UTAH FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
UTAH FOUNDATION (EIN 87-0199245)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-08-15
IRS object ID
201312279349301501
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Timestamp2013-08-15T09:18:25-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

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CityBOUNTIFULCity
StateUTState
ZIP Code840107400ZIPCode
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StateUTState
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NameJUSTIN R SHAW CPA CFEName
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Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO PROMOTE A THRIVING ECONOMY, A WELL-PREPARED WORK FORCE, AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR UTAHNS BY PERFORMING THOROUGH, WELL-SUPPORTED RESEARCH THAT HELPS POLICY MAKERS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND CITIZENS BETTER UNDERSTAND COMPLEX ISSUES AND PROVIDING PRACTICAL, WELL-REASONED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY CHANGE.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission DescriptionTO PROMOTE A THRIVING ECONOMY, A WELL-PREPARED WORK FORCE, AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR UTAHNS BY PERFORMING THOROUGH, WELL-SUPPORTED RESEARCH THAT HELPS POLICY MAKERS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND CITIZENS BETTER UNDERSTAND COMPLEX ISSUES AND PROVIDING PRACTICAL, WELL-REASONED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY CHANGE.MissionDescription
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Description1.ENERGY INITIATIVE IN 2011, THE BOARD DECIDED THAT UTAH FOUNDATION WOULD CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE PUBLISHED "IS THE PRICE FINALLY RIGHT? THE ECONOMICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN UTAH." UTAH FOUNDATION ANALYZED THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY BY ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL COSTS OF BUILDING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS. THIS ANALYSIS ASSESSED WHAT BENEFITS COULD BE RECEIVED VIA FEDERAL SUBSIDIES, THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTING THE ENERGY, THE COSTS OF CHANGING OR UPDATING THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE INTERMITTENT AVAILABILITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, THE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND UTAH'S WILDERNESS, AND THE POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION OF NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY. THIS REPORT WAS WRITTEN BY OUR FORMER STAFF RESEARCHER, DAVID NEWELL, IN COLLABORATION WITH UTAH FOUNDATION STAFF AND WITH INPUT AND REVIEW BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT HAD INPUT FROM AN OUTSIDE READER AT UTAH CLEAN ENERGY. 2.THE 2012 UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY THROUGHOUT THIS ELECTION YEAR, UTAH FOUNDATION WILL WORK TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO UTAH VOTERS. THE PROJECT BEGAN WITH A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY DAN JONES AND ASSOCIATES TO UNDERSTAND WHICH ISSUES ARE OF GREATEST CONCERN TO VOTERS. SURVEY RESULTS, RELEASED MARCH 22ND, SHOWED THAT UTAH VOTERS REMAIN VERY CONCERNED WITH JOBS AND THE ECONOMY AND K-12 EDUCATION. UTAHNS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH ENERGY ISSUES, HIGHER EDUCATION, PARTISAN POLITICS AND POVERTY THAN THEY WERE IN 2010, AND CONCERNS ABOUT ISSUES LIKE ETHICS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, STATES' RIGHTS AND FEDERAL LANDS HAVE DIMINISHED. 3.UTAH PRIORITIES GUBERNATORIAL SURVEY: A COMPARISON OF CANDIDATES' AND VOTERS' TOP PRIORITIES FOR 2012 AS A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY, WE ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES COMPLETE PART OF THE SURVEY. ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND TWO OF THREE THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES COMPLETED THE SURVEY. THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE TWO MAIN SECTIONS FROM THE SURVEY. THE FIRST GAUGED THEIR FEELINGS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN UTAH, AND THE SECOND ASKED THEM TO PRIORITIZE 19 POLICY ISSUES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY VOTERS AS IMPORTANT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. THIS SURVEY ALLOWED US TO COMPARE THE VIEWS AND PRIORITIES OF VOTERS TO CANDIDATES. 4.UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY OF PARTY DELEGATES AND VOTERS AS PART OF THE 2012 UTAH PRIORITIES PROJECT, WE COMPLETED A SURVEY OF DELEGATES TO THE MAJOR PARTY STATE CONVENTIONS. THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2010, SHOWING DISTINCT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTY DELEGATES AND VOTERS, WITH DELEGATES USUALLY TAKING MORE ZEALOUS POSITIONS THAN THEIR PARTIES' VOTERS. THE 2012 SURVEY SHOWED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VOTERS AND DELEGATES REMAINED, BUT WERE NOT AS PRONOUNCED AS IN 2010. THIS SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AND VOTERS NOW HAVE MORE MODERATE VIEWS ON SEVERAL ISSUES, SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING, ABORTION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. ADDITIONALLY, THIS SURVEY REVEALED THAT SUPPORT FOR THE TEA PARTY IN UTAH HAS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2010. 