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Dale & Alice Ballard Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Dale & Alice Ballard Charitable 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.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$11k
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 2025.

Environment$78kHousing & Shelter$20kHealth$14kFood & Nutrition$13kHuman Services$11kArts & Culture$8kCivil Rights$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$5k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$435k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The National Park Foundation$11,000
Utah Food Bank$6,319
Protect Our Winters$6,000
Trout Unlimited$6,000
Homeless Veterans Fellowship$3,000
Pour Overs With Purpose$3,000
Utah Physicians for a Helathy Envir$2,000
CAPSA$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CAPSA: $4k → 12%Pour Overs With Purpose: $3k → 12%CAPSA: $2k → 12%CAPSA: $2k → 12%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$126k · 11 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -40% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
3

Total granted

$126k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
-40%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’22’23’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +49%
  • HV
    HOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIP
    5× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +167%
  • PO
    PROTECT OUR WINTERS
    3× · 2022–2025 · $17k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -40%
  • UR
    UTAH RIVERS COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +81%
  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue -62%
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 Public Lands Alliance
Education
2
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Utah Geological Foundation
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5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

—
7
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
8
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
9
Idaho Conservation League Inc

Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.

—
10
Summit Land Conservancy

Summit land conservancy works with utah communities to conserve land and water for the benefit of the people and nature.

Environment
11
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
12
Wyoming Outdoor Council

The wyoming outdoor council's mission is to protect wyoming's environment and quality of life now and for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pour Overs With Purpose Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Utah Physicians for a Helathy Envir: $14,000 · OtherUtah Physicians for a Helathy EnvirUTAH FOOD BANK: $13,305 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $11,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONCommon Ground: $8,000 · OtherCommon GroundTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $17,000 · EnvironmentPROTECT OUR WINTERSUTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentUTAH OPEN LANDS CONS…350ORG: $4,000 · Environment350ORGUTAH RIVERS COUNCIL INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentUTAH RIVERS COUNCIL …TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $20,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITE…HOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIP: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMELESS VETER…OPERATION SMILE INC: $10,000 · InternationalOPERATION …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…CITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE: $8,000 · Human ServicesPOUR OVERS WITH PURPOSE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesOUR RESCUE: $8,000 · Arts & CultureHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Health
Other$50,305Environment$29,000Animals$20,000Housing & Shelter$20,000International$15,000Human Services$11,000Arts & Culture$8,000Health$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS VETERANS FELLOWSHIP: $20,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $13,305 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget350ORG: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH RIVERS COUNCIL INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOUR OVERS WITH PURPOSE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 11% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Dale & Alice Ballard Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dale & Alice Ballard Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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
    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

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    How do I get to Dale & Alice Ballard Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dale & Alice Ballard Charitable 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 17 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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