Salt Lake Community Action Program
The mission of salt lake community action is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build communities through education and self-sufficiency programs.
Salt Lake Community Action Program at a glance
In short: Salt Lake Community Action Program gave $807K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $202K), mostly in Utah. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $807,187
- -7.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- -33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $201,797
- +39.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $231,778
- Total assets
- $41,694,106
- +0.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Utah (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Salt Lake Community Action Program funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Learning Center ($335K). Together the top 4 received $807K.
Grant Size Distribution
33 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 15 grants of 33 (45%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Salt Lake Community Action Program gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−13%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $780K (2021) to $1.0M (2023). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $807K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Learning Center St George, UT | To Enhance Child Care Services in Utah | $334,597 |
| Salt Lake County Salt Lake City, UT | To Enhance Child Care Services in Utah | $294,025 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | To Enhance Child Care Services in Utah | $169,531 |
| Neighborhood House Salt Lake City, UT | To Enhance Child Care Services in Utah | $9,034 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $41,694,106 | $50,018,546 | $48,110,423 | $807,187 | 4 | $59,300 |
| 2024 | $41,335,968 | $51,327,433 | $48,552,111 | $870,859 | 6 | $72,266 |
| 2023 | $39,151,875 | $49,078,630 | $48,319,909 | $1,038,393 | 9 | $27,184 |
| 2022 | $34,376,346 | $45,240,174 | $43,091,629 | $923,908 | 7 | $40,787 |
| 2021 | $34,439,470 | $58,511,835 | $52,906,130 | $780,247 | 7 | $47,131 |
| 2020 | $28,533,777 | $37,564,292 | $36,619,701 | $1,035,445 | 10 | $870,993 |
| 2019 | $22,005,300 | $32,596,451 | $31,059,430 | $891,343 | 9 | $6,200 |
About Salt Lake Community Action Program
Based on IRS filings
Salt Lake Community Action Program is a public charity, based in Salt Lake City, UT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $41.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $807K. Net investment income was $59K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Salt Lake Community Action Program is led by Jennifer Godfrey, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2019; 11 of 28 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jennifer Godfrey
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$130K (2019) → $214K (2025)
Kelli Meranda
Chair
Trustee → 1st Vice Chair, 2022
1st Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bradley Myrup
Director of It Operations
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$117K (2023) → $126K (2025)
Matthew Ulmer
Director of Network
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$101K (2023) → $117K (2025)
April Powell
Hr Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$122K (2024) → $125K (2025)
Jake Hawkins
Trustee
Trustee → Treasurer, 2020
Treasurer → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janis Dubno
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Delaney
Trustee
1st Vice Chair → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Casey Jones
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennabree Tollestrup
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Diaz
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Crawford
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Moe Hickey
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sam Johnson
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ze Min Xiao
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hannah Skeen
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Colopy
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diana Cruz
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patrice Dickson
Chief Operating Officer Assistant Hs Director
COO - Social Services → COO - Assistant Hs Director, 2023
COO - Assistant Hs Director → Chief Operating Officer Assistant Hs Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$99K (2019) → $158K (2025)
Stacy Weight
Chief Administrative Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$136K (2019) → $211K (2025)
Janell Cerva
Chief Impact & Strategy Officer
Chief Impact & Strategy Officer → Chief Impact & Strategy, 2024
Chief Impact & Strategy → Chief Impact & Strategy Officer, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$94K (2023) → $141K (2025)
Jenna Seeley
Accounting Manager
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$105K (2023) → $133K (2025)
Sahil Oberoi
Chief Operating Officer
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$105K (2023) → $135K (2025)
Aurora Howell
Hs Education Manager
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$110K (2024) → $119K (2025)
Christopher Smith
Chief Auxiliary Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$123K (2024) → $153K (2025)
Julie Buccholz
Secretary
Chair → Trustee, 2024
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebekah Couper-Noles
1st Vice Chair
Trustee → 1st Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie White
Treasurer
Trustee → 2nd Vice Chair, 2021
2nd Vice Chair → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (21)
- Former: Dorthy Longshaw (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Stephanie Russell (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Marcus Stevenson (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Ian Spangenberg (2020–2023) — Chief Auxiliary Officer
- Former: Gabriella Cubas-Ismaeil (2021–2023) — Assistant Head Start Director
- Former: Karen Crompton (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Yolanda Valencia-Price (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Bobby Sharp (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Kandice Davis-Randal (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Michelle Stebner (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Holly Vantassell Smith (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Joanne Clark (2019–2021) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Patricia Mazzoni (2019–2021) — Chief Operating Officer - Education
- Former: Alesia Soto (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer Kennedy (2019–2020) — 1st Vice Chair
- Former: Katherine Lawrence (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Michelle Nelson (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Damaris Casarez (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Jonathan Pappasideris (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Kandice Davis (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Robert Rendon (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $214K, to Jennifer Godfrey (Chief Executive Officer). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Salt Lake Community Action Program
How much does Salt Lake Community Action Program give each year?
Salt Lake Community Action Program gave $807K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $871K across 6 grants.
What is Salt Lake Community Action Program's typical grant size?
Salt Lake Community Action Program's median grant in 2025 was $231,778, and its average grant was $201,797, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Salt Lake Community Action Program give grants?
Salt Lake Community Action Program gives mostly in Utah: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Salt Lake City, UT (3 grants).
Does Salt Lake Community Action Program give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Salt Lake Community Action Program's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "To Enhance Child Care Services in Utah" (4 grants).
How large is Salt Lake Community Action Program?
Salt Lake Community Action Program reported $41.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $50.0M.
What is Salt Lake Community Action Program's EIN?
Salt Lake Community Action Program's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 87-0269683. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 25, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 2, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 21, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 27, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 29, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 5, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 20, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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