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Bill and Pat Child Family 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
53
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,335,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 53
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$10M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $772k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman 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 arriving44$2.8M20%
FY202453$2.3M34%
FY202349$372k51%
FY202250$866k46%
FY202130$10k50%
FY202027$89k41%
FY201928$147k36%
FY201851$798k67%
90% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.7MArts & Culture$988kReligion$545kHealth$371kRecreation & Sports$230kHuman Services$91kYouth Development$60kEnvironment$58kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Utah$2,414,4908n/a
Weber State University$450,0003n/a
Brigham Young University$420,1004n/a
Hale Centre Theatre$246,50050%
American Indian Services$82,00061%
The Living Planet Inc$51,00030%
Utah's Promise$50,0001n/a
Madison House Autism Foundation Inc$50,00014%
Christian Life Center$35,0002n/a
Academy for Creating Enterprise$30,40051%
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All grantees of Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Utah$2,414,4908n/a
Weber State University$450,0003n/a
Brigham Young University$420,1004n/a
Hale Centre Theatre$246,50050%
American Indian Services$82,00061%
The Living Planet Inc$51,00030%
Utah's Promise$50,0001n/a
Madison House Autism Foundation Inc$50,00014%
Christian Life Center$35,0002n/a
Academy for Creating Enterprise$30,40051%
Crossroads of the West Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 590$30,20020%
Utah Community Builders$30,00014%
Salt Lake Community College$25,0001n/a
Joseph Smith Central Foundation$25,0001n/a
Edification Through Media Foundatio$25,000144%
A Child's Hope Foundation$25,0001n/a
Soulfill Music Foundation$21,90014%
Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation Inc$20,00013%
Utah Symphony & Opera$15,00020%
Utah Youth Village$12,50030%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc$11,00040%
Ron McBride Foundation Inc$10,50041%
Salt Lake Education Foundation$10,05030%
Southern Virginia University$10,00010%
The Legacy Films Foundation$10,000110%
Stand4kind$10,00021%
Brigham Young University-Hawaii$10,0001n/a
Salt Lake Honorary Colonels Inc$8,20080%
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$7,55030%
Utah Food Bank$5,50090%
Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Wabisabi Inc$5,0001n/a
Utah Coalition Against Pornography$5,00013%
Judicial Watch Inc$4,45070%
Special Olympics Utah Inc$3,82570%
Rescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc$3,50020%
Kostopulos Dream Foundation$3,50020%
Operation Smile Inc$3,00030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,70050%
Fight Against Domestic Violence$2,50010%
Mercy Ships International$2,50010%
Hattas Shay International Foundation$2,00023%
CaringBridge$2,00010%
Davis Technical College Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Smile Train Inc$1,87540%
Capital Research Center$1,70050%
National Arbor Day Foundation$1,61070%
Building Youth Around the World$1,50010%
National Park Foundation$1,47540%
The Road Home$1,40030%
The Wilderness Society$1,40020%
National Wildlife Federation$1,20020%
American Cornerstone Institute Inc$1,10020%
Murray Education Foundation$1,00011%
El Farnsworth Firemen & Friends for Kids$1,00013%
The Heritage Foundation$1,00040%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$9502n/a
Utah Sheriff's Association In$91590%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55030%
The Eisenhower Foundation$55030%
St Josephs Indian School$5504n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$55040%
Utah Zoological Society$50010%
Fuller Center for Housing of Cache Valley Inc$50030%
Catholic Relief Services$4503n/a
National Legal and Policy Center$40020%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$40040%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$40030%
American Cancer Society Inc$40020%
United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association Inc$34530%
Crossroads Urban Center$30020%
March of Dimes Inc$30020%
Institute for Humane Studies$30020%
Cato Institute$30030%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$25020%
American Diabetes Association$2501n/a
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$25010%
Stella H Oaks Foundation$25010%
Madeleine Choir School$2501n/a
Salt Lake Music School Foundation$25010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$22020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$21030%
White House Historical Association$20010%
Thanksgiving Point Institute Inc$20010%
Stand for America Inc$20010%
Country Club Cares Foundation$2001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$15010%
Mackinac Center$15010%
Trekking for Kids Inc$15010%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$15010%
National Audubon Society Inc$12020%
Feeding America$10010%
Turning Point USA Inc$10010%
Our Rescue$10010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$10010%
St Anne's Center$10010%
National Parks Conservation Association$10020%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$10010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars$5520%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5010%
Sierra Club$5010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5010%
USA Shooting Inc$5010%
The Commemorative Air Force$5010%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$5010%
The National Children's Cancer Society$5010%
Utah Police Civilian Association$4010%
The George W Bush Foundation$3510%
Yosemite Foundation$2510%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$2510%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$1510%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 95 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHale Centre Theatre: $246,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $82,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Living Planet Inc: $51,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMadison House Autism Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $30,400 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCrossroads of the West Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 590: $30,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Community Builders: $30,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetEdification Through Media Foundatio: $25,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetSoulfill Music Foundation: $21,900 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetFederal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUtah Symphony & Opera: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Youth Village: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRon McBride Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSalt Lake Education Foundation: $10,050 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Virginia University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Legacy Films Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetStand4kind: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSalt Lake Honorary Colonels Inc: $8,200 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHuntsman Cancer Foundation: $7,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Food Bank: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Coalition Against Pornography: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $4,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Utah Inc: $3,825 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFight Against Domestic Violence: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHattas Shay International Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCaringBridge: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDavis Technical College Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $1,875 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Arbor Day Foundation: $1,610 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Youth Around the World: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Road Home: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cornerstone Institute Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMurray Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEl Farnsworth Firemen & Friends for Kids: $1,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Sheriff's Association In: $915 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $550 over 3y, 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 95.

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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 FoundationUT63× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · The Miner Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Huntsman Foundation

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 Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation

How much does Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation give?
Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $2,771,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Arts & Culture (13%), Religion (7%).
Who are Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Utah ($2.4M), Weber State University ($450k), Brigham Young University ($420k).
Does Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bill and Pat Child Family 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 Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.
Where is Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation based?
Bill and Pat Child Family 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 188 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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