· Private foundation
James R and Nanette S Michie 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $158k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIV OF UTAH BUSINESS SCHOOL | $104,000 |
| UNIV OF UTAH ORTHOPEDICS | $54,000 |
| UNIV OF UTAH MUSIC SCHOOL | $32,000 |
| VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS | $13,000 |
| GIFTED MUSIC SCHOOL | $8,000 |
| UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA | $2,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $2,000 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH | $500 |
| PARKINSONS FOUNDATION | $500 |
| ASPCA | $500 |
| SPRINGVILLE ART MUSEUM | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +24% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 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, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSpringville Museum of Art3× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +533%
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN5× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +106%- USUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA3× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- UOUNIV OF UTAH ENDOWMENT ART STUDENTSone grant, 2022 · $104k
- UOUNIV OF UTAH ENDOWMENTone grant, 2019 · $100k
- UOUNIV OF UTAH ART GALLERYone grant, 2018 · $100k
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.
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
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Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
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How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 55 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.
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- Who funds SALT LAKE CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James R and Nanette S Michie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James R and Nanette S Michie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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