Utah Media & Newspaper Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472606921
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
West Jordan, UT, USA
Phone
8012372379
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,526
Expenses
$99,966
Assets
$606,228
Liabilities
$32,179

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kari McFee (Past President)
  • Clayton Dunn (Vice President)
  • Craig Conover (President)
  • Laurie Wynn (Past President)
  • Erica Walz (Past President)
  • Shelley Dutson (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Trent Eyre (Treasurer)
  • Kari McFee (Past President)
  • Clayton Dunn (Vice President)

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

To promote the common interests of those entities and persons involved in the newspaper and publishing industry in the State of Utah; To promote the general welfare, cooperation, and improvement of newspapers in the State of Utah; To provide an organization whereby all publishers who are members can exchange experiences, information, and ideas that will promote the need for and the use of newspapers generally and support the freedom of the press; To conduct a social and protective organization for the benefit of entities and persons involved in the newspaper and publishing industry, provide a forum where education and networking can take place, cooperate in securing rational legislation concerning the practices used in the newspaper and publishing industry, protect the rights and interests of members against unjust and unreasonable litigation, furnish advice, information and assistance of all kinds to such entities and persons, and maintain offices for the purpose of collecting and dis

What it reported doing in 2024

Membership in Organization

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 0.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.06; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.