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The Utah Tech University Foundation

The Utah Tech University Foundation (Utah) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,250 to it, the largest being AMERICAN GIFT FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$120k
Net assets
$21M
1/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What The Utah Tech University Foundation does

Mission

To promote and support Utah Tech University previously Dixie State University and its various scientific educational and other activities programs and services.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide funding in support of Utah Tech Universitys Athletic programs.

    $154,144 spent
    57% of program spending
  2. Provide funding in support of improving Utah Tech Universitys enrollment and retention by awarding scholarships to students.

    $110,000 spent
    41% of program spending
  3. Provide funding in support of improving Utah Tech Universitys grant programs for special projects. The university grant program provides special funding for research and curriculum development.

    $5,000 spent
    2% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $269,144.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M) Net assets 100 ($17M)2019 Revenue 25 ($1.2M) Expenses 119 ($2.2M) Net assets 101 ($17M)2021 Revenue 30 ($1.5M) Expenses 48 ($897k) Net assets 123 ($21M)2022 Revenue 62 ($3.0M) Expenses 45 ($842k) Net assets 106 ($18M)2023 Revenue 34 ($1.6M) Expenses 107 ($2.0M) Net assets 110 ($18M)2024 Revenue 21 ($1.0M) Expenses 73 ($1.4M) Net assets 117 ($19M)2025 Revenue 29 ($1.4M) Expenses 28 ($534k) Net assets 127 ($21M)
2017201920212022202320242025
Revenue (29)Expenses (28)Net assets (127)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $22M to $19M (−16%).

$19M
$18M
$22M
$19M
$19M
$20M
$22M
2017201920212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

20% of The Utah Tech University Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$3.0M
’17
−$1.0M
’19
$567k
’21
$2.2M
’22
−$364k
’23
−$338k
’24
$882k
’25
62
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Brad Last

Board Member CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017201920212022202320242025
Listed23252220222118
Joined···+1+2+8+4
No longer listed···3097
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $18k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 The Utah Tech University Foundation’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

The Utah Tech University Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

75% 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 The Utah Tech University Foundation.

42%
largest funder
67%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 100% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

25% of The Utah Tech University Foundation's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 13% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

67% of The Utah Tech University Foundation'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 $40k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside Utah, across 3 states.

UT
CO
VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’23
Utah out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Utah Tech University Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin62% · top quartile
Months of reserve61.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−14% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

50% of spending goes to programs.

Program 50%Management 36%Fundraising 14%

Governance

19
board members
74%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

54%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Utah Tech University · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Utah Tech University Foundation?
The Utah Tech University Foundation (Utah) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,250 to it, the largest being AMERICAN GIFT FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does The Utah Tech University Foundation have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $120,250 in grants to The Utah Tech University Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Utah Tech University Foundation?
AMERICAN GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Utah Tech University Foundation 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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