Utah · Private foundation
Marriner S Eccles Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 114
- Grants FY2025
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 86 to 99
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $78M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Marriner S Eccles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $283k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 114 | $2.2M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 93 | $2.3M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 97 | $2.3M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 92 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 91 | $1.6M | 3% |
| FY2020 | 99 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 87 | $1.3M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 86 | $1.8M | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $1,812,866 | 5 | n/a |
| Utah Symphony & Opera | $845,508 | 9 | 1% |
| Utah State University | $634,659 | 7 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake | $590,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Ballet West | $460,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Wasatch Homeless Health Care | $400,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Neighborhood House Association | $397,898 | 9 | 1% |
| Guadalupe Center Educational Programs Inc | $380,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Utah | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Volunteers of America Utah | $194,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 105 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marriner S Eccles 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: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Castle Foundation Co Greg Phillips · Herbert I & Elsa B Michael Foundation US Bank National Association · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Marriner S Eccles Foundation
- How much does Marriner S Eccles Foundation give?
- Marriner S Eccles Foundation reported 114 grants totaling $2,240,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 86 and 99 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Marriner S Eccles Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (18%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Marriner S Eccles Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Utah ($1.8M), Utah Symphony & Opera ($846k), Utah State University ($635k).
- Does Marriner S Eccles Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marriner S Eccles 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 Marriner S Eccles Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation.
- Where is Marriner S Eccles Foundation based?
- Marriner S Eccles Foundation is based in UT.
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