Alta Community Enrichment

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841393405
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Alta, UT, USA
Phone
8017420830
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,055
Expenses
$148,479
Assets
$217,152
Liabilities
$59,373

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah Snedaker (President)
  • Molly Austin (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Siri Wireinga (Secretary)
  • Megan Oliver (Events Director)
  • Sarah Snedaker (President)

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

ACE'S mission is to create opportunities in arts, culture, and education for the enhancement and well-being of the Little Cottonwood Canyon community.ACE'S vision is to create a welcoming and safe place where the community is empowered through arts, culture, & education.

What it reported doing in 2024

ACE provided 175 events to 6,000 people for free or very little cost. They also provided 3 Grants, Artist in residence, Alta school support, Mental health support, and a new set of programming: Maker's Meet Up.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.8%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.8% of revenue deployed · 52.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.