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Jim and Carol Laub Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Jim and Carol Laub Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$365k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$5.1MEducation$1.0MCommunity Improvement$750kHuman Services$454kRecreation & Sports$235kArts & Culture$141kFood & Nutrition$20kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$104k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$200,000
Common Ground Outdoor Adventures$50,000
RODS HEREOS$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$25,000
UTAH SPORTS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION$20,000
Cache Education Foundation$20,000
CAPSA$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN UTA$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $129k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%RODS HEREOS: $25k → 12%Common Ground Outdoor Adventures: $50k → 12%CAPSA: $20k → 12%CAPSA: $15k → 12%Common Ground Outdoor Adventures: $15k → 12%LITTLE LAMBS FOUNDATION FOR KIDS IN: $2k → 12%LITTLE LAMBS FOUNDATION FOR KIDS IN: $2k → 12%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 15 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$7.8M
$186k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+49%

Still filing today

80%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • IH
    INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5.0M · revenue +4%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $450k · revenue +75%
  • US
    UTAH SPORTS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • CV
    CACHE VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -4%
  • AN
    ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • PF
    PROMONTORY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +153%
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 Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Utah Geological Foundation
—
3
Northern Utah Cancer Foundation
—
4
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
5
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
6
Utah Youth Sports Academy Foundation Fka Rsl Youth Academy Foundation
Recreation & Sports
7
Real Salt Lake Foundation
Human Services
8
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
9
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
10
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
11
Sci Utah Foundation

To ensure the future of wildlife through conservation, education and hunting.

Animals
12
University Hospital Foundation

Fundraising for healthcare to support patient care, medical education, and clinical research for University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics and other similar nonprofit organizations.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunshine Terrace Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Promontory Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $5,010,000 · HealthINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $450,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc+3 more: $23,000 · HealthIndividual grant recipient: $950,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $894,500 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITYLogan City School District: $76,000 · Other+9 more: $102,000 · OtherUTAH SPORTS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION: $240,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN UTAH: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCACHE VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureGAMMA KAPPA ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $65,000 · Human ServicesCITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE: $35,000 · Human ServicesRODS HEROES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCACHE COUNTY SUB FOR SANTA: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesCACHE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 · InternationalPROMONTORY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyLogan City School District Foundation: $10,000 · Education
Health$5,483,000Other$2,022,500Youth Development$250,000Arts & Culture$135,000Human Services$134,000International$20,000Philanthropy$15,000Education$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $5,010,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $450,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetUTAH SPORTS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetCACHE VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $65,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGAMMA KAPPA ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetCACHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetRODS HEROES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSUNSHINE TERRACE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCACHE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPROMONTORY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCACHE HUMANE SOCIETY: $14,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLogan City School District Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSONS OF BASEBALL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLittle Lambs Foundation for Kids Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

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 …Ifit Health & Fitness…Sorenson Legacy Found…Harold & Ruth Dance C…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Ifit Health & Fitness Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Harold & Ruth Dance Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Jim and Carol Laub Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jim and Carol Laub Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jim and Carol Laub Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jim and Carol Laub Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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