Utah Afterschool Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760820361
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8013592722
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,532,399
Expenses
$1,300,803
Assets
$851,024
Liabilities
$82,050

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Benjamin Trentelman (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Benjamin Trentelman (Executive Director): $92,885 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Uan is a catalyst for building strong, safe, and healthy afterschool/out- of-school time programs to support youth, families, and communities. Uan has three main objectives. First, to create a sustainable structure of statewide, regional, and local partnerships. Particularly school-community partnerships, focused on supporting policy development at all levels. Second, to support the development and growth of statewide policies that will secure the resources that are needed to sustain new and existing school linked/school-based afterschool programs. Third, to support statewide systems to ensure programs are of high quality.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Utah Afterschool Network (UAN) advanced its mission to ensure all Utah children have access to safe, high-quality afterschool and summer programs during a year marked by funding uncertainty and growing demand. Serving as a statewide backbone organization, UAN supported more than 175 afterschool programs reaching over 16,700 students through quality improvement systems, professional learning, school-day alignment, and data infrastructure. Despite challenges at the federal level, bipartisan advocacy and strong statewide partnerships helped reinforce the essential role afterschool programs play in supporting youth, families, and Utah's workforce. Throughout the year, UAN strengthened program quality through coaching, observations, and assessment tools, with a majority of participating sites demonstrating measurable improvements. Professional learning efforts reached thousands of educators through statewide conferences, regional events, eLearning, and targeted initiatives focused on well-being, leadership, and social-emotional learning. UAN also expanded STEM and entrepreneurship opportunities, impacting more than 15,000 youth and increasing access to hands-on learning through initiatives like Million Girls Moonshot, AmeriCorps STEM placements, and youth-led business cohorts. UAN's policy and systems work continued to amplify the field's voice and capacity. Advocacy efforts helped secure the release of federal 21st Century Community Learning Center funds and supported a $500,000 state appropriation for regional programming. At the same time, UAN's Salesforce-based data system enabled programs statewide to collect and report meaningful data on more than 7,200 youth, strengthening accountability and storytelling across the field. Together, these efforts reflect a year of resilience, collaboration, and progress toward a stronger afterschool ecosystem in Utah.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 99
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $90.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th 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: 94.9%; rating input score 95; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.