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M Bastian Family Foundation Trust at a glance

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M Bastian Family Foundation Trust

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.

$594k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$322k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.1MHealth$245kFood & Nutrition$150kHuman Services$130kArts & Culture$35kInternational$35kCrime & Legal$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $195k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
  • $250k+1 grant · $322k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Utah Valley University Foundation$322,405
Alpine School District Foundation$52,000
Primary Childrens Medical Center F$40,000
Food Care Coalition$20,000
Education Resource Development Coun$20,000
Kids On The Move$15,000
The Center for Women and Children$10,000
Women of The World$10,000
Php Foundation$10,000
Utah Refugee Connection$10,000
Meal On Wheelr Summit Utah and Wasatch$10,000
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Provo City School District Foundati$10,000
Wasatch Forensic Nurses$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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%People Helping People: $10k → 8%People Helping People: $10k → 8%People Helping People: $10k → 8%Community Action Services: $10k → 8%Utah Refugee Connection: $10k → 8%Utah Refugee Connection: $10k → 8%Utah Refugee Connection: $10k → 8%Utah Refugee Connection: $10k → 8%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 19 repeat orgs$785k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
8

Total granted

$2.0M
$745k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
-9%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UV
    UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +5%
  • KO
    Kids on the Move Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +79%
  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • UV
    UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $650k
  • PC
    Primary Children Medical Center
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -47%
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
The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging

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.

Community Improvement
2
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce

Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.

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3
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

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

Community Improvement
4
Utah Geological Foundation
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5
University of Utah Foundation

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

Philanthropy
6
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
8
House of Hope

Treating substance use disorders, rebuilding lives, strengthening families, and empowering women.

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9
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
10
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
11
Utah Humanities Council

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…

Arts & Culture
12
Utah Housing Coalition Inc

The promotion of low-income housing within the state of utah.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Women and Children in Crisis; the most unlike its peers is Php 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

18 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. 18 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,175,445 · EducationUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCAlpine School District Foundation: $132,000 · EducationAlpine School District FoundationKids on the Move Inc: $55,000 · EducationUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $650,000 · OtherUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITYPrimary Childrens Medical Center F: $115,000 · OtherPrimary Childrens Medical Center FEducation Resource Development Coun: $100,000 · OtherEducation Resource Development CounFood Care Coalition: $80,000 · OtherFood Care CoalitionCommunity Action Services Food Bank: $40,000 · Other+11 more: $165,000 · Other+11 moreHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $40,000 · HealthWASATCH FORENSIC NURSES INC: $25,000 · HealthACADEMY FOR CHILD ADVOCACY AND FAMILY SUPPORT: $10,000 · HealthUTAH REFUGEE CONNECTION: $40,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $30,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Action Services and Food Bank: $10,000 · Human ServicesUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $20,000 · Arts & CultureOUR RESCUE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTIMPANOGOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY: $20,000 · Food & NutritionPHP FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyWomen of the World: $10,000 · International
Education$1,362,445Other$1,150,000Health$125,000Human Services$80,000Arts & Culture$35,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Philanthropy$20,000International$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,175,445 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAlpine School District Foundation: $132,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetKids on the Move Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUTAH REFUGEE CONNECTION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $30,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetWASATCH FORENSIC NURSES INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROVO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Connect: $20,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetWomen of the World: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCommunity Action Services and Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY FOR CHILD ADVOCACY AND FAMILY SUPPORT: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTIMPANOGOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

  • Who funds UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Alpine School District Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Kids on the Move Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Women and Children in Crisis ↗
  • Who funds UTAH REFUGEE CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH FORENSIC NURSES INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds PROVO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
  • Who funds Community Health Connect ↗
  • Who funds Women of the World ↗
  • Who funds Community Action Services and Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY FOR CHILD ADVOCACY AND FAMILY SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds TIMPANOGOS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗

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.

Sorenson Legacy Found…The Ashton Family Fou…Larry H Miller and Ga…Ihc Health Services I…George S and Dolores …C Scott & Dorothy E W…The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Neal and Sherrie Sava…The Ray and Tye Noord…McCarthey Family Foun…Thom & Gail Williamse…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation · The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family 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 M Bastian Family Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M Bastian Family Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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