The Sharing Place

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870514353
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8014666730
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$834,191
Expenses
$677,975
Assets
$2,015,651
Liabilities
$67,125

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CECILE AGUAYO (DIRECTOR)
  • MELISSA ANDERSON (DIRECTOR)
  • GREG BEHRMANN (CHAIR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The sharing place is dedicated to providing a safe and caring environment where children, teens, and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one may share their feelings while healing themselves.

What it reported doing in 2024

Salt lake county accomplishments: program statistics - provided 102 family consultations - added 163 children to groups. - increased number of children served at 547. - provided grief groups at local schools for 43 children. - 157 volunteers provided 8,478 hours of service to our families. - provided 5 in -service trainings for staff. - families stay in program in average for 28 months. Program miscellaneous - held 7th summer grief camp in partnership with camp comfort zone and intermountain healthcare in park city. Camp was held three different weekend options for families to attend. - sent 5 staff members to nacg national symposium on children's grief for training - collaborated with larkin mortuary to provide summer reunion for all families and volunteers. - complete 3rd year of surveys in collaboration with byu statistics department. - collaborated with the state of Utah and the children's collaborative on a children's grief day of learning for grieving children in the state of Utah. - started a home learning program for all families with a new "while you were away" program. Utah county accomplishments: program statistics - provided 26 family consultations - added 53 children to groups. - number of children served at 107. - 43 volunteers provided 2,322 hours of service to our families. - provided 3 inservice trainings for staff. - provided 2 new support groups volunteer trainings, resulting in 18 new volunteers. - families stay in program in average for 11 months. Program miscellaneous - created advisory group - held 3 advisory group meetings - participated in 14 community events - gave 22 tours - held a community night open house in april 2025 - the sharing place was selected by the pleasant grove / lindon chamber of commerce and was highlighted at elevated business summit. - sent 1 staff member to nacg national symposium on children's grief for training. - complete 2nd year of surveys in collaboration with byu statistics department. Washington county accomplishments: program statistics - provided 2 family consultations. Program miscellaneous - identified a new space and signed a lease agreement in santa clara. - hired one full-time staff member. - added three new board members from Washington county. - sent 1 staff member to nacg national symposium on children's grief for training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 18.7%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.97; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $539K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.