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Dadiva Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$376k
Granted FY2021
3
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$247k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2021.

Philanthropy$4.3MEducation$40kHealth$24kHousing & Shelter$16kHuman Services$9kYouth Development$8kFood & Nutrition$3kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2021 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $372k
$125,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AZ3 CHARITABLE FUND$247,213
AZ3 CHARITABLE FUND$125,000
AZ3 CHARITABLE FUND$3,769
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 (FY17–18, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%SHELTER BOX: $5k → 9%HOLDING OUT HELP: $1k → 8%UTAH REFUGEE CONNECTION: $3k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $4k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $2k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 10 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +98% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$4.3M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+114%
+98%

Still filing today

60%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthRecreation & SportsMembership BenefitOther
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

  • ES
    English Skills Learning Center
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +186%
  • TI
    THE INN BETWEEN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +114%
  • O
    Onerefugee
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +256%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
    one grant, 2018 · $19k
  • DE
    DAVID ECCLES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - UTAH CHAPTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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 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
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
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
4
Unitus Labs

Unitus Labs provides consulting support loans grants and investments to partner organizations who are implementing innovative market-based approaches to reducing global poverty with potential for very large scale impact.

International
5
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
6
Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake

To serve The People by honoring Native cultures, strengthening health and wellness programs, and cultivating community. We envision all Native peoples living balanced, prosperous, and healthy lives in diverse communities for Seven…

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7
Utah Public Health Association

The Utah Public Health Association (UPHA) is a statewide membership organization dedicated to improving the health of Utah communities by supporting and representing the public health workforce. UPHA advances public health through…

Health
8
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc

Our vision is a community where every child receives a high-quality education from birth to career, every adult has the opportunity to thrive financailly and in the workplace, and every older person can retire and age with dignity and…

Philanthropy
9
Utah Valley Refugees Inc

Utah valley refugee mission is to assist refugees in utah in their quest to become self reliant. the organization accomplishes its mission by providing employment & housing assistance, education grants, esl skills,and healthcare services.…

Philanthropy
10
Utah Water Ways Inc

Utah water ways promotes water conservation through collaboration between government, non-profit groups, and private sector partners and empowers the public to be wise stewards of this critical shared resource.

Environment
11
Equality Utah Foundation

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

Civil Rights
12
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Futures; the most unlike its peers is Onerefugee. 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
18/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AZ3 CHARITABLE FUND: $4,284,219 · OtherAZ3 CHARITABLE FUND+14 more: $59,600 · OtherTHE INN BETWEEN: $5,500 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesUTAH REFUGEE CONNECTION: $2,500 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Services: $1,500 · Human ServicesHolding Out HELP: $1,000 · Human ServicesEnglish Skills Learning Center: $6,000 · EducationOnerefugee: $5,000 · EducationKENYA KEYS: $1,000 · EducationYOUTH FUTURES: $5,000 · HealthTHE SHARING PLACE: $1,000 · HealthWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $3,000 · Community ImprovementWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · Community ImprovementSTART UP KIDS CLUB: $1,000 · Community ImprovementThe Other Side Academy: $5,000 · Crime & LegalHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH: $2,500 · Environment
Other$4,343,819Human Services$15,500Education$12,000Health$6,000Community Improvement$6,000Crime & Legal$5,000Environment$2,500

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 budgetEnglish Skills Learning Center: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE INN BETWEEN: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOnerefugee: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH FUTURES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH REFUGEE CONNECTION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Museum of Contemporary Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolding Out HELP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHARING PLACE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKENYA KEYS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHealth Alliance for Austin Musicians: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah: $150 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.

George S and Dolores …Larry H Miller and Ga…Sorenson Legacy Found…Lawrence & Janet Dee …The Community Foundat…Katherine W Dumke & E…Hemingway FoundationIhc Health Services I…Pacificorp Foundation…Willard L Eccles Char…Intermountain Communi…David Kelby Johnson M…
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT26.1× affinity10 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 · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Katherine W Dumke & Ezekiel R Dumke Jr Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · David Kelby Johnson Memorial 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Dadiva Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dadiva 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 30 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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