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Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$190k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 43
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationRecreation & SportsHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$186k25%
FY202437$134k24%
FY202340$126k15%
FY202243$121k19%
FY202140$102k18%
FY202036$91k22%
FY201929$90k31%
FY201823$63k9%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$192kYouth Development$152kEnvironment$97kHuman Services$82kInternational$69kPublic Benefit$68kPhilanthropy$64kRecreation & Sports$63kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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KY
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Citizens Committee to Save Our$50,75093%
Catalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati$48,00095%
Girl Rising$45,00070%
Sports Humanitarian Group Inc$36,00090%
Soccer Without Borders$32,50060%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$31,00090%
Paul Sherwen Project Inc$30,00045%
The Road Home$26,50090%
Colorado Women's Education Foundati$25,00068%
The Ann Richards School Foundation$25,00051%
Building Youth Around the World$24,00051%
Catholic Community Services of Utah$21,0007n/a
Crossroads Urban Center$20,00090%
Foundation for Students Rising Above$20,00060%
Womens Sports Foundation$20,00050%
Girl Scouts of Utah$18,00040%
Austin Kids Can$16,000528%
Global Fund for Women Inc$16,00060%
Tandika Revitalization Fund$15,0002n/a
Blessing Hands$15,0002n/a
Fit to Recover Inc$13,40090%
People Helping People$13,00041%
Colorofchangeorg$12,00030%
The Art of Yoga Project$12,00090%
Fresh Air Fund$10,00040%
American Friends Service Committee$10,0003n/a
Protect Democracy Project$10,0001n/a
Empower Mali$10,00011%
Family Scholar House Inc$10,0001n/a
Lifting Hands International$10,0001n/a
Seager Memorial Clinic$9,00031%
Global Education Fund$8,00023%
Sageland Collaborative$7,50041%
Outdoor Afro$7,00030%
Soap2hope$6,00021%
United Way of Jackson County$5,0001n/a
High School to College Guide Foundation$5,00016%
Friends of the Children - Utah$5,00010%
Under the Same Tree$5,0001n/a
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$4,75040%
United Negro College Fund Inc$4,50030%
The Shack$4,00022%
Equal Justice Initiative$4,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,00010%
Black Girl Magic Basketball Foundation Inc$3,0001n/a
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$3,00050%
Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust$2,00020%
Friends of Utah Avalanche Fore Cast Center Inc$1,81870%
Bike Utah$1,80090%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$1,50020%
Airlink Inc$1,00010%
Health in Harmony$1,00010%
Wasatch Backcountry Alliance$3001n/a
Utah Arts Festival Foundation Inc$25010%
Hopa Mountain Inc$25010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20010%
Channing Hall$10310%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCitizens Committee to Save Our: $50,750 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetCatalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati: $48,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetGirl Rising: $45,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSports Humanitarian Group Inc: $36,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSoccer Without Borders: $32,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMikva Challenge Grant Foundation: $31,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPaul Sherwen Project Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetThe Road Home: $26,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Women's Education Foundati: $25,000 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetThe Ann Richards School Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBuilding Youth Around the World: $24,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCrossroads Urban Center: $20,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Students Rising Above: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Utah: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Kids Can: $16,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetGlobal Fund for Women Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFit to Recover Inc: $13,400 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPeople Helping People: $13,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetColorofchangeorg: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art of Yoga Project: $12,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmpower Mali: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSeager Memorial Clinic: $9,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGlobal Education Fund: $8,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSageland Collaborative: $7,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOutdoor Afro: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSoap2hope: $6,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHigh School to College Guide Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFriends of the Children - Utah: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shack: $4,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salt Lake Tribune Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Community Housing Trust: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Utah Avalanche Fore Cast Center Inc: $1,818 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBike Utah: $1,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMikeroweworks Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAirlink Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealth in Harmony: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Arts Festival Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopa Mountain Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChanning Hall: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Ssir Cares Inc · The Community Foundation of Utah · Steiner Foundation Inc · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation

How much does Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation give?
Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $189,994 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Youth Development (15%), Environment (10%).
Who are Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Citizens Committee to Save Our ($51k), Catalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati ($48k), Girl Rising ($45k).
Does Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation.
Where is Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation based?
Achelis Foundation Dba Steven B Achelis Foundation is based in UT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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