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Difiore Family Foundation at a glance

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Difiore Family 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.

$222k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0175% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$386kPhilanthropy$44kEducation$43kReligion$30kRecreation & Sports$20kHealth$18kHousing & Shelter$13kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $160k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$901k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UTAH SYMPHONY OPERA$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$50,000
ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH$30,000
WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS$20,000
SALT LAKE FILM SOCIETY$10,000
MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL$515
UTAH PHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIR$500
KENYA KEYS$500
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$200
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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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%People Helping People: $5k → 8%Utah Pride Center: $5k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$588k · 10 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$588k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+94%

Still filing today

30%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • BW
    BALLET WEST
    4× · 2017–2023 · $155k · revenue +69%
  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH
    2× · 2018–2019 · $13k · revenue +172%
  • MM
    MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • SL
    SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • UO
    U OF U FILM MEDIA ARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $11k
  • UP
    Utah Pride Center Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -26%
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
Utah Geological Foundation
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3
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
4
Salt Contemporary Dance Inc

Expand the awareness, reach and capacity of salt unique performances and festivals. continuously seek and create emerging and cutting-edge performances to stay at the most forefront of the dance industry. educate dancers and community…

Arts & Culture
5
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
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
7
Utah Arts Alliance

To foster the arts in all forms in order to create an aware, empowered, and connected community.

Arts & Culture
8
Save Our Great Salt Lake
Environment
9
Utah Symphony & Opera

Mission - Connect the community through great live music. Vision - Perform, engage, inspire. The artistic leadership of the organization is committed to representing a broad range of musical styles, including traditional works,…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc

Utah clean energy's mission is to lead the clean energy transformation with vision and expertise. our vision for the future is healthy, thriving communities for all, empowered and sustained by clean energy.

Environment
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 Wasatch Adaptive Sports Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kenya Keys. 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

11 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. 11 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $102,000 · OtherNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $90,200 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHIndividual grant recipient: $87,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUTAH SYMPHONY OPERA: $70,000 · OtherUTAH SYMPHONY OPERAUtah Museum of Natural History: $36,000 · OtherUtah Museum of Natural HistoryST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCHCOLLEGE OF FINE ARTS: $21,810 · OtherSALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $20,000 · OtherWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $20,000 · Other+10 more: $46,250 · Other+10 moreBALLET WEST: $155,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET WESTTHE SALT LAKE FILM SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SALT LAKE FILM SOCIET…+1 more: $1,515 · Arts & CultureTHE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST: $43,900 · PhilanthropyUtah Pride Center Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $5,000 · Human ServicesKENYA KEYS: $500 · EducationUTAH PHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT: $500 · Environment
Other$523,760Arts & Culture$166,515Philanthropy$43,900Human Services$10,000Education$500Environment$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 budgetBALLET WEST: $155,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST: $43,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SALT LAKE FILM SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Pride Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $1,515 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENYA KEYS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH PHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds BALLET WEST ↗
  • Who funds THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH ↗
  • Who funds THE SALT LAKE FILM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Utah Pride Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds KENYA KEYS ↗
  • Who funds UTAH PHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ↗

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 …Dominion Energy Chari…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Enterprise Holdings F…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Difiore Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Difiore Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 27 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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