5.RECOVERING FROM THE GREAT RECESSION: ARE WE THERE YET? RESPONDENTS TO THE UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEYS IN 2010 AND 2012 LISTED "JOBS AND THE ECONOMY" AS THEIR TOP CONCERN. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE COMPLETED A RESEARCH REPORT OUTLINING THE EFFECTS OF THE GREAT RECESSION ON UTAH'S ECONOMY, AND HOW UTAH IS RECOVERING. THIS RECESSION AND RECOVERY HAVE ARGUABLY BEEN THE WORST SINCE 1945, WITH JOB GROWTH AT THE LOWEST RATES SINCE THAT TIME, AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND LOW LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES RIVALING THOSE SEEN IN THE DOUBLE-DIP RECESSIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1980S. WHILE UTAH'S JOB GROWTH WAS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE RECESSION, IT WAS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN THE NATION'S DURING THE RECESSION. UTAH EXPERIENCED THE LARGEST DECLINE IN LABOR FORCE OF ALL 50 STATES, DECLINING FROM 72.2% OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN 2007 TO 67.1% IN 2011, A DECREASE OF 5.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS. 6.PARTISAN POLITICS, POLARIZATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2012 UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY, RESPONDENTS LISTED PARTISAN POLITICS AS ONE OF THEIR TOP CONCERNS FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE HAD BEEN LISTED AS A TOP-TEN CONCERN IN THIS SERIES OF SURVEYS, BUT ALSO THE FIRST TIME IT WAS SEEN AS A CONCERN AT ALL. THIS REPORT DETAILED THE RISE OF PARTISANSHIP AND POLARIZATION AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, AND ALSO ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT VOTER TURNOUT HAS BEEN FALLING IN UTAH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, PARTISAN POLARIZATION IS AT RECORD LEVELS, AND THE NUMBER OF MODERATES IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS IS AT A HISTORIC LOW. WITHIN THE UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE, THE REPUBLICAN SUPER-MAJORITY IS ALSO AT NEAR-RECORD LEVELS. REGARDING VOTER TURNOUT IN UTAH, WHILE IT ONCE WAS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, IT FELL TO NINTH-LOWEST AMONG THE STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN 2008. 7.UTAH PRIORITIES RESEARCH BRIEFS WITH KUER FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 10TH, WE RELEASED A SERIES OF BRIEFS ON EACH OF THE TOP 10 PRIORITIES. IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH RELEASE, WE ALSO DID A DAILY RADIO INTERVIEW WITH KUER. THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY ALLOWED US TO PUBLISH SOMETHING ON EACH PRIORITY, BUT ALSO BROUGHT ADDITIONAL ATTENTION FROM THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC TO THESE TOPICS. WE HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WITH KUER IN FUTURE UTAH PRIORITIES PROJECTS. 8.RURAL SCHOOLS PROJECT IN 1998, THE WESTERN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PERFORMED RESEARCH ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND STANDING OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN UTAH. THIS PROJECT INCLUDED DATA COLLECTED FROM THREE SEPARATE SURVEYS: A SUPERINTENDENT'S QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL 26 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WITH RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS; A PRINCIPAL'S QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL 46 PRINCIPALS OF ALL RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS; AND A SENIOR SURVEY WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE UTAH STATE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. UTAH FOUNDATION PROPOSED AN UPDATED ANALYSIS, SIMILAR IN SCOPE TO THE ORIGINAL SURVEYS AND REPORT, BUT FOCUSED ON THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT FACE RURAL SCHOOLS IN 2012. IN PERFORMING THIS ANALYSIS, PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO CHANGES IN THE CONDITION OF RURAL EDUCATION SINCE 1998 AND CURRENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RURAL SCHOOLS AND URBAN/SUBURBAN SCHOOLS IN UTAH. WE WILL EXAMINE EQUITY OF RESOURCES INCLUDING FUNDING LEVELS, TEACHER TRAINING AND QUALITY, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND AVAILABILITY OF ANCILLARY SERVICES SUCH AS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. 