Nonprofit · EIN 87-0480542
UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC
Tax-exempt · SALT LAKE CTY, UT 84115
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | 990 | $11,369,279 | $937,401 | $10,431,878 | $22,608,738 | $61,748 | $22,546,990 |
| April 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,821,455 | $657,753 | $1,163,702 | $12,196,524 | $81,412 | $12,115,112 |
| April 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,094,382 | $785,684 | $308,698 | $10,974,396 | $22,986 | $10,951,410 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $10,819,136
- of which government grants
- $282,236
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $530,919
- Net income from fundraising events
- $19,224
- Other revenue
- $19,224
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $90,504
- Other salaries and wages
- $322,966
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $500,537
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $28,004
- Accounting fees
- $25,475
- Occupancy
- $6,785
- Travel
- $7,218
- Depreciation
- $25,153
- Program services (functional)
- $766,877
- Management and general (functional)
- $104,212
- Fundraising (functional)
- $66,312
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $12,196,524
- Total assets, end of year
- $22,608,738
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $61,748
- Net assets, end of year
- $22,546,990
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $13,349,830
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $6,427,746
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $16,119,244
- Gross receipts
- $11,396,868
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 1990
- State of legal domicile
- UT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Fisher | Executive Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $97,949 | $21,216 |
| Wendy Zeigler | Past President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Ferguson | President Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy McLaughlin | Vice President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Bahna | Treasurer Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Megan Houdeshel | Secretary Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Appel | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Andrews | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Des Barker | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brad Barber | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Clyde | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christine Mikell | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Raming | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Heleena Sideris | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Steward | Past President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janine Troilo | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended April 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Fisher | Executive Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $86,000 | $24,558 |
| Wendy Zeigler | Past President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Ferguson | President Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy McLaughlin | Vice President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Bahna | Treasurer Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Megan Houdeshel | Secretary Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Appel | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John Andrews | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Des Barker | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brad Barber | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Clyde | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Christine Mikell | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Raming | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Heleena Sideris | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Matt Steward | Past President Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Janine Troilo | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended April 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Fisher | Executive Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $80,000 | $15,610 |
| Matt Steward | Past President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Wendy Zeigler | President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Raming | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Appel | Acting Secretary Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Brad Barber | Board of Directors Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Des Barker | Board of Directors Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy McLaughlin | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Ferguson | Vice President Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Bahna | Board of Directors Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Megan Houdeshel | Board of Directors Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Heleena Sideris | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Janine Troilo | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Christine Mikell | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John Andrews | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Clyde | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1488 S MAIN ST, SALT LAKE CTY, UT 84115-5338
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Wendy Fisher, 1488 S Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
- Signed the 990
- Wendy Fisher, Executive Director
- Phone
- (801) 463-6156
- Website
- www.utahopenlands.org
Mission
Utah Open Lands' mission is to preserve and protect open space, in perpetuity, in order to maintain Utah's natural heritage and quality of life for present and future generations. The purpose of Utah Open Lands is to permanently protect land in Utah by acquiring title or a conservation easement; including the stewardship of these properties in order to protect the conservation values, inspire and educate landowners, local & statewide leaders, professional advisers and the public about the importance of land conservation.
