Utah Mountain Sports Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851537166
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Provo, UT, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$568,407
Expenses
$573,503
Assets
$140,340
Liabilities
$97,871

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TYSON HENRIE (DIRECTOR): $65,000 total reported compensation
  • KAILEY REED (DIRECTOR): $59,000 total reported compensation
  • SARAH FLINDERS (DIRECTOR): $20,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide competitive recreational mountain sports programs and teams for youth in Utah to include all ability and interest levels. To help build character, confidence, life lessons and leadership in young athletes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outlaw edu the vision is to foster and discover the best version of self, both as an individual and a contributor to society. We strive to foster a collaborative community where students can develop their athletic, creative, and cognitive potential while also learning important life skills and values. Our goal is to inspire students to reach their fullest potential and become well-rounded individuals, ready to succeed anywhere. Critical thinking - physical strengthening - love for learning - mental strengthening - community collaboration - relevant life skills - continual reflection - evidence kaizen - doing hard things - warrior summits - self actualization - dynamic road map for individuals. We blend old school values of grit, challenge, and perseverance, with modern, research-backed methods of training and educating kids. During this process, the student will be challenged in ways they may not be used to or are not currently standard methods in normal school. Some situations may be out of their comfort zone however we will communicate prior to and debrief after as best we can.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th 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: 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $503K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.