Uphca Apprenticeship Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921232885
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Bountiful, UT, USA
Phone
8013075500
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational, Technical Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$560,317
Expenses
$561,520
Assets
$320,777
Liabilities
$150,107

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROB SNOW (PRESIDENT)
  • TROY MCBRIDE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID C HILL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID C HILL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $181,155 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide education to apprentices in the plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and related trades to assist apprentices to obtain trade licenses, designtions and other certifications.

What it reported doing in 2025

The uphca apprenticeship academy is industry-driven and industry-sponsored. This means you will get on-the-job training through your employer/sponsor while enjoying the flexibility of a nationally, federally approved online curriculum that works with your schedule, plus labs with mentors who stretch your capabilities. Also offered is an intensive, focused, and high-impact 5-day course from the uphca academy. This course is designed to build your knowledge, sharpen your skills, and most importantly give you the confidence to pass the state written exam. Backflow training services is the premier trainer for backflow assembly testing and backflow prevention in the state of Utah. Scheduled for each class is a certification exam meeting the requirements of the state of Utah and the american backflow prevention association (abpa).hvacr certifcation: this certification program is divided into two programs, residential hvacr service and commercial/industrial hvacr service. The goal of preparing students to understand and perform basic through intermediate residential and light commercial service calls indicates a practical focus on job readiness. This is beneficial for both students seeking to enter the workforce directly after completing the program and employers looking for skilled and competent hvacr technicianbackflow training services is the premier trainer for backflow assembly testing and backflow prevention in the state of Utah. Scheduled for each class is a certification exam meeting the requirements of the state of Utah and the american backflow prevention association (abpa).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 74.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $420K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.