Top-Rated Nonprofits in Utah 2026
Utah has 12 nonprofits with $11.7B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Best Friends Animal Society with an Efficiency Score of 85/100.
Utah has 12 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 12 Nonprofits in Utah
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Friends Animal Society | Environment & Animals | $173.5M | $4.0M | A (85) |
| 2 | Western Governors University | Education | $654.4M | $4.6M | B (79) |
| 3 | Ihc Health Services Inc | Health | $9.6B | $44.5M | B (77) |
| 4 | Wgu Corporation | Education | $682.1M | $4.4M | B (73) |
| 5 | Our Rescue | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $50.4M | $2.0M | B (67) |
| 6 | Thanksgiving Point Institute Inc | Environment & Animals | $40.0M | $0 | C (62) |
| 7 | University Impact | Education | $97.1M | $10K | C (59) |
| 8 | Challenger School Foundation | Education | $192.1M | $2.7M | C (58) |
| 9 | Sundance Institute | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $45.0M | $2.8M | C (58) |
| 10 | Hale Centre Theatre | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $43.0M | $1.3M | C (54) |
| 11 | Palladium Foundation | Environment & Animals | $41.1M | $0 | C (54) |
| 12 | Mule Deer Foundation | Environment & Animals | $1.5M | $107K | C (50) |
Nonprofit financial data for Utah is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Best Friends Animal Society is the top-rated nonprofit in Utah with an Efficiency Score of 85/100 (Grade A) and $173.5M in annual revenue.
Utah has 12 nonprofits in our database with a combined $11.7B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.