The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

• This foundation funds within Utah, across arts and culture, community, education, health and wellness, and preservation and conservation, so check your work sits in one of those areas and is based in Utah before applying.
• Most grants are modest: about eight in ten of its 823 grants fall between $5,000 and $100,000, and half of its 823 grants were $20,000 or less, so pitch a request in that range rather than a large one, bearing in mind the largest grant was around $5,600,000 in an exceptional case.
• The process starts with a Letter of Inquiry, and only if that is approved do you move to the Grant Application Form through the online portal; if you are unsure of fit, you are encouraged to contact a programme officer for guidance.
• With 84% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded the previous year, this looks like a relationship-led funder where continuing supporters take the lion's share of money, so new applicants should expect it to be competitive and build a relationship over time.
• Do not apply if you are a college or university that does not go through a central development or advancement office, a K-12 public or private school, another private foundation, a conduit organisation or unified fund that re-grants to other organisations, an organisation without fiscal responsibility for the proposed project, one without 501(c)(3) status (unless you are a unit of government), one of a political nature seeking to influence legislation or candidacy for elected office, a returning applicant that has not submitted its last grant usage report, or if your request falls outside the foundation's specified areas of interest; and if you are seeking an event sponsorship, submit your request at least 90 days before the event.

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

• University of Utah Health Sciences School of Medicine · For the george s. and dolores dor eccles endowment for medical school excellence at the university of utah, which will operate and distribute funds exclusively to benefit the spencer fox eccles school of medicine
  $5,575,0002024 tax year
• University of Utah David Eccles School of Business · To establish the marriner s. eccles institute for economics and quantitative analysis
  $1,218,7502024 tax year
• Southern Utah University · To fund the construction of the new music center on the southern utah university campus
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Utah Zoological Societyutah's Hogle Zoo · To support the reconstructed train experience to be routed through the new "wild utah" exhibit area, including an updated all-electric locomotive
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Volunteers of America Utah · $500,000 for a one-time grant to help complete the final phase of the recovery on redwood capital campaign; $100,000 for general operating support of the youth resource center; $60,000 for general operating support of the homeless outreach program
  $660,0002024 tax year
• Nature Conservancy In Utah · To provide a lead gift for "the utah futures campaign," tnc utah's comprehensive, $38 million public/private campaign to address utah's conservation challenge
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Utah's Promise · To support the "100% promise" program to further positive, transformative change for low-income youth and families in the granite school district - specifically the cottonwood high school region - setting the stage for future statewide expansion and impact
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Utah Symphony Utah Opera · Designated for the us|uo 2023-24 season sponsorship, including the symphony and opera seasons and the 2024 deer valley music festival
  $500,0002024 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.