Call Foundation

• The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered.
• Its stated focus is early childhood education and mental health for children from birth to age eight, parents, caregivers and teachers, with Utah as its geographic priority; work outside that does not fit.
• Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 217 grants fall between $2,000 and $110,000, and the median was about $13,500, so a request in that region is more realistic than a large one.
• In its latest filing, 87% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so existing grantees dominate its giving.
• The filing gives no deadlines or contact route, so check for any guidance the foundation publishes before making contact.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Feeding America · General operations
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Prevent Child Abuse · General operations
  $155,0002024 tax year
• University of Utah · General operations
  $151,4122024 tax year
• Children's Center Utah · General operations
  $110,0002024 tax year
• Children's Service Society · General operations
  $105,0002024 tax year
• Friends of the Children–Utah · General operations
  $105,0002024 tax year
• YWCA Utah · General operations
  $102,9752024 tax year
• Utah's Promise · General operations
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.