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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,977,119
Total expenses
$7,316,430
Contributions and grants received
$8,973,605
Grants paid
$137,499
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,514
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,245,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$403,170
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,841,962
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,867,237
Management and general expenses
$684,446
Fundraising expenses
$764,747
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,867,237

Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,973,605

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $591,786

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,514 · related or exempt $3,514

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $137,499 · program services $137,499

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,846,166 · program services $1,634,325 · management and general $141,227 · fundraising $70,614

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,285,295 · program services $1,137,812 · management and general $98,322 · fundraising $49,161

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $118,917 · program services $101,111 · management and general $11,871 · fundraising $5,935

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $303,948 · program services $258,436 · management and general $30,341 · fundraising $15,171

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $177,315 · program services $150,765 · management and general $17,700 · fundraising $8,850

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $391,500 · program services $346,577 · management and general $29,949 · fundraising $14,974

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $322,053 · program services $208,396 · management and general $10,374 · fundraising $103,283

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $193,992 · program services $37,444 · management and general $110,634 · fundraising $45,914

  • 17 · Travel

    total $567,472 · program services $439,656 · management and general $27,911 · fundraising $99,905

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,220 · management and general $3,220

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT AND PROGRAM EXP

    total $1,577,368 · program services $1,184,982 · management and general $82,855 · fundraising $309,531

  • 24b · Other expenses: GENERAL AND ADMINISTRAT

    total $391,685 · program services $230,234 · management and general $120,042 · fundraising $41,409

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,104,177 · end of year $2,972,514

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,210,975 · end of year $746,590

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $110,000 · end of year $317,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,139

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $131,499 · end of year $40,365

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,556

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $11,099

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,648 · end of year $5,457

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $52,057 · end of year $66,637

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,850 · end of year $96,069

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,769 · end of year $258,182

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $360,662 · end of year $144,988

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,206,914 · end of year $3,672,962

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $169,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY EXPLORES THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE WELL-BEING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY. OUR FOCUS IS ON PRODUCING RESEARCH AND IMPACTFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE ON THE FACTORS THAT INCREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY.

  • RESEARCH: WE FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS. EVERY PROJECT WE SELECT DISRUPTS, CHALLENGES, AND CHANGES THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ONGOING PUBLIC POLICY QUESTIONS, AND WILL PAINT AN OPTIMISTIC VISION THAT PROVIDES A CLEAR PATH FOR INSIGHTFUL, INNOVATIVE, AND RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

    Expenses $5,146,874 · Grants $137,499

  • ACADEMIC STUDENT PROGRAMS: THE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY IS COMMITTED TO TALENT DEVELOPMENT. STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO RESEARCH REAL-WORLD ECONOMIC POLICY TOPICS, TACKLE BIG IDEAS, AND DEVELOP DYNAMIC SKILLS.

    Expenses $720,363

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Rees Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Broadbent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vernon L Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Johnson

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blake Dursteler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $478,300
    From this org
    $478,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $478,300
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $478,300
  • Christopher Koopman

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $275,900
    From this org
    $275,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,900
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $275,900
  • Eli Dourado

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $210,900
    From this org
    $210,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,900
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $210,900
  • Randy Simmons

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $153,609
    From this org
    $153,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,609
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,609
  • Parker Jeppesen

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $120,900
    From this org
    $120,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marc Morris

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $109,940
    From this org
    $109,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Megan Jenkins

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $125,464
    From this org
    $125,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rick Evans

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $138,075
    From this org
    $138,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Will Rinehart

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $125,900
    From this org
    $125,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • BEACON CENTER OF TENNESSEE

    $33,500

    GENERAL SUPPORT

  • INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE

    $25,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

  • LIBERTAS INSTITUTE

    $25,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

  • PELICAN INSTITUTE

    $25,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

  • STATE POLICY NETWORK

    $15,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

  • BISON PADDLES

    $8,999

    GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349309511

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