Utah · Nonprofit
UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,384 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $362k
- Net assets
- $886k
What Utah Association of Public Charter Schools does
Mission
To provide advocacy, training, and technical support that promotes excellence in public charter schools throughout the State of Utah.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Charter School Program-State Entity is a federal grant administrated by the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools to support the growth and sustainability of high-quality public charter schools throughout Utah. Through this program, UAPCS provides training, mentoring, technical assistance, and leadership development opportunities for charter school governing boards, school leaders, and pre-operational schools to strengthen governance, compliance, operational effectiveness, and student outcomes.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Provide general support, advocacy, and training to public charter schools for Utah children.
$1,075,990 spent$447,033 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe Charter School Program-State Entity is a federal grant administrated by the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools to support the growth and sustainability of high-quality public charter schools throughout Utah. Through this program, UAPCS provides training, mentoring, technical assistance, and leadership development opportunities for charter school governing boards, school leaders, and pre-operational schools to strengthen governance, compliance, operational effectiveness, and student outcomes.
$252,780 spent$252,780 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,328,770.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $934k to $1.2M (+25%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 26% · 2018 19% · 2019 21% · 2020 36% · 2021 37% · 2022 28% · 2023 22% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Royce Van Tassell
Executive Director
Board chair
Doug Keefe
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $28k.
From the IRS filings of UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS’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
UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.6M on record.
- Department of Education$15.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: 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 UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS?
- UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,384 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $362,384 in grants to UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS?
- DANIELS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTAH ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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