9.TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROJECT UTAH FOUNDATION WILL DISTRIBUTE AN EMBARGOED COPY OF ITS PROJECT ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TO THE UTAH TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND SALT LAKE CHAMBER, AND WILL PROBABLY PUBLISH IT IN EARLY JANUARY. THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN A HOLISTIC LOOK AT FUNDING OPTIONS FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF TRANSIT, HIGHWAYS, AND LOCAL ROADS ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT. ONE GOAL OF THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS IS FURTHER ACCELERATION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON A VERY LONG TIME HORIZON, SIMILAR TO THE EFFORTS MADE IN 2006 TO FUND AN ACCELERATION OF PROJECTS THAT WERE TO BE COMPLETED BY 2015. WE REVIEWED AND ASSESSED A WIDE RANGE OF FUNDING OPTIONS, WITH IDEAS DRAWN FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, AS WELL AS OPTIONS CRAFTED THROUGH OUR OWN CREATIVE EFFORTS. CURRENT PROJECTS: 10.UNITED WAY COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT UNITED WAY OF SALT LAKE HAS ASKED US TO PERFORM A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, A PROJECT WE HAVE DONE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND UPDATE THE LIST OF KEY INDICATORS OF OUR REGION'S WELL-BEING IN UWSL'S PRIORITY AREAS OF FOCUS: EDUCATION, HEALTH, INCOME, AND BASIC NEEDS. WE WILL PERFORM AN INITIAL UPDATE OF DATA ON THOSE KEY INDICATORS, CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS WITH INDIVIDUALS IN POPULATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY UWSL'S COMMUNITY IMPACT EFFORTS, AS WELL AS GROUPS WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, DATA EXPERTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. THIS ASSESSMENT WILL PROVIDE A DEEPER ANALYSIS OF DATA ON THE PRIORITY AREAS, FOCUSING ON TRENDS, IMPACTS, AND IF POSSIBLE, PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE TRENDS, AS WELL AS EVALUATE CAUSES AND UNDERLYING ISSUES RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY CHALLENGES SHOWN IN OUR REVIEW OF KEY INDICATORS. 11.EDUCATION FUNDING CAPACITY PROJECTION EDUCATION FIRST HAS ASKED US TO PERFORM A QUICK STUDY ON THE LONG-TERM NEEDS FOR EDUCATION FUNDING COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR GENERAL FUND SPENDING NEEDS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, PRISONS, AND HEALTHCARE. THE PROJECT IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATE BUDGET, PROJECTING THE GROWTH IN REVENUES FOR THE REST OF THIS DECADE, EXAMINING THE GROWING EARMARK OF SALES TAXES FOR TRANSPORTATION, POTENTIAL GROWTH IN MEDICAID FUNDING RELATED TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION. PART OF THE ANALYSIS IS ABOUT THE 66% GOAL ESTABLISHED BY PROSPERITY 2020 AND THE GOVERNORDescription
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DOUGLAS ANDERSON
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JOHN HANSHAW
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FRED ESPLIN
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HAMILTON SHATTUCK
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BYRON JORGENSON
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CID SEIDELMAN
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GREG FREDDE
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General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONFORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONTO PROMOTE A THRIVING ECONOMY, A WELL-PREPARED WORK FORCE, AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR UTAHNS BY PERFORMING THOROUGH, WELL-SUPPORTED RESEARCH THAT HELPS POLICY MAKERS, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND CITIZENS BETTER UNDERSTAND COMPLEX ISSUES AND PROVIDING PRACTICAL, WELL-REASONED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY CHANGE.
FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTIONFORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4AENERGY. THIS REPORT WAS WRITTEN BY OUR FORMER STAFF RESEARCHER, DAVID NEWELL, IN COLLABORATION WITH UTAH FOUNDATION STAFF AND WITH INPUT AND REVIEW BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT HAD INPUT FROM AN OUTSIDE READER AT UTAH CLEAN ENERGY. 2.THE 2012 UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY THROUGHOUT THIS ELECTION YEAR, UTAH FOUNDATION WILL WORK TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO UTAH VOTERS. THE PROJECT BEGAN WITH A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY DAN JONES AND ASSOCIATES TO UNDERSTAND WHICH ISSUES ARE OF GREATEST CONCERN TO VOTERS. SURVEY RESULTS, RELEASED MARCH 22ND, SHOWED THAT UTAH VOTERS REMAIN VERY CONCERNED WITH JOBS AND THE ECONOMY AND K-12 EDUCATION. UTAHNS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH ENERGY ISSUES, HIGHER EDUCATION, PARTISAN POLITICS AND POVERTY THAN THEY WERE IN 2010, AND CONCERNS ABOUT ISSUES LIKE ETHICS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, STATES' RIGHTS AND FEDERAL LANDS HAVE DIMINISHED. 3.UTAH PRIORITIES GUBERNATORIAL SURVEY: A COMPARISON OF CANDIDATES' AND VOTERS' TOP PRIORITIES FOR 2012 AS A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY, WE ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES COMPLETE PART OF THE SURVEY. ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND TWO OF THREE THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES COMPLETED THE SURVEY. THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE TWO MAIN SECTIONS FROM THE SURVEY. THE FIRST GAUGED THEIR FEELINGS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN UTAH, AND THE SECOND ASKED THEM TO PRIORITIZE 19 POLICY ISSUES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY VOTERS AS IMPORTANT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. THIS SURVEY ALLOWED US TO COMPARE THE VIEWS AND PRIORITIES OF VOTERS TO CANDIDATES. 4.UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY OF PARTY DELEGATES AND VOTERS AS PART OF THE 2012 UTAH PRIORITIES PROJECT, WE COMPLETED A SURVEY OF DELEGATES TO THE MAJOR PARTY STATE CONVENTIONS. THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2010, SHOWING DISTINCT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTY DELEGATES AND VOTERS, WITH DELEGATES USUALLY TAKING MORE ZEALOUS POSITIONS THAN THEIR PARTIES' VOTERS. THE 2012 SURVEY SHOWED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VOTERS AND DELEGATES REMAINED, BUT WERE NOT AS PRONOUNCED AS IN 2010. THIS SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT REPUBLICAN DELEGATES AND VOTERS NOW HAVE MORE MODERATE VIEWS ON SEVERAL ISSUES, SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING, ABORTION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. ADDITIONALLY, THIS SURVEY REVEALED THAT SUPPORT FOR THE TEA PARTY IN UTAH HAS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2010. 5.RECOVERING FROM THE GREAT RECESSION: ARE WE THERE YET? RESPONDENTS TO THE UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEYS IN 2010 AND 2012 LISTED "JOBS AND THE ECONOMY" AS THEIR TOP CONCERN. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE COMPLETED A RESEARCH REPORT OUTLINING THE EFFECTS OF THE GREAT RECESSION ON UTAH'S ECONOMY, AND HOW UTAH IS RECOVERING. THIS RECESSION AND RECOVERY HAVE ARGUABLY BEEN THE WORST SINCE 1945, WITH JOB GROWTH AT THE LOWEST RATES SINCE THAT TIME, AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND LOW LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES RIVALING THOSE SEEN IN THE DOUBLE-DIP RECESSIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1980S. WHILE UTAH'S JOB GROWTH WAS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE RECESSION, IT WAS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN THE NATION'S DURING THE RECESSION. UTAH EXPERIENCED THE LARGEST DECLINE IN LABOR FORCE OF ALL 50 STATES, DECLINING FROM 72.2% OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN 2007 TO 67.1% IN 2011, A DECREASE OF 5.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS. 6.PARTISAN POLITICS, POLARIZATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2012 UTAH PRIORITIES SURVEY, RESPONDENTS LISTED PARTISAN POLITICS AS ONE OF THEIR TOP CONCERNS FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE HAD BEEN LISTED AS A TOP-TEN CONCERN IN THIS SERIES OF SURVEYS, BUT ALSO THE FIRST TIME IT WAS SEEN AS A CONCERN AT ALL. THIS REPORT DETAILED THE RISE OF PARTISANSHIP AND POLARIZATION AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, AND ALSO ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT VOTER TURNOUT HAS BEEN FALLING IN UTAH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, PARTISAN POLARIZATION IS AT RECORD LEVELS, AND THE NUMBER OF MODERATES IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS IS AT A HISTORIC LOW. WITHIN THE UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE, THE REPUBLICAN SUPER-MAJORITY IS ALSO AT NEAR-RECORD LEVELS. REGARDING VOTER TURNOUT IN UTAH, WHILE IT ONCE WAS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, IT FELL TO NINTH-LOWEST AMONG THE STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN 2008. 7.UTAH PRIORITIES RESEARCH BRIEFS WITH KUER FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 10TH, WE RELEASED A SERIES OF BRIEFS ON EACH OF THE TOP 10 PRIORITIES. IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH RELEASE, WE ALSO DID A DAILY RADIO INTERVIEW WITH KUER. THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY ALLOWED US TO PUBLISH SOMETHING ON EACH PRIORITY, BUT ALSO BROUGHT ADDITIONAL ATTENTION FROM THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC TO THESE TOPICS. WE HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WITH KUER IN FUTURE UTAH PRIORITIES PROJECTS. 