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Utec INC FY2020 filing

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Lowell, MA501(c)(3)Since 2002Youth Development EIN 38-3669532Revenue $10.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRSutecinc.org15 Warren Street No 3, 01852-2207 · Lowell, MATax-exempt since Sep 2003Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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The mission of UTEC, Inc. (UTEC) is to ignite and nurture the ambition of young adults to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. UTEC was founded in 1999 by teenagers who established their own drop-in center in Lowell, MA, (See Schedule O)The mission of UTEC, Inc. (UTEC) is to ignite and nurture the ambition of young adults to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. UTEC was founded in 1999 by teenagers who established their own drop-in center in Lowell, MA, as a sanctuary from gang violence. Today, UTEC is nationally recognized for its street outreach and workforce development program model, which is specifically designed to help young adults ages 18-25 overcome the challenges of interrupted education, gang involvement, and incarceration. UTEC operates three social enterprises - Mattress Recycling, Woodworking, and Food Services - that generate revenue to support direct services, and provide job training and employment to young adults.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$249K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.8M a year · 24% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$249K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $113K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.6M
40% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 40% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 12 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.8M
Spent
$7.5M
To programs
66%
Net assets
$8.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$10.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$10.8M
FY2021$14.6M
FY2022$16.1M
FY2023$17.3M
FY2024$18.1M
FY2025$17.4M
Expenses
$7.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$8.6M
FY2022$11.0M
FY2023$12.8M
FY2024$15.2M
FY2025$16.7M
Net assets
$8.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.6M
FY2021$14.6M
FY2022$18.1M
FY2023$29.4M
FY2024$32.4M
FY2025$34.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2003.

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Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $4.9M Management & general 25% · $1.8M Fundraising 10% · $732K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $249K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$129,626Pt VII · Sec A
$119,551Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Neil Maniar
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tim Nichols
Clerk/Secret
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gregg Croteau’s $265K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 189 $10–100M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gregg Croteau$265,066$184,860$182,086$174,523$140,192$129,626
Terri Steingrebe——$144,982$136,183$137,077$119,551
Anita Moeller$144,930$143,291$140,546$127,868$124,615—
Tamara Soraluz$144,862$105,528$123,913———
Jessica Parker$138,070$118,140————
Nichelle Sadler$137,251$125,379$109,459$103,303——
Emily Forbes$130,108—————
Masiel Jordan—$129,945————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering disconnected youth to achieve social and economic success.

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3 programs · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Workforce Development

Provides youth most in need the opportunity to gain valuable job skills and real earnings to help them pursue positive life choices.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Organizing

Organizing promotes civic engagement on local and state levels through community organizing and political action.

$782Kprogram expense
03

Transitional Coaching

Creates a service plan to address all of a youth's needs, including but not limited to access to basic services, educatons, employment, family life and housing.

$700Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
James C Melvin Trust U/Will Nect % J B Ames F Burr & a Fuller TteeFY2025$60K
Greater Lowell Community Foundation INCFY2025$53K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$113K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$694K
Other incomeLn 4–11$372K
Money outPt IX
$7.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.9M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Fundraisingcol D$732K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$14.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$959K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$487K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$694K
Investment incomeLn 3$122K
Other incomeLn 4–11$372K
Total revenueLn 12$10.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M
Other assetsLn 15$52K
Total assetsLn 16$14.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.6M
Net assetsLn 32$8.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5247
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$5.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$871K$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M$14.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.1M$5.6M
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M$8.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$269K$93K$161K$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.9M$2.7M$792K$425K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$345K$233K$70K$42K
Payroll taxesLn 10$408K$291K$76K$41K
Legal feesLn 11b$22K$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$227K$24K$130K$72K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$475$1K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$68K$55K$10K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$113K$29K$79K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$529K$363K$141K$25K
TravelLn 17$47K$44K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$38K$20K$16K$2K
InterestLn 20$139K$103K$20K$16K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$113K$113K
InsuranceLn 23$49K$41K$5K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$766K$263K$40K
All other expensesLn 24e$137K$54K$42K$41K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.5M$4.9M$1.8M$732K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $17.4M$16.7M$722K$34.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $18.1M$15.2M$2.9M$32.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $17.3M$12.8M$4.5M$29.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $16.1M$11.0M$5.2M$18.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.6M$8.6M$6.0M$14.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $10.8M$7.5M$3.3M$8.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $10,752,194 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,963,520$9,564,415
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $984,348$694,090
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $140,115$121,745
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $145,536$371,944
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,233,519$10,752,194
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,567,107$4,904,681
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,258,532$2,555,602
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,825,639$7,460,283
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,407,880$3,291,911
Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,752,194 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $283,786 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$486,971
VIII-1e Government grants$4,314,586
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,762,858
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$959,170
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,564,415
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $694,090$694,090
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $121,745$121,745
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,488−$1,488
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $14,641 · Excluded from tax $75,005$89,646
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $992,517 · Excluded from tax $195,262$10,752,194
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,460,283 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $93,270 · Management $161,282 · Fundraising $14,054$268,606
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,666,464 · Management $792,204 · Fundraising $424,607$3,883,275
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $233,025 · Management $69,516 · Fundraising $42,002$344,543
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $291,364 · Management $75,800 · Fundraising $41,093$408,257
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $21,916$21,916
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $24,432 · Management $130,407 · Fundraising $71,824$226,663
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $475 · Management $1,213 · Fundraising $3,035$4,723
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $54,543 · Management $10,269 · Fundraising $3,272$68,084
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $28,779 · Management $79,311 · Fundraising $5,260$113,350
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $362,950 · Management $140,724 · Fundraising $24,925$528,599
IX-17 TravelPrograms $44,218 · Management $2,994$47,212
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $20,228 · Management $15,927 · Fundraising $1,646$37,801
IX-20 InterestPrograms $103,381 · Management $19,667 · Fundraising $15,578$138,626
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $112,546$112,546
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $40,535 · Management $5,117 · Fundraising $3,752$49,404
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $766,371 · Management $262,556 · Fundraising $40,293$1,069,220
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $54,302 · Management $42,340 · Fundraising $40,816$137,458
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,896,883 · Management $1,831,243 · Fundraising $732,157$7,460,283
Part X · Balance sheet $14,227,288 assets, 15 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $4,286,670; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,125,692$5,422,636
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,030,347$1,725,868
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,024,995$1,483,307
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $35,045$146,484
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $870,664$1,110,568
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $25,550$51,755
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,398,963$14,227,288
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $785,882$826,639
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $21,105$1,606,847
X-25 Other liabilities$7,033
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,090,476$5,626,890
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,206,031$6,049,826
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,102,456$2,550,572
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,308,487$8,600,398
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,398,963$14,227,288
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,600,398 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,752,194
XI-2 Total expenses$7,460,283
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,291,911
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,308,487
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,600,398

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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