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Call to Action 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.

$262k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$257kPublic Benefit$40kCommunity Improvement$25kHuman Services$5kPhilanthropy$5kEmployment$5kHealth$1k
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $219k
$11,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$665M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$22,500
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$20,750
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY$19,250
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$19,250
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY$18,500
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$17,250
COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY$15,750
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$13,250
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$11,500
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$11,250
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$8,250
UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY$7,000
IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$6,750
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $19k → 13%IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $23k → 8%UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $19k → 8%UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY: $7k → 10%SNOW COLLEGE: $1k → 15%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $21k → 7%COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY: $16k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $13k → 8%COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $19k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $5k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $3k → 8%UTAH JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%UTAH FOUNDATION: $40k → 8%THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND BELONGING: $25k → 8%UNITED WAY OF SALT LAKE: $5k → 8%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $5k → 8%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $1k → 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 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
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

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

Community Improvement
2
Utah World Trade Center

World trade center utah accelerates growth for utah companies through our global networks, programs, and services.

Community Improvement
3
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce

Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.

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4
University of Utah Growth Capital

Receive, hold, invest, and administer property and make expenditures to or for the benefit of The University of Utah.

Philanthropy
5
Utah Geological Foundation
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6
The Children's Center Utah Endowment

Manage investment assets for the benefit of the children's center utah located in salt lake city, ut.

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7
Utah Housing Coalition Inc

The promotion of low-income housing within the state of utah.

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8
Center for Growth and Opportunity

The center for growth and opportunity at utah state university explores the scentific foundations of the interaction between individuals, business, and government to improve well-being for individuals and society. our focus is on producing…

International
9
Midwives College of Utah

Educate midwives to provide safe, professional and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
10
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities strengthens Utah communities by cultivating connections, deepening understanding, and exploring our complex human experience.

Arts & Culture
11
Utah Education Fits All

To ensure utah families have the freedom and access to choose the best fit for their childs education.

Education
12
The Community Foundation of Utah

We are utah's partner in philanthropy, pioneering innovation and collaboration to invest in our community today for a brighter tomorrow.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hawkeye Community College. 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

7 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. 7 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/7
Grantees still filing
4/7
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $43,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $40,000 · OtherCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $37,750 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITYCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: $36,500 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER: $30,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDERUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $19,250 · OtherUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITYIDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $18,500 · OtherIDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY: $15,750 · OtherCOLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY+5 more: $17,000 · Other+5 moreUTAH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Public BenefitUTAH FOUNDATI…The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging: $25,000 · Community ImprovementRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $5,000 · HealthSalt Lake Chamber Foundation: $5,000 · EmploymentUTAH'S PROMISE: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$258,250Public Benefit$40,000Community Improvement$25,000Health$5,000Employment$5,000Philanthropy$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUTAH FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetThe Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetIOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSalt Lake Chamber Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUTAH'S PROMISE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Call to Action Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Call to Action Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Call to Action Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Call to Action 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 18 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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