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Petersen Bruce & Cecilia Fdn-Main at a glance

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Petersen Bruce & Cecilia Fdn-Main

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$1.8MYouth Development$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.0MHuman Services$520kInternational$445kFood & Nutrition$422kEducation$385kPublic Safety & Disaster$270kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $855k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $230k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ROAD HOME$60,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$60,000
THE INN BETWEEN$60,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SALT LAKE$50,000
EYE CARE FOR KIDS$45,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF UTAH COUNTY$40,000
FIRST STEP HOUSE$40,000
TABITHAS WAY$40,000
BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF UTAH INC$40,000
SALT LAKE DONATED DENTAL SERVICES$40,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$40,000
WOMEN OF THE WORLD$40,000
FAMILY PROMISE SALT LAKE$30,000
UTAH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL$30,000
MOUNTAINLANDS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$30,000
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 (FY18–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $15k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $40k → 14%TABITHAS WAY: $40k → 8%LITTLE LAMBS FOUNDATION FOR KIDS INC: $30k → 12%RAISE THE FUTURE: $20k → 12%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%TABITHA'S WAY: $25k → 8%LITTLE LAMBS FOUNDATION FOR KIDS: $30k → 12%RAISE THE FUTURE: $10k → 12%TABITHAS WAY: $25k → 8%SEEKHAVEN INC: $20k → 11%LITTLE LAMBS FOUNDATION FOR KIDS: $10k → 12%TABITHAS WAY: $20k → 8%LITTLE LAMBS FOUNDATION FOR KIDS INC: $10k → 12%TABITHA'S WAY: $10k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $15k → 8%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $25k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $20k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $100k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $100k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $50k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $20k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $85k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $75k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $60k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $60k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $50k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $60k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $30k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $60k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $25k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $60k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $20k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $60k → 8%UPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $20k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $50k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $20k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $20k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $8k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITY: $8k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $40k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $40k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $20k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $20k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $20k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $15k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $15k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 43 repeat orgs$495k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
12

Total granted

$5.8M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
-15%

Still filing today

81%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH
    4× · 2021–2024 · $585k · revenue +92%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $506k · revenue +21%
  • TR
    THE ROAD HOME
    8× · 2018–2025 · $493k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • MF
    MOUNTAINLANDS FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • SA
    ST ANNE'S CENTERLANTERN HOUSE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • E
    EPICENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +93%
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
Volunteers of America Utah

To provide community-supported paths, for those who are vulnerable, to improve their lives and increase their self-reliance. we envision a community where everyone belongs, everyone has access to the services they need, and homelessness is…

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2
The Christmas Box International

The christmas box international partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are…

Community Improvement
3
Utah Association of Family Support Centers Inc

The mission of the fscu is to strengthen utah families one community at a time by supporting parents, protecting children, and preserving families. to accomplish this mission, each family support center provides its clients with a 24-hour…

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4
Latino Behavioral Health Services

Lbhs is a nonprofit, grassroots organization created to minimize the disparities in access to mental health services among the underserved latino population concentrated in salt lake county and the rest utah. as an organization run by…

Human Services
5
Utah Valley Family Support Center Inc

Provide services to victims and potential victims of child abuse and neglect.

—
6
Utah Foster Care Foundation Inc

We serve Utah's children by finding, educating, and nurturing families to meet the needs of children in foster care

Human Services
7
Southwest Utah Community Health Center

Making lives better in southwest utah by providing accessible, quality health care, regardless of financial, language, or cultural barriers.

Health
8
People Helping People

People helping people (php) is dedicated to reducing the number of children living in poverty by teaching low-income women, primarily single moms, how to earn a living wage. each year, 1,000 prospective clients enroll in our employment…

Human Services
9
Friends of the Children - Utah

Friends of the children utah has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Youth Development
10
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
11
Shelter Providers of Utah

To help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness build new lives through construction, community engagement, and education.

