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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$227,736
Total expenses
$3,136,045
Contributions and grants received
$227,065
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$671
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$703,247
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$703,247
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,901,648
Management and general expenses
$234,397
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,901,648

Program services were 92.5% 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

    $227,065

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $214,817

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $671 · related or exempt $671

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $635,803 · program services $572,223 · management and general $63,580

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $361,426 · program services $325,283 · management and general $36,143

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $35,146 · program services $31,631 · management and general $3,515

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $97,331 · program services $87,598 · management and general $9,733

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $114,948 · program services $103,453 · management and general $11,495

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,465 · program services $6,718 · management and general $747

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $122,937 · program services $110,643 · management and general $12,294

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,849 · program services $5,264 · management and general $585

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,859 · program services $42,173 · management and general $4,686

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,198 · program services $64,979 · management and general $7,219

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,898 · program services $3,508 · management and general $390

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH PROGRAM SPONSORSHIPS

    total $583,017 · program services $583,017

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $549,003 · program services $494,103 · management and general $54,900

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $170,054 · program services $170,054

  • 24d · Other expenses: FACILITY FEES

    total $65,729 · program services $59,156 · management and general $6,573

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $264,382 · program services $241,845 · management and general $22,537

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,009,114 · end of year $207,577

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,465,616 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $342,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $578,884 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,981 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $695,670 · end of year $495,670

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53,443 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $455,305

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $80,847

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,611,556 · end of year $703,247

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY EXPLORES THE SCENTIFIC 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 $2,553,450 · Revenue $10,778

  • 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 $348,198 · Revenue $1,470

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Koopman

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $154,503
    From this org
    $154,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,503
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $154,503

  • Blake Dursteler

    President

    Total calculated
    $143,888
    From this org
    $143,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eli Dourado

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $105,241
    From this org
    $105,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Neil Chilson

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $82,250
    From this org
    $82,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Taylor Barkley

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $79,087
    From this org
    $79,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Scott Roberts

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $70,834
    From this org
    $70,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tim Barney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Stowers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349326885

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