Utah · Private foundation
James Lee Sorenson 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.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 81%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,592,540
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $61M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 81% of the organizations James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $2.5M | 52% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.2M | 81% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.2M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2.2M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $2.3M | 91% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $1.4M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.5M | 57% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $2,268,500 | 7 | n/a |
| The Orrin G Hatch Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Utah Sports Commission Foundation | $205,500 | 3 | 12% |
| American Idea Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 24% |
| The Road Home | $125,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Utah Food Bank | $125,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Sola Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossroads of the West Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 590 | $47,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 65 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James Lee Sorenson Family 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 · The Community Foundation of Utah · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Ssir Cares Inc · doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Crewe Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation
- How much does James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation give?
- James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $2,580,040 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (69%), Education (15%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Utah ($2.3M), The Orrin G Hatch Foundation ($250k), Utah Sports Commission Foundation ($206k).
- Does James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James Lee Sorenson Family 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 James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation.
- Where is James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation based?
- James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation is based in UT.
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