Utah Trucking Association Scholarship & Charitable Donation Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473255934
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8019739370
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,533
Expenses
$33,881
Assets
$58,857
Liabilities
$694

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

Leadership & pay

47 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREGORY D MCCANDLESS (Past President)
  • ADAM MASON (President)
  • Lindsey England (Vice President)
  • ADAM LINDSEY (Vice President)
  • Jason Dean (BUTA President)
  • BRECKEN COX (SUTA PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • Brandt King (Member)
  • GREGORY D MCCANDLESS (Past President)
  • ADAM MASON (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Utah Trucking Associations Scholarship and Charitable Contributions fund has a threefold mission. First, the Utah Trucking Association facilitates educational scholarships through various fundraising activities. These scholarships are awarded to students who have a close alignment to the associations membership. Bonus points are offered to those seeking training that will prepare them for a career in the transportation industry. Some of the dollars collected are disbursed to the trade schools in Southern Utah to entice students to their commercial driving and diesel technician programs. Second, the trucking association identifies three to five preferred charities each year and may organize fundraising activities to provide donations to these worthy causes. Lastly, the association administers the Utah Diesel Pathways Program, which organizes leaders within the diesel equipment industry and technical training high and secondary education schools to improve the training offered to stu

What it reported doing in 2025

The Utah Trucking Association Scholarship and Charitable Contributions 501 (c)(3) exists to raise funds to provide scholarships to students associated with the Utah Trucking Association or those studying for a career in the transportation industry (i.e., commercial drivers, diesel technicians, business majors). It further works to improve career development opportunities specifically for those seeking training and certification within the diesel technician or truck driving fields. Career development includes working with educational entities providing diesel technician training to ensure that the training provided meets the needs of the industry. Additionally, the Utah Trucking Association identifies preferred charities each year and raises funds to donate to these worthy causes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -221.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 47 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.