Unsheltered Utah Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872953699
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8019004528
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$132,525
Expenses
$96,762
Assets
$55,803

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • WENDY GARVIN (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • MERINDA CUTLER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MIRIAM ALVARADO ALLRED (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Overview

Mission

Unsheltered Utah is a grassroots non-profit effort that formed from with community members coming together to meet needs of unsheltered individuals who often have a difficult time navigating existing programs or even knowing what resources are available to them. We work with social services partnerships and within existing community resources to best serve the individuals we encounter. Unsheltered Utah is focused on meeting the immediate needs of the unsheltered residents of Utah, coordinating with existing social services, while working toward creating employment and permanent housing solutions.

What it reported doing in 2024

I.we opened two emergency overnight shelters at local churches over approximately 30 nights for an average of approximately 100 individuals per night (this year the boiler was broken at one church for part of the winter). Ii.we did at least one outreach event in which we provided food and survival supplies to approximately 100 folks living on the streets, including food, water, ice, clothing, camping gear, clothing, etc. Iii.we helped get approximately 8 families into temporary hotel rooms until they could get into shelter or permanent housing iv.we provided case management for at least 2-3 individuals to help them get into supportive housing v.we held a fundraising dinner in which we raised funds for our winter program.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 51.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 94.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.2% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.