Catholic Foundation of Utah

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870519551
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2013
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
(801) 328-8641
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,674,462
Expenses
$1,745,747
Assets
$31,871,665
Liabilities
$5,558,407

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN B WILSON (President)
  • JENIFER B GIBBONS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MOST REV JOHN C WESTER (Chairman)
  • JOHN B WILSON (President)
  • JENIFER B GIBBONS (Vice 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. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Catholic Foundation of Utah was established to strengthen the Catholic Church in Utah and serve both its present and future needs through the promotion of permanent endowed funds.

What it reported doing in 2013

The catholic foundation of Utah is organized to service the current and long-term needs of the roman catholic church, parish communities and church agencies and programs. The foundation will help educate and train new priests and religious leaders, supplement school salaries and tuition costs, purchase land and buildings and anchor poor and rural parish communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 67.2%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 62.7%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.26; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 67.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.