8.RURAL SCHOOLS PROJECT IN 1998, THE WESTERN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PERFORMED RESEARCH ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND STANDING OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN UTAH. THIS PROJECT INCLUDED DATA COLLECTED FROM THREE SEPARATE SURVEYS: A SUPERINTENDENT'S QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL 26 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WITH RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS; A PRINCIPAL'S QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL 46 PRINCIPALS OF ALL RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS; AND A SENIOR SURVEY WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE UTAH STATE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. UTAH FOUNDATION PROPOSED AN UPDATED ANALYSIS, SIMILAR IN SCOPE TO THE ORIGINAL SURVEYS AND REPORT, BUT FOCUSED ON THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT FACE RURAL SCHOOLS IN 2012. IN PERFORMING THIS ANALYSIS, PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO CHANGES IN THE CONDITION OF RURAL EDUCATION SINCE 1998 AND CURRENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RURAL SCHOOLS AND URBAN/SUBURBAN SCHOOLS IN UTAH. WE WILL EXAMINE EQUITY OF RESOURCES INCLUDING FUNDING LEVELS, TEACHER TRAINING AND QUALITY, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND AVAILABILITY OF ANCILLARY SERVICES SUCH AS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. 9.TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROJECT UTAH FOUNDATION WILL DISTRIBUTE AN EMBARGOED COPY OF ITS PROJECT ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TO THE UTAH TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND SALT LAKE CHAMBER, AND WILL PROBABLY PUBLISH IT IN EARLY JANUARY. THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN A HOLISTIC LOOK AT FUNDING OPTIONS FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF TRANSIT, HIGHWAYS, AND LOCAL ROADS ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT. ONE GOAL OF THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS IS FURTHER ACCELERATION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON A VERY LONG TIME HORIZON, SIMILAR TO THE EFFORTS MADE IN 2006 TO FUND AN ACCELERATION OF PROJECTS THAT WERE TO BE COMPLETED BY 2015. WE REVIEWED AND ASSESSED A WIDE RANGE OF FUNDING OPTIONS, WITH IDEAS DRAWN FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, AS WELL AS OPTIONS CRAFTED THROUGH OUR OWN CREATIVE EFFORTS. CURRENT PROJECTS: 10.UNITED WAY COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT UNITED WAY OF SALT LAKE HAS ASKED US TO PERFORM A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, A PROJECT WE HAVE DONE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. THIS PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND UPDATE THE LIST OF KEY INDICATORS OF OUR REGION'S WELL-BEING IN UWSL'S PRIORITY AREAS OF FOCUS: EDUCATION, HEALTH, INCOME, AND BASIC NEEDS. WE WILL PERFORM AN INITIAL UPDATE OF DATA ON THOSE KEY INDICATORS, CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS WITH INDIVIDUALS IN POPULATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY UWSL'S COMMUNITY IMPACT EFFORTS, AS WELL AS GROUPS WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, DATA EXPERTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. THIS ASSESSMENT WILL PROVIDE A DEEPER ANALYSIS OF DATA ON THE PRIORITY AREAS, FOCUSING ON TRENDS, IMPACTS, AND IF POSSIBLE, PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE TRENDS, AS WELL AS EVALUATE CAUSES AND UNDERLYING ISSUES RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY CHALLENGES SHOWN IN OUR REVIEW OF KEY INDICATORS. 11.EDUCATION FUNDING CAPACITY PROJECTION EDUCATION FIRST HAS ASKED US TO PERFORM A QUICK STUDY ON THE LONG-TERM NEEDS FOR EDUCATION FUNDING COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR GENERAL FUND SPENDING NEEDS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, PRISONS, AND HEALTHCARE. THE PROJECT IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATE BUDGET, PROJECTING THE GROWTH IN REVENUES FOR THE REST OF THIS DECADE, EXAMINING THE GROWING EARMARK OF SALES TAXES FOR TRANSPORTATION, POTENTIAL GROWTH IN MEDICAID FUNDING RELATED TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION. PART OF THE ANALYSIS IS ABOUT THE 66% GOAL ESTABLISHED BY PROSPERITY 2020 AND THE GOVERNOR'S EDUCATION EXCELLENCE COMMISSION, AND HOW THAT GOAL WILL CREATE GREATER PRESSURE FOR EDUCATION FUNDING.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BTHE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD TREASURER, AND BOARD CHAIRMAN FOR ACCURACY AND PROPER PRESENTATION. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS AND RELAY ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIALFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15AEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (A NINE-MEMBER COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD GIVEN THE TASK OF GOVERNING THE FOUNDATION'S OPERATIONS MORE CLOSELY THAN THE ENTIRE BOARD.) THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COMPENSATION IS BEING DETERMINED. IN DETERMINING A REASONABLE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION, BOARD MEMBERS CONSIDER SALARIES PAID TO OTHER SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE REGION. THE DELIBERATION AND DETERMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS DONE WITHOUT STAFF PRESENT. THEIR FINAL DECISION IS RECORDED IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATIONFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICES.
OTHER FEES FOR SERVICESFORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11GCONSULTING 59,116 0 0

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