Utah · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER
COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER (Utah) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,840 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($31,090). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $4k
What Columbus Adult Education Center does
Mission
The Columbus Adult Education Center is honored to provide English services to adults so they may become self-reliant, productive citizens. Classes are free and are open to all religions, ethnicities, and nationalities. We Are a Faith Based Organization "Our mission is to empower individuals through English language education, self-reliance classes, and community-building initiatives. We strive to create a welcoming gathering place that fosters cultural exchange and understanding. By offering service opportunities, we aim to strengthen community bonds and promote a more inclusive society." Purpose of your Organization (one paragraph): The mission of the Columbus Adult Education Center is to empower individuals through English language education, self-reliance classes, and community-building initiatives. We strive to create a welcoming gathering place that fosters cultural exchange and understanding. By offering opportunities for service, we aim to strengthen community bonds and pr
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
2. Program/Project Description (not to exceed two paragraphs): Columbus Adult Education Center serves more than 1,500 immigrants and refugees annually, with locations in Salt Lake City, Herriman, and Ogden, Utah. These campuses teach a variety of free classes, including English language, legal immigration assistance (taught by volunteers from the SJ. Quinney College of Law), health, music, sewing, preparedness, and citizenship, along with providing training on such topics as getting drivers licenses, dealing with schools, Utah road safety laws, etc. Our locations are used for vision clinics, tax clinics (run by the Westminster University VITA program), homeschooling organizations, and recreation, such as basketball and dance classes for the Ukrainian and South Sudanese communities-all geared to help the immigrants in our communities feel welcomed and to help them assimilate into American society while honoring the legacy of their cultures and traditions. All of these programs are taught and led by volunteers, as is the organization itself. No one at the Columbus Adult Education Center receives a salary. The main program we offer is our free English-language courses, which have…
$45,798 spentof which $60,860 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,798.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $11k → $25k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 49% · 2021 68% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
55% of COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER?
- COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER (Utah) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,840 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($31,090). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $65,840 in grants to COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $31,090 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing