Parental Defense Alliance of Utah

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203373058
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Logan, UT, USA
Phone
4357606613
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Administration of Justice, Courts

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,290
Expenses
$138,609
Assets
$45,238

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JORDAN PUTMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • JASON RICHARDS (PRESIDENT EL)

People named in this filing

  • MARK TANNER (TREASURER)
  • MARGARET LINDSAY (BOARD)
  • JORDAN PUTMAN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The parental defense alliance of Utah (pda) is a non-profit organization created to provide training and assistance to attorneys who represent parents in Utah's child welfare proceedings. Since 2005, the pda has exclusively fulfilled the contract described in Utah code section 63a-11- 104 to provide training, organizational and other resources to parental defenders across the state. We recently renewed that contract in august of this past year, and will hold that contract through 2022. From removal to reunification, or even at termination of parental rights, parental defense attorneys are dedicated advocates, well-versed in the laws and practice of child welfare law in the juvenile courts. The pda is proud to support its members, and is ever seeking to provide them with resources in substantive, new, and creative ways.

What it reported doing in 2021

Year in review & accomplishments see attached pdf annual report brochure for a report of year's accomplishments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $128K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.