related issues namely Kane Garfield Piute Wayne and Beaver Counties Represented Kane and Garfield County in multiple resource management planning meetings with the Bureau of Land Management and filed multiple extensive written public comments and objection letters to the BLM regarding public land management planning efforts on behalf of both Kane and Garfield County On behalf of Piute County represented the county in various public lands issues including resource management planning and legal action in the Fishlake National Forest and particularly Monroe Mountain On behalf of Wayne County provided representation on various public lands issues including submitting multiple written comment letters to the BLM involving road access issues to lands owned by the State of Utah mineral leasing issues sand and gravel access issues and grazing issues Also attended multiple interagency meetings on behalf of Wayne County with the USFS BLM and National Park Service and field tours in Wayne County On behalf of Beaver County provided representation on various public lands issues including public access to public lands via public roads In terms of how many people benefited from these activities the entire population of Kane Garfield Piute Wayne and Beaver Counties benefit from continued access to public lands The vast majority of the land within these five counties is managed by federal agencies so access and proper public land management affect these citizens more than others in other parts of the country The entirety of this program service activity was funded through grants obtained through the State of Utah and Garfield County Utah
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.