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Neal and Sherrie Savage Family 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.

$306k
Granted FY2023
26
Grants FY2023
21
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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98% of Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Dechomai Asset Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 18 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $306k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

10
’17
3
’18
8
’19
3
’20
9
’21
22
’22
17
’23
18
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
8
Total assets, FY2023
$233k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202321$301k48%
FY202224$536k63%
FY202111$217k64%
FY202011$31k27%
FY201914$22k57%
FY201811$19k36%
FY201722$33kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$19MEducation$1.1MHealth$209kInternational$74kReligion$60kYouth Development$40kHousing & Shelter$25kHuman Services$22kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
AZ
DC
HI
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Utah Valley University$349,5003n/a
Brigham Young University$260,5005n/a
Utah Valley University Foundation Inc$230,50050%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$67,00030%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$59,5005n/a
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$46,00030%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$46,00030%
Give Hope Guatemala Education Foundation Inc$42,00059%
The Other Side Academy$40,00020%
Weber State University$32,0004n/a
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All grantees of Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Utah Valley University$349,5003n/a
Brigham Young University$260,5005n/a
Utah Valley University Foundation Inc$230,50050%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$67,00030%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$59,5005n/a
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$46,00030%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$46,00030%
Give Hope Guatemala Education Foundation Inc$42,00059%
The Other Side Academy$40,00020%
Weber State University$32,0004n/a
Alpine School District Foundation$26,00020%
University of Utah$25,0001n/a
Loveloud Foundation % Tribeca Business Mgmt$20,00023%
Friends of the Coalition Fka Food & Care Coalition of Utah Valley$18,00030%
Lymediseaseorg$17,00021%
The Dr Dale B Hull Foundation for Neurological Rehabilitation Inc$13,00020%
Provo City School District Foundation$12,50014%
Haitian Roots$12,00033%
Utah Valley Refugees Inc$10,77522%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00010%
Middle East Children's Alliance$10,00010%
Cities Strong Foundation$10,00012%
Embrace of Celebration Inc$10,00012%
OK Foundation$7,00011%
Utah Food Bank$6,20010%
American Heritage Schools Inc$6,00010%
The Living Planet Inc$6,00020%
Maui Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$5,00010%
Volunteers of America Utah$5,00010%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$4,50030%
Dare to Dream Philippines Foundation$4,5001n/a
Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love$4,00010%
Live Your Dream$4,00012%
Granite Education Foundation$3,00010%
Ouelessebougou Alliance$3,00021%
Fight the New Drug Inc$2,50010%
Our Rescue$2,50010%
The Inn Between$2,00010%
Kenneth C Savage Family Foundation$1,75018%
Corner Canyon Trails$1,5001n/a
Jahazi Charity$1,0001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,00010%
The Center for Women and Children in Crisis$1,00010%
The Giving Grinch$1,00018%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,00010%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$50010%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($170k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUtah Valley University Foundation Inc: $230,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $67,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLupus Foundation of America Inc: $46,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $46,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGive Hope Guatemala Education Foundation Inc: $42,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlpine School District Foundation: $26,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLoveloud Foundation % Tribeca Business Mgmt: $20,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetFriends of the Coalition Fka Food & Care Coalition of Utah Valley: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLymediseaseorg: $17,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Dr Dale B Hull Foundation for Neurological Rehabilitation Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProvo City School District Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHaitian Roots: $12,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetUtah Valley Refugees Inc: $10,775 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddle East Children's Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCities Strong Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEmbrace of Celebration Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOK Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUtah Food Bank: $6,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heritage Schools Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Living Planet Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil for Native Hawaiian Advancement: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteers of America Utah: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLive Your Dream: $4,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGranite Education Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOuelessebougou Alliance: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFight the New Drug Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOur Rescue: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Inn Between: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKenneth C Savage Family Foundation: $1,750 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Giving Grinch: $1,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHimalayan Cataract Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family FoundationUT30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · University Impact · The Community Foundation of Utah · Beesley Family Foundation · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Ihc Health Services Inc · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · doTERRA Healing Hands 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.

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About Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation

How much does Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation give?
Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $306,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Education (5%), Health (1%).
Who are Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Utah Valley University ($350k), Brigham Young University ($261k), Utah Valley University Foundation Inc ($231k).
Does Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Neal and Sherrie Savage Family 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 Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Ashton Family Foundation.
Where is Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation based?
Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 77 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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