Protect Utah’s Lakes
Every gift puts a certified volunteer diver on the bottom of a Utah reservoir and brings the trash back up. Air fills, dive lights, disposal fees, and the insurance that makes a volunteer dive legal.
Underwater trash pickup. That is the whole thing.
Divers go in
Certified volunteers work shallow water at Deer Creek and Jordanelle, pulling out trash, scrap metal, and debris by hand.
It gets sorted on the dock
Everything that comes up is sorted on site. Recyclables go to recycling. We pay to haul the rest away.
No boats. No salvage.
Vehicle recovery is regulated commercial diving. We will not attempt it until we are insured, permitted, and staffed for it.
A small, veteran-run charity. To our knowledge, the only nonprofit in Utah working to start recovering sunken vehicles from our lakes.
Run by veterans
Founded by three U.S. military veterans. A volunteer board, no paid staff, and signed governance policies from day one.
The only one we know of in Utah
To our knowledge, the only nonprofit in Utah working to start recovering the sunken vehicles and boats that leak fuel into our lakes. Volunteer divers carry trash out by hand today.
Transparent and tax-deductible
An IRS-recognized 501(c)(3), EIN 42-2166469. The season budget is public, line by line, and every gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Looking for a Utah charity to donate to? A nonprofit run by veterans? A unique environmental charity, or a clean water nonprofit a little different from the big ones? This is it. One gift, a cleaner lake.
Giving Tuesday is December 1. A year-end gift made by December 31 counts for this tax year.
One season in the water costs $18,000.
Our first season at Deer Creek and Jordanelle, priced line by line against real vendor quotes. No salaries. Nothing padded.
Grants already awarded for this season. This money gets spent in the water, not saved.
Choose how you show up.
Every level is a line in that budget. Not a category, an actual thing we buy.
A whole season of hauling, disposal, and recycling fees. The part nobody pictures.
Give $500A full year of insurance. Until it is paid, nobody legally gets in the water.
Give $8,000Any amount moves this forward. Monthly gifts fund the steady work.
Custom AmountReady when you are.
Every gift is documented and acknowledged.
The most valuable kind of support we can get. Select “Monthly” on the form below.
Set Up MonthlyBeyond a one-time check.
Most programs will match us dollar-for-dollar. Give HR our EIN, 42-2166469.
Recommend a grant to us from your fund at Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, or a community foundation.
Avoid capital gains and deduct at fair market value. Email us for transfer instructions.
Dive gear, drysuits, tanks, lights, boats, trailers, hauling, disposal. If you have it, we will use it.
Name us in a will, trust, retirement plan, or policy. We can send language for your attorney.
Sponsor a cleanup, a piece of equipment, or a full season. See partnership tiers ›
What full recovery capacity costs, later.
Fathom exists to bring submerged vehicles and heavy equipment up out of Utah’s water. That takes boats, trucks, lift systems, and certified professionals on payroll. Here is the published target, years and several grants away. It is not what this page is asking you for.
Savings only, kept apart from season money and grants. Want to give toward this? Pick Full Operation Fund when you donate.
IRS-Recognized 501(c)(3) · Tax-Exempt · EIN 42-2166469. Donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and every donor gets a receipt. Not legal or tax advice. Check with your advisor on timing.
Check it yourself, outside our site. The IRS posts our determination letter and lists us in its Tax Exempt Organization Search (search EIN 42-2166469; Publication 78, deductibility code PC). We are also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Candid (GuideStar) and Charity Navigator.
Be why the next load comes out.
Every dollar here turns into a diver in the water and a pile of trash on the dock.
Short field notes from the water. Which lake we dove, what came up, where it went. No fundraising blasts.