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Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation at a glance

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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
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

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.

01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2023 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k13 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$233k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY$50,000
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$25,000
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$20,000
Fox Hollow Elementary School$15,000
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY$12,500
Polaris High School$10,000
GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$10,000
OTHER SIDE ACADEMY$10,000
LOVELOUD FOUNDATION$10,000
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY$10,000
MIDDLE EAST CHILDRENS ALLIANCE$10,000
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI$10,000
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY$8,000
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY$7,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC: $10k → 13%STAND WITH UKRAINE: $4k → 6%BLESSING IN A BACKPACK: $500 → 15%GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 8%GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 8%GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 8%GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $2k → 8%CITIES STRONG FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 32 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2023, 19 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
29

Total granted

$1.4M
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+31%

Still filing today

50%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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
    5× · 2017–2024 · $231k · revenue +5%
  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $46k · revenue +67%
  • GH
    GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $42k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • PC
    PROVO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -56%
  • OF
    OK Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +659%
  • UF
    UTAH FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +53%
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
National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho

The National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho, a major nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing diseases of the kidney, improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and families affected by kidney disease, and…

Health
2
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
3
Utah Health Policy Project

To advance sustainable health care solutions for underserved utahns through better access, education, and public policy.

Health
4
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
5
Utah Foundation

Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…

Public Benefit
6
Honnold Foundation

Funding solar energy solutions, building capacity, and amplifying local leadership for those experiencing the greatest impacts from climate change, economic instability, and social injustice.

Environment
7
Equality Utah Foundation

To secure equal rights and protections for lgbtq utahns and their families.

Civil Rights
8
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
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
Aclu of Utah Foundation Inc

The organization's mission is to preserve and promote individual civil rights and civil liberties as guaranteed by the united states and utah constitutions and the civil rights laws within the state of utah.

—
11
Midwives College of Utah

Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
12
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Kenneth C Savage Family 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

44 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. 44 of the 77 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
26/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DECHOMAI ASSET TRUST: $19,116,000 · PhilanthropyDECHOMAI ASSET TRUST+5 more: $26,025 · PhilanthropyUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $349,500 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $260,500 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $59,500 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Other+40 more: $275,458 · OtherUTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $230,500 · EducationAlpine School District Foundation: $26,000 · EducationHAITIAN ROOTS: $12,000 · Education+4 more: $18,000 · EducationALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $67,000 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $46,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $46,000 · HealthTHE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC: $13,000 · Health+5 more: $10,000 · HealthGIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 · Human ServicesCITIES STRONG FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesEMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesStand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love: $4,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesThe Other Side Academy: $40,000 · Crime & LegalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $10,000 · InternationalOUELESSEBOUGOU ALLIANCE: $3,000 · International+1 more: $500 · International
Philanthropy$19,142,025Other$994,958Education$286,500Health$182,000Human Services$68,500Crime & Legal$40,000International$23,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDECHOMAI ASSET TRUST: $19,116,000 over 1y, 4.2% of 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 budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

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 Ga…Sorenson Legacy Found…The Ashton Family Fou…University ImpactThe Community Foundat…Beesley Family Founda…Thom & Gail Williamse…Wheeler FoundationThe Kahlert Foundatio…Ihc Health Services I…George S and Dolores …doTERRA Healing Hands…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–40%
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 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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