Utah Health Policy Project

Analysis

Utah Health Policy Project is a registered charity in United States, based in W Valley City, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Utah Health Policy Project reported income of $1.9m and spending of $3.0m, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.9m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Utah Health Policy Project sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seventh Street Treatment Center ($1.9m), Behavioral Health Leadership Institute Inc ($1.9m) and Sojourner House Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $212k (7.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $195k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 44 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.