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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2024 Expires: December 2025

Utah Youth Village

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(801) 272-9980
5800 Highland Dr
Salt Lake City, UT, 84121-1359
https://youthvillage.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Utah Youth Village meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to change and improve the lives of troubled, neglected and abused children and youth, without regard to race, color, national origin or religious preference and to establish and aid all those who would join in this endeavor."

Year, State Incorporated:
1975, UT

Also Known As:
Youth Village Alpine Academy

We are proud to be in our 51st year of operation. Our founder, Lila Bjorklund, believed if we helped one
child, we'd help generations to come. The Village provides support services to youth and families facing
challenging life circumstances using evidence based solutions to positively influence healthy behaviors. The Village is comprised of five divisions and is one of Utah's largest and most respected nonprofits. Our dedicated and well-trained staff provide services to thousands of youth and families each year in therapeutic foster homes, in-home services in every county in Utah, two therapeutic schools, family homes, homes for refugee children, mentoring program and online parenting resources and customized coaching sessions.

Brief Division Descriptions
Alpine Academy: Founded in 2001, Alpine Academy operates two campus that serve as residential
treatment centers and are also certified as non-public schools. Students from around the country attend high school classes, live in family style homes on campus and receive therapy in a nurturing, individualized and strength-based treatment environment. Alpine Academy helps approximately 120 students each year heal and thrive academically before moving onto college or university
or returning back home to their families.

Smarter Parenting: This program provides online resources to parents struggling with their parenting
efforts from around the world. This program offers a variety of online content in the form of scholarly articles and research topics on our website, produces one podcast each week focusing on important parenting issues of the day, provides extensive tutorial videos on our highly utilized YouTube channel and provides customized coaching session with our trained staff ono a one to one basis with each parent or family that participates. Smarter Parenting helped just under 400,000 parents last year utilize our resources and become better parents.

Treatment Foster Care: Becoming a foster parent is the ultimate act of kindness for a children facing
challenging life circumstances which are largely beyond their control. There is currently approximately 2,700 children in the Utah's foster care system but less than 1,400 foster families. Utah Youth Village is actively advertising, recruiting and training as many willing and qualified parents as possible to meet this glaring need in our local community.

Families First: Families First prevents family disruption and ensures that parents have the support and skills they need to create and maintain a safe, stable environment in which their child can succeed. Some families are impoverished while others have children with mental or emotional disorders. Most are referred through government agencies such as the Utah Juvenile Courts, Utah Department of Child and Family Services and mental health professionals. All referred families have been identified as needing some level of intensive professional support.

Mentoring Program: The Village's mentoring program can include but is not limited to: Academic support and tutoring, advocacy and positive role modeling, guidance and basic natural environment teaching, promoting a youth’s interests, transportation and supervision at pre-approved appointments or extracurricular activities, and other mentoring services pre-approved in writing by a case manager.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, Utah Youth Village's program expenses were:

Programs $15,863,846
Total Program Expenses $15,863,846

Chief Executive
Shanna Draper, President

Chair of the Board
Gary Crocker, Founder

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Crocker Ventures

Board Size
16

Paid Staff Size
229

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 2.53%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Utah Youth Village's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Other Agencies and Organizations $6,726,294
Private Placement $5,805,744
Utah Department of Human Services $2,666,605
Public Support $1,924,994
Interest Income $220,339
Net Investment Return $171,980
Other Income $13,067
Loss on Sale of Property and Equipment $-4,000
Special Events $-16,483
Change in Fair Value of Charitable Trust $-117,192
Total Income $17,391,348

Programs: 91% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 8%

Total Income $17,391,348
Total expenses: $17,519,957
  Program expenses $15,863,846
  Fundraising expenses $285,781
  Administrative expenses $1,370,330
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-128,609
Beginning Net Assets $22,711,652
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $22,583,043
Total Liabilities $5,046,972
Total Assets $27,630,015

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