· Private foundation
Dry Creek Charity
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $89k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $89,232 |
| Individual grant recipient | $34,091 |
| SALT LAKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $28,538 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| CITY OF SO SALT LAKE AFTER SCHOOL | $17,537 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FUND | $10,000 |
| VIETNAM PROJECTS | $6,713 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,784 |
| E MILLCREEK COMMUNITY GARDEN | $5,343 |
| INDIGEHUB FOOD HUB | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| ESSELSTYN FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| PERU PROJECTS | $1,900 |
| Individual grant recipient | $796 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 72% of grant dollars ($1.4M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 28% that went abroad ($535k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 28% of all-years giving ($535k)
7 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2021–2024 · $206k
- IGIndividual grant recipient6× · 2019–2024 · $202k
- SLSalt Lake Education Foundation5× · 2020–2024 · $159k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $64k
- SLSALT LAKE GRANITE CANYON AND DAVIS SCHOOLS AFTER SCHOOL PROJECTSone grant, 2019 · $62k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $60k
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.
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.
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.
Our mission is to fund and support educator-powered initiatives that inspire all Park City students to reach their academic and lifelong potential.
To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.
Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.
Canyons School District Education Foundation works in tandem with community and business partners to build support for public schools and to advance Canyons School Districts mission to help every student become college- and career-ready…
To help people clear their criminal records and access opportunities. we will do this by: 1) spreading the word about utah's clean slate law to individuals with records, so they are aware of the law and its positive impact on their lives;…
The mission of the Utah Safety Council is to save lives by promoting safety and health through education, services, and products.
Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.
To provide resources and financial support to meet the unique need of the children and families served by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind (USDB).
Integrates and strengthens communities through English language, literacy, and skills-based education for adult learners, delivered using a combination of professional staff and trained community volunteers.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 78 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dry Creek Charity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dry Creek Charity. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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