Better Days 2020

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814071025
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Highland, UT, USA
Phone
8013698637
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,310
Expenses
$35,536
Assets
$143,906
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Katherine Kitterman (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Zanda Anderson (Chair)
  • Delaina Tonks (Member)
  • Mandee Grant (Member)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to popularizing Utah women's history in creative and communal ways. We believe that by exploring the legacy of our past, we make Utah a better place for women in the future.

What it reported doing in 2025

Use art and education to infuse awareness of our illustrious women's history into the Utah culture of today.Give Utahns the knowledge and tools to take control of the national narrative about women in Utah.Infuse awareness of our illustrious women's history into the design of a new Utah license plate, statue of women to be placed in front of Council Hall, and sponsoring of events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.05; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.