David W Bernolfo Memorial Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send it a cold application and should only approach it where there is already a route in.
• Its recorded grants go mainly to medical institutions, children's and community health centres, public broadcasting, a food bank, a school, a university and a wish-granting charity, and the filing shows most grant dollars going to Utah recipients.
• No geographic focus is stated, so Utah reflects where it has given, not a rule about who may apply.
• About 8 in 10 of its 13 grants fall between $5,000 and $1,000,000, the median grant is $50,000, and half its grants are $50,000 or less, so a request around that level fits its usual giving, though that band is typical rather than a limit.
• In its most recent filing, 48% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the previous filing, so existing relationships appear to matter a good deal.

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

• Huntsman Cancer Institute · To further their mission
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Moran Eye Center · To further their mission
  $750,0002024 tax year
• Peoples Health Clinic · To further their mission
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Children's Center · To further their mission
  $100,0002024 tax year
• PBS Utah · To further their mission
  $50,0002024 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.