Utah · Private foundation
DME 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.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $600k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations DME Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $62k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $27k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $67k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $33k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $57k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $16k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $9k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State University | $123,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Tabitha's Way | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nebo Education Foundation | $7,200 | 3 | 1% |
| Gorongosa Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $4,513 | 4 | 0% |
| The Center for Women and Children in Crisis | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rods Heroes Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain West String Academy | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State University | $123,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Tabitha's Way | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nebo Education Foundation | $7,200 | 3 | 1% |
| Gorongosa Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $4,513 | 4 | 0% |
| The Center for Women and Children in Crisis | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rods Heroes Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain West String Academy | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Do Your Part Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Live for Levi Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gods Garage | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stitching Hearts Worldwide | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wrap the World With Quilts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Valley Refugees Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Ground Outdoor Adventures | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forge Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cache Trails Alliance | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Mountain Trails Association | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shamba Foundation | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Valley University Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Honor Flight | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Canopy Cat Rescue | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget DME Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Dale H Ballard Jr Family Foundation · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · The Gibney Family Foundation Inc · Ihc Health Services Inc · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About DME Foundation
- How much does DME Foundation give?
- DME Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $62,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does DME Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (82%), Food & Nutrition (4%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are DME Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Utah State University ($123k), Tabitha's Way ($8k), Nebo Education Foundation ($7k).
- Does DME Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does DME Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as DME Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Dale H Ballard Jr Family Foundation, Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation.
- Where is DME Foundation based?
- DME Foundation is based in UT.
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