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Community Trust of Utah

Supports and carries out the charitable purposes of the Community Foundation of Utah, advancing innovation and collaboration in philanthropy.

$31M
Granted FY2022
18
Grants FY2022
7
States reached
$22M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

83% of Community Trust of Utah’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Utah, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Community Trust of Utah named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $30M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’19
6
’20
30
’21
13
’22
22
’23
11
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Religion$171MPhilanthropy$108MEducation$9.2MHealth$7.5MInternational$2.6MArts & Culture$2.1MHuman Services$765kEnvironment$250kOther$0
02FY2022 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 18 grants below total $30,481,366 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $31,424,637 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $943,271 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $44k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $693k
  • $250k+6 grants · $30M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE$22,033,234
VANGUARD CHARITABLE$2,700,897
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF UTAH$2,181,148
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$1,493,100
UNIVERSITY IMPACT$1,057,409
UTAH PROSPECTS$264,056
CRISIS AID INTERNATIONAL$151,000
I AM HERE MINISTRIES$118,045
THE OTHER SIDE ACADEMY$100,000
CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO$82,503
DESERET TRUST COMPANY$77,974
NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER$60,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$52,500
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$51,000
HOPE ARISING$24,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MEMORIAL 3GUN FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%STAND WITH UKRAINE: $420k → 6%SOC-F: $10k → 13%UTAH PROSPECTS: $264k → 6%TABITHA'S WAY LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES: $8k → 8%UTAH PROSPECTS: $183k → 6%THE ROAD HOME: $11k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $250k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $43k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ID
MA
WY
IN
PA
RI
CA
UT
MO
WV
VA
AZ
NC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$178M · 15 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
23

Total granted

$178M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+15%

Still filing today

67%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UP
    UTAH PROSPECTS INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $467k · revenue +34% · 57% of their budget
  • HA
    HOPE ARISING INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $133k · revenue +324% · 62% of their budget
  • WR
    Warrior Rising
    2× · 2020–2021 · $118k · revenue +425%

Funded once

  • HM
    HUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M · revenue +175% · 99% of their budget
  • BY
    BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M
  • US
    UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +6%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Utah Geological Foundation
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2
The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging

Our mission is to engage with communities and catalyze private, public, and philanthropic partnerships to remedy opportunity gaps in economic opportunity, education, health, and housing in Utah.

Community Improvement
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 Foundation

Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…

Public Benefit
5
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

—
6
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
7
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
8
Utah World Trade Center

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

Community Improvement
9
Equality Utah Foundation

To secure equal rights and protections for lgbtq utahns and their families.

Civil Rights
10
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
11
Community Trust of Utah

Supports and carries out the charitable purposes of the Community Foundation of Utah, advancing innovation and collaboration in philanthropy.

Philanthropy
12
Ability 1st Utah

Assisting persons with disabilities to develop independent living and social skills, assisting with housing and transportation needs, rights advocacy, and counseling.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Treasure Valley Inc and the most unlike its peers is Utah Prospects Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Domestic Violence ServicesFood Banks and PantriesDevelopmental Disabilities …Youth Sports ProgramsSchool District FoundationsEquine Therapy ProgramsUnited Way AffiliatesIndependent K-12 SchoolsMilitary Veterans SupportCommunity College Foundatio…Environmental Conservation …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersAddiction Recovery Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number29%5%<5yr17%16%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr15%14%20–35yr8%21%35–55yr12%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value29%0%<5yr17%4%5–10yr19%40%10–20yr15%1%20–35yr8%11%35–55yr12%44%55yr+

The field is 29% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/70
the rest of the field
15%
1,822/12,333

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/55
Grantees still filing
39/55
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — $89,456,537 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — $80,599,786 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS+38 more — $14,014,235 · Other+38 moreThe Community Foundation of Utah — $81,502,242 · PhilanthropyThe Community Foundation of Utah+8 more — $5,180,148 · Philanthropy+8 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $21,859,580 · Community ImprovementUniversity Impact — $2,373,056 · EducationWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY — $250,000 · EducationBoise State University Foundation Inc — $200,000 · Education+3 more — $230,000 · EducationINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $2,133,000 · Health+4 more — $121,500 · HealthUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureHALE CENTRE THEATRE — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureWILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $7,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD OF DIFFERENCE INC — $1,500,000 · InternationalHOPE ARISING INC — $133,000 · International+3 more — $110,000 · International
Other$184,070,558Philanthropy$86,682,390Community Improvement$21,859,580Education$3,053,056Health$2,254,500Arts & Culture$2,107,000International$1,743,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah — $81,502,242 over 6y, 64% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $21,859,580 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $5,000,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $2,700,897 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity Impact — $2,373,056 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $2,133,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWORLD OF DIFFERENCE INC — $1,500,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $1,493,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA — $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetHALE CENTRE THEATRE — $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUTAH PROSPECTS INC — $466,556 over 3y, 57% of budgetStand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love — $420,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetZION NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION — $250,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE — $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCharityVision International — $250,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE FUND FOR CHARITABLE GIVING — $209,929 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $208,222 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc — $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC — $151,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHOPE ARISING INC — $133,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetI AM HERE MINISTRIES — $118,045 over 1y, 87% of budgetWarrior Rising — $118,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetUTAH'S PROMISE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of Liahona Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetThe Other Side Academy — $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK — $87,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Unit Foundation Inc — $80,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER — $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDREAMFLIGHT USA INC — $51,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKEN GARFF FOR GOOD — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOVERLAND ONE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetSalt Lake Community College Foundation — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCACHE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE — $48,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Indian Services — $42,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERWEAVE SOLUTIONS — $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMEMORIAL VALOR FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME — $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSNOWBIRD SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGenerationAll — $15,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetDavis Education Foundation — $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS CARE FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Sorenson Legacy Found…Larry H Miller and Ga…George S and Dolores …University ImpactBeesley Family Founda…The Miner FoundationJoan and Tim Fenton F…The Kahlert Foundatio…C Scott & Dorothy E W…Wheeler FoundationIntermountain Communi…
The Community Foundation of UtahUT55.1× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · University Impact · Beesley Family Foundation · The Miner Foundation · Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Community Trust of Utah funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Community Trust of Utah?

    Find your warmest path to Community Trust of Utah 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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