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12
Kids Who Count

We empower families to optimize the developmental potential of their young children.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Support Center; the most unlike its peers is Lucky Project. 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

59 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. 59 of the 73 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
34/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $585,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAHBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE: $505,550 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKEUTAH FOOD BANK: $235,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $205,000 · OtherAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSSEYE CARE FOR KIDS UT: $170,000 · OtherEYE CARE FOR KIDS UTTHERAPEUTIC PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: $115,000 · Other+34 more: $855,000 · Other+34 moreTHE ROAD HOME: $493,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOMETHE INN BETWEEN: $370,000 · Human ServicesTHE INN BETWEENUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $180,000 · Human ServicesUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCEUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $170,000 · Human ServicesUTAH YOUTH VILLAGETABITHA'S WAY: $120,000 · Human ServicesTABITHA'S WAYLittle Lambs Foundation for Kids Inc: $80,000 · Human Services+9 more: $205,000 · Human Services+9 moreFIRST STEP HOUSE: $295,000 · HealthFIRST STEP HOUS…SALT LAKE DONATED DENTAL SERVICES: $245,000 · HealthSALT LAKE DONAT…Mountainlands Community Health Center: $140,000 · HealthMountainlands C…EYE CARE FOR KIDS - Utah: $135,000 · HealthEYE CARE FOR KI…MOAB FREE HEALTH CLINIC: $45,000 · Health+3 more: $30,000 · HealthWomen of the World: $305,000 · InternationalWomen of th…Junior Achievement of Utah & Idaho: $190,000 · InternationalJunior Achi…BUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $85,000 · InternationalBUILDING YO…Lifting Hands International: $45,000 · InternationalLifting Han…Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $185,000 · EducationGranite Education Foundation: $185,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentKostopulos Dream Foundation: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,670,550Human Services$1,618,000Health$890,000International$625,000Education$370,000Youth Development$80,000Recreation & Sports$60,000

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 budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $585,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE: $505,550 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $493,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE INN BETWEEN: $370,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetWomen of the World: $305,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetFIRST STEP HOUSE: $295,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSALT LAKE DONATED DENTAL SERVICES: $245,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $235,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho: $190,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $185,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetGranite Education Foundation: $185,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $180,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $170,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMountainlands Community Health Center: $140,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEYE CARE FOR KIDS - Utah: $135,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTABITHA'S WAY: $120,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $85,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetLittle Lambs Foundation for Kids Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF UTAH COUNTY INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS: $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetST ANNE'S CENTER: $65,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS FOR SIGHT: $50,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetLifting Hands International: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUTAH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL: $45,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Utah: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMOAB FREE HEALTH CLINIC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSUMMIT COMMUNITY GARDENS AND EATS: $40,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetODYSSEY HOUSE INC - UTAH: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAISE THE FUTURE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD DEED REVOLUTION: $30,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetSALT LAKE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise - Salt Lake: $30,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetYWCA ALLENTOWN: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetEPICENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetJewish Family Service: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFUTUREINDESIGN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEEKHAVEN FAMILY CRISIS CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSANPETE PANTRY: $17,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEATS Park City: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENDING MINDS VILLAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 41% 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 THE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD HOME ↗
  • Who funds THE INN BETWEEN ↗
  • Who funds Women of the World ↗
  • Who funds FIRST STEP HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SALT LAKE DONATED DENTAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Utah & Idaho ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah ↗
  • Who funds Granite Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds Mountainlands Community Health Center ↗
  • Who funds EYE CARE FOR KIDS - Utah ↗
  • Who funds TABITHA'S WAY ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD ↗
  • Who funds Little Lambs Foundation for Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF UTAH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS ↗
  • Who funds ST ANNE'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR SIGHT ↗
  • Who funds Lifting Hands International ↗
  • Who funds UTAH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Young Women's Christian Association of Utah ↗
  • Who funds MOAB FREE HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT COMMUNITY GARDENS AND EATS ↗
  • Who funds Kostopulos Dream Foundation ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ODYSSEY HOUSE INC - UTAH ↗
  • Who funds RAISE THE FUTURE ↗
  • Who funds GOOD DEED REVOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds SALT LAKE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ↗

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…George S and Dolores …The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Larry H Miller and Ga…Marriner S Eccles Fou…Kennecott Utah Copper…Intermountain Communi…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Utah Medical Associat…Hemingway FoundationPacificorp Foundation…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT86.8× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Utah Medical Association Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati

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 Petersen Bruce & Cecilia Fdn-Main funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Petersen Bruce & Cecilia Fdn-Main. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 73 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.

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