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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,676,412
Total expenses
$33,396,408
Contributions and grants received
$32,709,666
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$569,789
Investment income
$325,548
Other revenue
$71,409
Total assets, end of year
$86,929,368
Total liabilities, end of year
$88,937,771
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$2,008,403
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,580,421
Management and general expenses
$5,815,987
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,580,421

Program services were 82.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $32,649,386

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $60,280

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SCHOOL SERVICES

    total $569,789 · related or exempt $569,789

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $325,548 · excluded $325,548

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $71,409

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $71,409

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $71,409 · excluded $71,409

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $947,042 · program services $102,858 · management and general $844,184

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $745 · management and general $745

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,800 · management and general $1,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,527,362 · program services $1,385,185 · management and general $142,177

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49,203 · management and general $49,203

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $239,895 · program services $222,193 · management and general $17,702

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,160,691 · program services $1,143,166 · management and general $17,525

  • 17 · Travel

    total $165,457 · program services $147,311 · management and general $18,146

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,461,646 · program services $3,461,646

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,769,219 · program services $2,082,894 · management and general $686,325

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $244,629 · management and general $244,629

  • 24a · Other expenses: LEASED EMPLOYEE WAGES

    total $15,401,638 · program services $13,724,054 · management and general $1,677,584

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEASED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT

    total $4,758,600 · program services $4,270,044 · management and general $488,556

  • 24c · Other expenses: SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE

    total $1,475,355 · management and general $1,475,355

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & MATERIAL

    total $618,748 · program services $507,332 · management and general $111,416

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $574,378 · program services $533,738 · management and general $40,640

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,651,468 · end of year $5,786,848

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $717,626 · end of year $531,348

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $17,416 · end of year $14,199

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $104,119 · end of year $72,699

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

    $75,092,886

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

    $8,201,382

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $56,305,566 · end of year $66,891,504

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,663,907 · end of year $13,632,770

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,515,659 · end of year $2,379,418

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $50,026,977 · end of year $86,403,465

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $15,199,279 · end of year $154,888

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $6,594

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$7,168,184 · end of year -$15,663,703

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,879,777 · end of year $13,655,300

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH'S SCHOOLS UTILIZE THE SCHOOLWIDE ENRICHMENT MODEL TO BUILD A STRONG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND TO PROVIDE AN ENRICHING, INDIVIDUALIZED AND VARIED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO ALL STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS FROM GRADES K-9.

  • ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION BY OFFERING EACH STUDENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND AND DEVELOP HIS OR HER OWN UNIQUE PROFILE OF GIFTS AND TALENTS AND BY PROVIDING ALL EMPLOYEES WITH EXCEPTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, NETWORKING, AND PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $27,580,421 · Revenue $569,789

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Ostermiller

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stuart Adams

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tyler Schvaneveldt

    FINANCIAL COORD.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Horton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Greenhalgh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349305484

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