Utah Cold Case Coalition FY2023 filing

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Layton, UT501(c)(3)Since 2018Crime & LegalEIN 82-5071873Revenue $976K in FY2023

On file with the IRScoldcasehelp.com1133 N Main St Ste 226, 84041-4889 · Layton, UTTax-exempt since May 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To assist families, law enforcement, and the community at large in the investigations of cold homicide and missing persons cases.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$185K 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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FY2023 · 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $13K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$185K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $382
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.8M
444% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 444% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$976K
+21% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
86%
Net assets
−$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$976K
FY2023▲ +21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$245K
FY2021$303K
FY2022$804K
FY2023$976K
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$315K
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$793K
FY2021$707K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$982K
FY2025$474K
Net assets
−$1.4M
FY2023▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$574K
FY2021−$976K
FY2022−$1.2M
FY2023−$1.4M
FY2024$95K
FY2025−$63K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $995K Management & general 14% · $157K Fundraising 1% · $9K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $185K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director of Laboratory Development
$113,846Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$70,808Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea McCarthy’s $51K as Executive Director is at the 26th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Danny Hellwig——$113,846$109,438$102,484—
Danny S Hellwig—————$112,617
Deborah Dilley—$54,417$70,808$67,308——
Emily Harris————$65,385—
Andrea McCarthy$50,610—————
Emily S Harris—————$16,346

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps families investigate cold case homicides and missing persons.

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2 programs · $995K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Intermountain Forensics provides affordable and high-quality forensics dna services.

$908Kprogram expense
02

The cold case coalition uses volunteers to help investigate cold cases via social media, news announcements, and the cold case talk podcast.

$87Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$382

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$976K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$655K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$321K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$995K
Managementcol C$157K
Fundraisingcol D$9K
Owns and owesPt X
−$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$37K
Total assetsLn 16$400K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$321K
Government grantsLn 1e$175K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$655K
Total revenueLn 12$976K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$36K
SavingsLn 2$984
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$37K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$294K
Total assetsLn 16$400K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32−$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2K$37K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$344K$294K
Total assetsLn 16$456K$400K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32−$1.2M−$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$71K$7K$57K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$488K$488K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$51K$43K$7K$900
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$43K$4K$544
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K$286
Office expensesLn 13$17K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$17K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$28K$22K$6K
TravelLn 17$20K$20K
InterestLn 20$8K$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$106K$56K$50K$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$289K$276K$13K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$995K$157K$9K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $315K$474K−$159K−$63K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.5M$982K$1.5M$95K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $976K$1.2M−$185K−$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $804K$1.1M−$251K−$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $303K$707K−$404K−$976K 990 PDF
FY2020 $245K$793K−$548K−$574K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $975,812 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $357,695$320,988
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $446,557$654,824
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $804,252$975,812
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $448,730$657,794
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $606,522$503,056
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,055,252$1,160,850
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$251,000−$185,038
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $975,812 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$174,690
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$146,298
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$320,988
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $654,824 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$654,824
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $654,824 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$975,812
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,160,850 across 13 lines filed
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $7,080 · Management $56,648 · Fundraising $7,080$70,808
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $487,758 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$487,758
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $42,651 · Management $7,200 · Fundraising $900$50,751
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,480 · Management $4,453 · Fundraising $544$48,477
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,636 · Fundraising $286$5,922
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,755$16,755
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,897 · Management $4,224$21,121
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $22,446 · Management $5,612$28,058
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,321$20,321
IX-20 InterestManagement $8,256$8,256
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $56,095 · Management $49,761 · Fundraising $0$105,856
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,911$7,911
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $275,918 · Management $12,938 · Fundraising $0$288,856
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $995,037 · Management $157,003 · Fundraising $8,810$1,160,850
Part X · Balance sheet $399,883 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,858$35,732
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $456$984
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $53,103$68,075
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,161$1,238
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $343,615$293,854
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $456,288$399,883
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $89,975$64,614
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $65,918$54,330
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $61,646$136,578
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,656,038$1,776,564
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$1,199,750−$1,376,681
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$1,199,750−$1,376,681
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $456,288$399,883
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$1,376,681 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$975,812
XI-2 Total expenses$1,160,850
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$185,038
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$1,199,750
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$8,107
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$1,376,681

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