· Private foundation
John L & Ardis J Piers Private 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOOK HARVEST | $2,000 |
| DEEDS FOR DEEDS | $1,000 |
| DPS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| URBAN MINISTRIES | $527 |
| TROSA | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +103% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 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, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BOOK HARVEST3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +463%- WSWASTELESS SOLUTIONS INC2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +408%
- MSMARBELLA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2023 · $2k · revenue +103%
Funded once
- NHNeighborhood House Associationone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +23%
- SMST MATHEWS PARISH SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $2k
- DFDURHAM FOOD BANKone grant, 2020 · $2k
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.
We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.
To build partnerships among volunteers, families, and the community in order to build simple, decent houses for families in need.
Help homeless Utahns improve their health and quality of life by providing high-quality health care and support services.
Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.
Mountainlands community housing association's (mcha) purpose is based on the belief that a safe affordable home is often a family's first step toward economic self-sufficiency. mcha addresses the dual problems of housing affordability and…
Seeking to put Gods love into action, Holston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Housing Collaborative makes affordable housing easier to navigate by helping to secure rental housing for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness; and for those who have lost housing due to disaster or displacement. We make it easier…
Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…
Habitat for humanity works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses, so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which…
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.
We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.
Working together to create a just and sustainable world through transformative farmer training that nourishes communities and the Earth.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 27 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.
- Who funds BOOK HARVEST ↗
- Who funds WASTELESS SOLUTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Neighborhood House Association ↗
- Who funds MARBELLA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC ↗
- Who funds Maliheh Free Clinic ↗
- Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
- Who funds Salt Lake Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE MUNDI PROJECT ↗
- Who funds JUSTICEMATTERS INC ↗
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: Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 John L & Ardis J Piers Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John L & Ardis J Piers Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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