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Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation at a glance

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Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.2MEducation$2.7MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$800kInternational$486kYouth Development$428kPhilanthropy$377kCrime & Legal$300kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Utah -$200,000
Utah State Board of Education$175,000
Utah Chamber Artists$115,000
American Indian Services$100,000
United Way of Utah$100,000
Ballet West$75,000
University of Utah$67,000
The Policy Project$50,000
4th Street Clinic$50,000
Utah Food Bank$50,000
Childrens Center of Utah$50,000
Spy Hop Productions$50,000
University of Utah$40,000
Utah Film Center$30,000
Hale Center Theater$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $800k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%American Indian Services: $200k → 8%American Indian Services: $100k → 8%American Indian Services: $100k → 8%American Indian Services: $100k → 8%American Indian Services: $100k → 8%American Indian Services: $100k → 8%American Indian Services: $100k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.3M · 20 repeat orgs$764k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$9.3M
$654k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
-13%

Still filing today

60%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • IH
    INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $900k · revenue +64%
  • AI
    American Indian Services
    7× · 2018–2024 · $800k · revenue +10%
  • UC
    Utah Chamber Artists
    7× · 2018–2024 · $745k · revenue +13% · 57% of their budget

Funded once

  • GS
    Great Salt Lake Council
    one grant, 2018 · $300k
  • UC
    Utah Cultural Alliance Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -50%
  • US
    UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $46k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
2
Utah Geological Foundation
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3
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
4
Utah Arts Academy

Utah Arts Academy is a premier academic and arts-focused school. By combining rigorous academic programming with pre-professional training in a wide array of arts (theatre, dance, music, visual and media arts), we inspire our students'…

Education
5
Utah Valley Arts

Support various performing arts in utah.

—
6
Utah Symphony & Opera

Mission - Connect the community through great live music. Vision - Perform, engage, inspire. The artistic leadership of the organization is committed to representing a broad range of musical styles, including traditional works,…

Arts & Culture
7
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
8
Utah Arts Alliance

To foster the arts in all forms in order to create an aware, empowered, and connected community.

Arts & Culture
9
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…

Arts & Culture
10
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art believes in the power of the art of our time. Through programming, advocacy, and collaboration, we work with artists and communities to build a better world.

Arts & Culture
11
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
12
Cedar City Music Arts Association

Music & arts performances

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Children; the most unlike its peers is St George Musical Theater. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $2,437,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHUtah State Board of Education: $1,315,000 · OtherUtah State Board of EducationUnited Way of Utah: $527,000 · OtherUnited Way of UtahHale Center Theater: $330,000 · OtherHale Center TheaterGreat Salt Lake Council: $300,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANK: $275,000 · Other+13 more: $827,107 · Other+13 moreUtah Chamber Artists: $745,000 · Arts & CultureUtah Chamber Ar…BALLET WEST: $275,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET WESTUtah Cultural Alliance Foundation: $200,000 · Arts & CultureUtah Cultural A…SALT LAKE MUSIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH FILM CENTER: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $90,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $900,000 · HealthINTERMOUN…American Indian Services: $800,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $486,000 · InternationalJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho: $112,500 · InternationalSPY HOP PRODUCTIONS: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - UTAH: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE POLICY PROJECT: $200,000 · Public Benefit
Other$6,011,107Arts & Culture$1,445,000Health$900,000Human Services$800,000International$598,500Youth Development$315,000Public Benefit$200,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $900,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $800,000 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetUtah Chamber Artists: $745,000 over 7y, 57% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $486,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetSPY HOP PRODUCTIONS: $300,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $275,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET WEST: $275,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE POLICY PROJECT: $200,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetUtah Cultural Alliance Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUtah Children: $165,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho: $112,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSALT LAKE MUSIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TREEHOUSE PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGOVERNORS MANSION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - UTAH: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHELPER PROJECT: $13,500 over 1y, 13% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Indian Services ↗
  • Who funds Utah Chamber Artists ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE ↗
  • Who funds SPY HOP PRODUCTIONS ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds BALLET WEST ↗
  • Who funds THE POLICY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Utah Cultural Alliance Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Community Foundation of Utah ↗
  • Who funds Utah Children ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Utah & Idaho ↗
  • Who funds SALT LAKE MUSIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FILM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH ↗
  • Who funds THE TREEHOUSE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER ↗
  • Who funds The Leonardo ↗
  • Who funds STELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNORS MANSION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - UTAH ↗
  • Who funds Center for Latter-Day Saint Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds HELPER PROJECT ↗

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.

George S and Dolores …Sorenson Legacy Found…Larry H Miller and Ga…Beesley Family Founda…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Pacificorp Foundation…The Community Foundat…Tanner Charitable Tru…David Kelby Johnson M…McCarthey Family Foun…The Kahlert Foundatio…Ihc Health Services I…
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT32.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · The Community Foundation of Utah · Tanner Charitable Trust · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Ihc Health Services Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 35 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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