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US nonprofit · EIN 522392335 · Traverse City, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 522392335) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Utopia Foundation Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.5m
$643k liabilities
Net assets
$891k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
6.0 years on average
Staff
39
7 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Paul Sutherland
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Utopia Foundation Inc's network

7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Paul Sutherland ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Akasha SutherlandMember2022
4 yrs
Alison ArnoldPresident2018
8 yrs
Karla CorderoMember2023
3 yrs
Lisa NewMember2022
4 yrs
Nomvula ButheleziMember2022
4 yrs
Sara HardingTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Karla CorderoExecutive Directorsince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sara HardingTreasurer2$0$26k
Paul SutherlandChairman2$0
Alison ArnoldPresident2$0
Lisa NewMember2$0
Karla CorderoMember2$0
Nomvula ButheleziMember2$0
Akasha SutherlandMember2$0

About

Legal name
Utopia Foundation Inc
EIN
522392335
Address
12935 S W Bay Shore Dr Ste 390, Traverse City, MI, 49684-6298
State
Michigan
Mission
To help create a world where communities thrive and every person goes to bed feeling nourished, loved, happy and hopeful about tomorrow. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S50 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2008
Principal officer
Sara Harding (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2009
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsPaul Sutherland
≥8years on the filingsAlison Arnold
≥8years on the filingsSara Harding
≥4years on the filingsAkasha Sutherland

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.5m
Total liabilities
$643k
Net assets or fund balances
$891k
Contributions and grants received
$923k
Program service revenue
$703k
Grants and similar paid out
$616k
Employees
39
Volunteers
7

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.6m$1.5m$118k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Northern Michigan E3Diversity/equality$9k