Utah · Private foundation
Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $82,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 5 | $89k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $129k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $82k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $93k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $122k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $77k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $89k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $84k | 79% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $520,189 | 8 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Music School Foundation | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ensign College | $12,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Natica Orphan Project Inc | $10,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Childrens Choir | $9,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Souteast India Association Inc | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Utah Inc | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Utah Food Bank | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Salt Lake Education Foundation | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Valley University Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $520,189 | 8 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Music School Foundation | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ensign College | $12,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Natica Orphan Project Inc | $10,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Childrens Choir | $9,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Souteast India Association Inc | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Utah Inc | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Utah Food Bank | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Salt Lake Education Foundation | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Valley University Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pioneer Craft House | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wasatch Homeless Health Care | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Utah Pipe Band Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Childrens Friend Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Colel Chabad | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parker Theatre of the Arts | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Indian Services | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Scots on the Rocks | $1,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Topaz Museum | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Crossroads of the West Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 590 | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Payson Scottish Festival Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Community College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Galilean Homes Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah State Jr Livestock Show | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crandall Historical Printing Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Book of Mormon Central | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Engage Utah | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miracle of Agriculture Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rachel Covey Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $900 | 3 | n/a |
| Utah Metropolitan Ballet | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wheeler Farm Friends Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| For the Kids Org | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation Escalera Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Road Home | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Go Unite | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Urban Center | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Gilgal Garden | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Symphony & Opera | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ United Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($182k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc 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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · B W Bastian Foundation · Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation
How this is measured
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About Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc
- How much does Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc give?
- Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $89,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (44%), Religion (35%), Education (6%).
- Who are Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ($520k), Salt Lake Music School Foundation ($14k), Ensign College ($12k).
- Does Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation.
- Where is Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc based?
- Preston G Hughes Foundation Inc is based in UT.
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