Utah Foundation

“The 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.”

“Executive 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.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available for public inspection upon request at the organization's offices.”

“To 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.”

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“Research: with an expanded staff, we published 14 reports covering a range of crucial issues, including taxes, transportation, education, utah's millenials, broadband infrastructure, senior services, quality of life, voting, and the workforce. The millennials and boomers series broke new ground, with our extensive survey allowing comparisons to national opinions. Among the findings, utah millennials are more content at work and more likely to own homes than national counterparts. They do have a greater preference for big city living than other utah generations, but it is much smaller than this much-discussed preference among national millennials. And there is so much more in those reports aside from the genreations survey, our most popular reports covered utah's tax burden, local roads, challenges with voter turnout, and utah employers' feedback on the qualities of our workforce. All of these provide essential insights that can be used in making public policy, economic decisions, and developing a better understanding of our communities and society. Utah foundation publications, 2015: january - easing the burden: utah taxes taking lowest share of income in 20 years january - the roads less traveled: survey analysis and research regarding utah's local roads march - utah in the fast lane: an analysis of driving and traffic safety may - reaching toward 2050: education in the midst of population growth may - millenials and boomers: how utah's generations compare to each other and the nation (part i) june - millenials and boomers: finances and workplace preferences (part ii) june - millenials and boomers: housing preferences (part iii) july - lessons from our neighbor: learning from colorado's educational success july - millenials and boomers: politics and society (part iv) october - 21st century infrastructure: how broadband internet has shaped and is shaping utah october - taking care of our seniors: an assessment of utah's aging services november - utah foundation quality of life index: 2015 -- from concern about jobs to an embrace of natural surroundings december - voting in utah: analyzing current practices and future options for utah voters december - is this the place? A survey of utah employers we also published 21 blog posts on economic, educational, environmental, demographic, and social topics. We even just added an audio podcast called utah thrives. Take a look at www.utahfoundation.org/blog. We will soon discontinue postal mailings, except for occational postcards. Events, media exposure, and communications: this year has seen a truly amazing amount of media coverage on our work, with 201 news articles citing our research. Most of the articles include links to our reports, which is driving strong traffic to our website, which sees about 7,000 of our full reports downloaded per month. This is a record level of news articles for us, and it quadruples our rate in 2014. This includes nine front-page features in the salt lake tribune and deseret news. This kind of exposure is a direct result of our recent expansion and hiring an experienced media personality as our communications director. In april, we created an innovative across the spectrum lunch featuring new personalities reviewing the legislative session and predicting political events for the coming year. In september, we celebrated our 70th anniversary with style at a gala luncheon, where we gave our first-ever insight award to dan and pat jones for their longtime dedication to enlightening utahns on the issues.”