BACKCOUNTRY SANTA INC BACK
EIN 92-0958603 · Human Service Organizations (P20)
What they do
THE CORPORATION is ORGANIZED and SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY for CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY or EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, ALL WITHIN THE MEANING of SECTION 501(C)(3) of THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. ALL REFERENCES IN THESE ARTICLES to PROVISIONS of THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE ARE to THE PROVISIONS of THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE of 1986, AS AMENDED, and to THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS of ANY SUBSEQUENT FEDERAL TAX LAWS. BACKCOUNTRY SANTA is A GROUP of VOLUNTEER PILOTS THAT FLY NECESSITIES to MEMBERS of THE NAVAJO NATION IN SOUTHERN UTAH and NORTHERN ARIZONA. WE ALSO FLY OTHER MISSIONS to SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. PILOTS THROUGHOUT THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST (UTAH, ARIZONA, NEVADA, and COLORADO) WITH AN INTEREST IN BACKCOUNTRY FLYING SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS. OUR PILOTS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME and AIRCRAFT.
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Of every $100 spent, about $99.40 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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Money report from 2025The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders1 people are listed in the latest report.
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Financial picture
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How each $100 of revenue was used
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Has the pattern changed?
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.
No compensation was reported for these leaders. The complete board and leadership roster is shown below.
Board and leadership roster (1)
MICHAEL J HUISHPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- 1540 N 2200 W, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116
- County
- Salt Lake
- In care of
- MICHAEL J HUISH
- Primary officer
- MICHAEL J HUISH, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- SORENSEN VANCE & COMPANY PC
- NTEE classification
- Human Service Organizations (P20)
- IRS tax category
- Human Service Organizations