Columbus Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 876130042
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8012621552
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,755,354
- Expenses
- $8,770,068
- Assets
- $29,045,504
- Liabilities
- $10,146,847
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTY CHAMBERS (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KRISTY CHAMBERS (CEO): $212,627 total reported compensation
- DYLAN MCDONNELL (COO): $118,210 total reported compensation
- JESSICA HAWKE (CFO): $113,094 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Columbus foundation, inc. Supports columbus community center in creating community partnerships and entrepreneurial opportunities that enable individuals with disabilities to achieve the highest level of independence possible. The organization has four major programs which are offered for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities: vocational training, supported employment; residential services; and a day activity program.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fy2025 was a stable year for columbus with no significant changes. Our residential, day activities, contract services, community employment, and nextwork adult autism program continue to thrive. We remain nimble in meeting the needs of our client population and continue to prioritize creating an environment of belonging.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.31; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.