Skip to content
Michel Foundation at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Michel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$226k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$73k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$524kHealth$522kYouth Development$189kEducation$52kHuman Services$50kReligion$34kArts & Culture$19kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $109k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $73k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH LINC$72,500
BUILDING YOUTH$32,600
Individual grant recipient$23,271
Individual grant recipient$17,971
NEUROWORKS$13,500
ROTARTY INTERNATIONAL$11,530
UNITED WAY$10,000
WEST RIDGE ACADEMY$7,800
SEAGER MEMORIAL CLINIC$5,600
Individual grant recipient$5,000
RISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE$5,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$4,589
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LDS$3,200
YOUTH IMPACT$2,500
HOPE AFTER POLYGAMY$2,500
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, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%AFRICA HEARTWOOD PROJECT: $13k → 14%AFRICA HEARTWOOD PROJECT: $9k → 14%AFRICA HEARTWOOD PROJECT: $3k → 14%PROLIFE UTAH: $4k → 8%PROLIFE UTAH: $1k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SERVICES: $3k → 8%RESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE: $8k → 8%RSECUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE: $4k → 8%RESCUE MISSION SLC: $2k → 8%RESCUE MISSION SLC: $1k → 8%UTAH ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $150 → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $4k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 39 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
46

Total granted

$1.5M
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+93%

Still filing today

31%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • Y
    YOUTHLINC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $367k · revenue +35%
  • TD
    THE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $243k · revenue +93%
  • MF
    Maliheh Free Clinic
    3× · 2018–2020 · $117k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • RI
    ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • SJ
    SOUTH JORDAN ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • TF
    THE FLOOD MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
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
Real Salt Lake Foundation
Human Services
2
Utah Geological Foundation
—
3
Skilled Sos

The objective of this organization is to help students and workers make better career, education and finance decisions. With the influx of Afghan refugees in the USA, there is a need for resettlement assistance as well as a unique position…

Employment
4
University of Utah Foundation

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

Philanthropy
5
Salt Lake American

Serving refugees living in Salt Lake County who are unable to communicate in English and do not know how to navigate the system on-call 24-7 provided free a language interpreter and guidance through the system also help during weekday…

Religion
6
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Utah Youth Sports Academy Foundation Fka Rsl Youth Academy Foundation
Recreation & Sports
8
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

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

Community Improvement
9
Hope Worldwide Utah

Hope worldwide utah was created to serve refugee populations around the world. we seek to serve those in acute need and to offer opporunities for volunteers to join us in humanitarian trips.

International
10
The Helm Foundation

At the helm foundation, our vision is a world where every child and woman can thrive regardless of background or circumstance. we are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty through education, healthcare, and sustainable development. in…

Community Improvement
11
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
12
Utah Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Utah; the most unlike its peers is The Good Samaritan 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

31 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. 31 of the 91 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUILDING YOUTH: $109,417 · OtherBUILDING YOUTHIndividual grant recipient: $93,829 · OtherIndividual grant recipientROTARY DISTRICT 5420: $62,870 · OtherROTARY DISTRICT 5420Individual grant recipient: $56,306 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWESTRIDGE ACADEMY: $46,200 · OtherWESTRIDGE ACADEMYROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $39,617 · OtherROTARY INTERNATIONALCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $38,025 · OtherCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS O…NEUROWORKS: $26,757 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $23,000 · Other+57 more: $178,811 · Other+57 moreTHE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC: $243,100 · HealthTHE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR…Maliheh Free Clinic: $116,600 · HealthMaliheh Free ClinicSEAGER MEMORIAL CLINIC: $114,805 · HealthSEAGER MEMORIAL CLINIC+2 more: $4,600 · HealthYOUTHLINC: $366,992 · InternationalYOUTHLINC+4 more: $8,995 · InternationalAFRICA HEARTWOOD PROJECT INC: $25,375 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesPRO-LIFE UTAH: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Indian Services: $3,803 · Human ServicesSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $150 · Human ServicesTHE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationCOLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER: $6,500 · EducationSNOW COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationJordan Education Foundation: $1,000 · EducationLIBERTY HILLS ACADEMY: $1,000 · EducationMonument of the Americas Inc: $6,848 · Arts & CultureRISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDESERET FIRST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyThe Community Foundation of Utah: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$674,832Health$479,105International$375,987Human Services$52,328Education$24,500Arts & Culture$11,848Philanthropy$4,500

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 budgetYOUTHLINC: $366,992 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetTHE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC: $243,100 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $116,600 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetSEAGER MEMORIAL CLINIC: $114,805 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $38,025 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAFRICA HEARTWOOD PROJECT INC: $25,375 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetRISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPRO-LIFE UTAH: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDESERET FIRST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $3,803 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUILDING BLOCKS IN AFRICA: $3,495 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE ALLIANCE: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $2,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTifie Humanitarian: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSNOW COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJordan Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY HILLS ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLIVES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 YOUTHLINC ↗
  • Who funds THE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Maliheh Free Clinic ↗
  • Who funds SEAGER MEMORIAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590 ↗
  • Who funds AFRICA HEARTWOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Monument of the Americas Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE ↗
  • Who funds PRO-LIFE UTAH ↗
  • Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds DESERET FIRST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗

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…Larry H Miller and Ga…The Community Foundat…George S and Dolores …C Scott & Dorothy E W…Kennecott Utah Copper…Pacificorp Foundation…Intermountain Communi…Lawrence & Janet Dee …The Gardiner Adams Fo…The Alan and Jeanne H…Semnani Family Founda…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT37.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · The Gardiner Adams Foundation · The Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation · Semnani 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 Michel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michel Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 91 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Michel’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home