501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Status: IRS Pub. 78

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. IRS ruling in Apr 1997.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

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Programs and updates

A college or university based in Salt Lake City, UT.

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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

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Dec 2025 · $3.3M federal money spent
Federal Pell Grant ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.063 · Direct$2.5M
Federal Direct Student LoansDepartment of Education · ALN 84.268 · Direct$840K

The auditor reported 1 finding: doubt the group can keep going.

Year ending Dec 2024 · $3.3M federal money spent
Federal Pell Grant ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.063 · Direct$2.6M
Federal Direct Student LoansDepartment of Education · ALN 84.268 · Direct$697K

The auditor reported 2 findings: questioned costs.

Year ending Dec 2023 · $3.5M federal money spent
Federal Pell Grant ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.063 · Direct$2.6M
Federal Direct Student LoansDepartment of Education · ALN 84.268 · Direct$914K

The auditor reported 3 findings: a weakness in money controls.

Year ending Dec 2022 · $2.2M federal money spent
Federal Pell Grant ProgramDepartment of Education · ALN 84.063 · Direct$1.5M
Federal Direct Student LoansDepartment of Education · ALN 84.268 · Direct$628K

The auditor reported 3 findings: a weakness in money controls.

Filing history

Pieced together from public records

Not a Form 990. No Form 990 for this organization is in our data. These figures come from other public filings: gifts listed on other nonprofits’ 990s, and the organization’s own Form 990-T for business income.

YearGifts from other nonprofitsBusiness incomeTax paidSource
2025 $15K2 grants Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV)
2024 $179K10 grants Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV)
2023 $452K14 grants$9K$2K Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV); Its own Form 990-T
2022 $267K14 grants Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV)
2021 $4.1M13 grants Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV)
2020 $194K4 grants Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV)
2019 $43K2 grants Other nonprofits’ 990s (Schedule I, 990-PF Part XV)

Gifts are a floor: only what other filers listed by name. $5.3M in 59 grants from 25 funders. Business income is gross income from the 990-T; tax is the tax it reported.

Named as a related organization on the Schedule R of The Jeito Foundation (2024), The Cardon Foundation (2024).

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Schedules filed Part IV

G · Fundraising L · Interested persons R · Related orgs

Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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