Intermountain Transit Career Ladder

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770646229
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8012625626
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$-272,850
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Intermountain transit career ladder inc. (itcli) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that was developed by Utah transit authority, amalgamated transit union (atu local 382 and international) and Utah urban rural specialized transportation association (ursta) for the purpose of making transit specific training available to benefit all transit providers in the state of Utah. Established in the late fall of 2004 itcli's main purpose is to develop funding opportunities that will benefit the transit industry by partnering with other national and state entities and applying for and managing grants.

What it reported doing in 2012

Uta operations training has trained extensively in a 3-hour customer service refresher training based on the gap analysis to further improve customer service skills of our incumbent operators. Also, uta operations training has provided additional refresher training to focus on defensive driving techniques for better safety, fuel economy via training videos from smith's systems. In addition, refresher training opportunities has been provided to ensure our operators are able to properly operate the mci wheelchair equipment to ensure safety to our customers. 508 refresher training opportunities has been provided. These trainings are critical to ensure our incumbent operators have a refresher on the skills that they need to improve their day-to-day driving performance. In addition, 86 new operators have also been trained to become professional operators. The combination of new hire and refresher training contributes to 22250 training hours. To summarize, these new hire and incumbent operator refresher training has enabled operations training to perform training that deem critical to ensure we provide service with safe and high quality of customer service to meet customer expectations. During this fiscal year itcli funded apprentice's and transit bus repairers, with training in apprentice wheelchair, apprentice brake and air suspension, apprentice steering, transmission, and aluminum tig welding which advanced the technical training needed by technicians. Educational data systems inc. Has completed the curriculum design and development of the schematics, diagnostics, hybrid and emissions modules which was identified by a gap analysis and prioritized by sme's. This curriculum is being used to supplement existing classes in bus, and in light rail. The diagnostics class is being taught as a standalone course and it is providing much needed diagnostics skill for electromechanics. These four courses have provided a much needed bridge for uta to close the gap on new technology which is pervasive in the industry, the validation of these courses against the industry standards supports our continued growth. The single car air test course which is taught using existing apta standards is a requirement of the fra for our commuter rail technicians. The result for uta maintenance was 140 training opportunities with a total of 3799 hours of training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -100%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -93.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2012
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.