Utah Afl-cio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870231247
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
West Valley City, UT, USA
Phone
8019722771
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$510,708
Expenses
$636,040
Assets
$218,032
Liabilities
$48,536

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF WORTHINGTON (PRESIDENT)
  • DALE M COX (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • BRAD ASAY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRANDON DEW (LABOR COUCIL PRESIDENT)
  • CHAD MORTENSEN (LABOR COUCIL PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFF WORTHINGTON (PRESIDENT): $103,950 total reported compensation
  • STEVE WHITE (EXECUTIVE OFFICER MEMBER): $73,987 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Utah afl-cio was created to secure, educate and provide better working conditions and careet advancement for its members, to aid and assist affiliated unions in extending the benefits of mutual assistance and collective bargaining to workers.

What it reported doing in 2023

This organization is a labor organization. It promotes the objectives and principles of the american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations in the state of Utah for its members, which include the following: to protect, maintain and advance the interest of all working people to share the benefits of union organizations, secure legislation, protect and strengthen democratic institutions, secure rights and liberties, protect the labor movement, to promote the cause of peace and freedom in the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.6%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 27 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $636K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 26 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.