Program accomplishments
- LAND CONSERVATION: From community backed protection campaigns to critical habitat for species of greatest concern, Utah Open Lands crafted conservation easements to ensure land protection on incredible resource lands, community open spaces and lands of ecological significance. Ongoing negotiations include land that surrounds the Great Salt Lake and the wetlands that sustain the Lake, landscapes that buffer our national defense at Camp Williams as well as provide community trails, open space and agricultural lands and lands adjacent to stunning landscapes that capture state, international and national visitors. Four projects were finalized this reporting period and the organizations is continuing the consideration, investigation, discussion and negotiation on more than 20 projects. The Beard Family conservation easement include a rare and valuable ecosystem value called a fen. This nutrient rich, peat like wetland provides multiple ecosystem services and on the Beard Family conservation easement the fens are protected along with multiple natural springs that flow directly to Willard Bay. Close to Utah Lake, lands surrounding Camp Williams are considered part of the West Traverse Sentinel Landscape. This Sentinel Landscape Designation is part of a concerted effort to buffer Camp Williams and its role in the readiness of our National Defense by protecting lands that contain wildlife habitat, working agricultural lands, scenic viewsheds and public trail system opportunities. As Utah Open Lands continues to work with the officers at Camp Williams and the landowners in the area we completed three conservation easements with our partner the Conservation Fund and Utah Open Lands as grantee will defend and steward these conservation easements in perpetuity.Expenses $429,786
- STEWARDSHIP: Utah Open Lands has continued to expand its stewardship responsibilities by monitoring every property it has protected. As new lands are acquired and permanently conserved, they are incorporated into the organization's perpetual stewardship and monitoring program. Through regular site visits and documentation, stewardship staff verify compliance with conservation easements and track the condition and direction of each property's conservation values over time, ensuring that the purposes of protection are upheld year after year. Utah Open Lands has also continued collaborative work with state and local agencies, as well as private landowners, to enhance public access, ecological integrity, wildlife habitat, scenic resources, and trail systems at Bonanza Flat Conservation Area (1,500 acres) and the adjacent 45-Star Preserve (3,120 acres) - both highly valued landscapes that support passive recreation and conservation. Building on the success of a free transit pilot program developed in partnership with Park City Municipal Corporation, the city has formally incorporated the program into its transportation system. Since then, Utah Open Lands has continued working to expand free transit access to Bonanza Flat for residents throughout the Wasatch Front. Additional stewardship initiatives during this period included invasive species mitigation, trail reroutes on public conservation properties, and larger-scale forest health and habitat improvement projects on privately protected lands.Expenses $281,615
- EDUCATION and OUTREACH: Conservation education at Utah Open Lands ranges from seminars we host for those professionals who deal with conservation easements to restoration and management plan lessons we have learned from monitoring and enforcing our conservation easements. The organization routinely presented at Rotary clubs, league of Women Voter Forums, practitioner seminars, city councils and University Classes. In particular, Utah Open Lands presented at three University of Utah Law classes as well as providing lectures the League of Women Voters and several town halls. Utah Open Lands was also asked to present at two Utah Lake Authority community visioning events. The organization in partnership with the Park City Museum held its annual hike which explores protected landscapes and the ecological and historical context of the land. The organization engaged at tabling events at the Front Climbing gym, and for a regional trail mixer. Utah Open Lands continued with our annual Gaining Ground | Trying Times Symposium hosted by the University of Utah's SJ Quinney School of Law and Wallace Stegner Center in an effort to educate elected officials, state and local agencies, students, landowners, attorney, appraisers and other conservation professionals. The presentation provides information from IRS representatives, appraisers, Utah Open Lands staff and board members, and conservation specialists and attorneys, in order to review land trust requirements, laws and recent legal cases affecting land trusts, local conservation and professional scholarship.Expenses $55,476
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in April, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 30, 2026 | September 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | April 30, 2025 | September 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | April 30, 2024 | September 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 87-0480542
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1991
- Accounting year ends
- April
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C340)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $22,608,738
- Income (IRS master file)
- $11,396,868
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | April 2025 | $11,369,279 | $937,401 | $22,608,738 | XML |
| 990 | April 2024 | $1,821,455 | $657,753 | $12,196,524 | XML |
| 990 | April 2023 | $1,094,382 | $785,684 | $10,974,396 | XML |
| 990 | April 2022 | $4,249,074 | $4,021,383 | $10,664,268 | IRS |
| 990 | April 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 87-0480542).
Questions about UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC
- What is the EIN of UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC is 87-0480542.
- Is UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1991.
- Are donations to UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending April 30, 2026) is due September 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended April 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 names Wendy Fisher.
- Who are the officers and directors of UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $97,949 (Wendy Fisher, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended April 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $11,369,279, expenses of $937,401 and total assets of $22,608,738 at year end.
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