Clean Slate Utah
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871471899
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8017195799
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Administration of Justice, Courts
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $493,100
- Expenses
- $581,866
- Assets
- $356,022
- Liabilities
- $22,038
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Destiny Garcia (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Destiny Garcia (Executive Director): $92,603 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help people clear their criminal records and access opportunities. We will do this by: 1) spreading the word about Utah's clean slate law to individuals with records, so they are aware of the law and its positive impact on their lives; 2) providing information about the law and links to free and low-cost legal resources to assist individuals who need to go through the petition-based expungement process or obtain a pardon; 3) raising money to help cover the cost of government fees associated with the legal expungement process; 4) helping eligible individuals take advantage of the law to access greater opportunities; 5) elevating the voices and stories of directly impacted people and their families.
What it reported doing in 2024
We worked to raise awareness about Utah's clean slate law, providing Information and resources for those navigating the petition-based expungement process, and connecting people with free or low-cost legal assistance. We also worked to raise funds to cover government fees related to expungement and amplify the voices of those directly impacted by the criminal justice system. In 2024, we screened records for 2,500 individuals, successfully cleared 1,648 criminal records for 408 people, and successfully had 9 pardons granted. We also implemented a Spanish program and translated all educational materials and videos into Spanish to increase accessibility.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -18%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 41.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $468K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.