Skip to content
Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation

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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$395kHealth$217kHuman Services$171kEnvironment$112kArts & Culture$85kHousing & Shelter$74kEmployment$35kAnimals$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $37k
$3,501
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY$37,340
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF UTAH$9,802
YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER$9,084
LANTERN HOUSE$8,168
HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION$6,368
OGDEN-WEBER TECH COLLEGE$6,068
YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH$5,834
WEBER COUNTY LIBRARY FUND$5,834
OGDEN FRIENDS OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC$5,551
FRIENDS FOR SIGHT$5,251
TREEHOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$4,668
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE$4,668
OGDEN NATURE CENTER$4,668
FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE$4,501
RITE CARE OF UTAH$3,851
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 (FY17–25, $158k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $4k → 6%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $5k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $4k → 8%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOC: $1k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOC: $1k → 12%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ABILITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $4k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $3k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $3k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $3k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $3k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $2k → 8%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $2k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $6k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $2k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $2k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $1k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $1k → 8%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $11k → 9%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 9%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 9%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $9k → 9%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 9%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $4k → 9%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $3k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%NORTHERN UTAH COALITION: $2k → 9%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

WA
MA
OR
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
OK
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 51 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
24

Total granted

$1.1M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+12%

Still filing today

57%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth 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

  • SA
    ST ANNE'S CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +12%
  • YF
    YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $51k · revenue +38%
  • GO
    GREATER OGDEN COMMUNITY NATURE CTR
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • NS
    NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • OT
    OGDEN-WEBER TECH COLLEGE FDN
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • IB
    IMAGINE BALLET THEATRE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue +12%
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
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
2
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
3
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
4
Utahns Against Hunger

Our mission is to increase access to food across utah through advocacy, outreach, and education. utahns against hunger is utahs only state-wide anti-hunger non-profit organization working on public policy and advocacy for federal nutrition…

—
5
Utah Geological Foundation
—
6
Northern Utah Cancer Foundation
—
7
Utah Zoological Society

Utah's hogle zoo creates champions for wildlife and is our community's gateway to animals, connecting our visitors with the natural world and engaging them in wildlife conservation action locally and worldwide.

Animals
8
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
9
Utah Partners for Health

Utah partners for health provides compassionate, comprehensive, quality care to empower underserved individuals, families, and communities in a patient-centered medical home.

Health
10
Utah Community Action Partnership Association Inc

The organization's mission is to lead, strengthen, and support the community action network in order to build thriving communities and end poverty.

Human Services
11
Salt Lake Community Action Program

The mission of salt lake community action is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build communities through education and self-sufficiency programs.

—
12
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…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Casita Linda Ac. 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

39 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. 39 of the 78 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)
38/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY: $264,340 · OtherWEBER STATE UNIVERSITYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $72,952 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYST ANNE'S CENTER: $62,368 · OtherST ANNE'S CENTERMCKAY DEE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $47,750 · OtherMCKAY DEE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONOGDEN-WEBER TECH COLLEGE: $43,868 · OtherWEBER COUNTY LIBRARY FUND: $31,034 · OtherFRIENDS FOR SIGHT: $30,001 · OtherNORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · OtherFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE: $28,001 · Other+47 more: $222,989 · Other+47 moreYCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $51,084 · Human ServicesYCC FAMILY CRI…PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $28,668 · Human ServicesPEOPLE HELPING…ABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $23,417 · Human ServicesABILITY FOUND …Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $19,134 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Chr…NORTHERN UTAH COALITION INC: $16,834 · Human ServicesNORTHERN UTAH …SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $16,501 · Human ServicesSENIOR CHARITY…+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $27,968 · HealthINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $20,334 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $8,750 · HealthGREATER OGDEN COMMUNITY NATURE CTR: $35,918 · AnimalsUTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER: $14,534 · Animals+2 more: $2,000 · AnimalsOgden Friends of Acoustic Music-OFOAM: $29,951 · Arts & CultureIMAGINE BALLET THEATRE INC: $4,000 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureENABLEUTAH INC: $34,500 · EmploymentOGDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $17,117 · EducationNeeds Beyond Medicine: $6,167 · EducationBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $4,300 · Education
Other$833,303Human Services$157,638Health$57,052Animals$52,452Arts & Culture$36,451Employment$34,500Education$27,584

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 NATURE CONSERVANCY: $72,952 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST ANNE'S CENTER: $62,368 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetYCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $51,084 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER OGDEN COMMUNITY NATURE CTR: $35,918 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetENABLEUTAH INC: $34,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS FOR SIGHT: $30,001 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetOgden Friends of Acoustic Music-OFOAM: $29,951 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $28,668 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $27,968 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $23,417 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $22,868 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $20,334 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $19,134 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOGDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $17,117 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN UTAH COALITION INC: $16,834 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetSENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $16,501 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetUTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER: $14,534 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetONSTAGE OGDEN: $13,834 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC: $11,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $8,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNeeds Beyond Medicine: $6,167 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWEBER PATHWAYS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $4,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIMAGINE BALLET THEATRE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN UTAH: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEENS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH DISPUTE RESOLUTION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPALM SPRINGS WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION: $2,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASITA LINDA AC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPES RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEAK ABUNDANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES EVENTING ASSOCIATION: $500 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.

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ST ANNE'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OGDEN COMMUNITY NATURE CTR ↗
  • Who funds ENABLEUTAH INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR SIGHT ↗
  • Who funds Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music-OFOAM ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY FOUND CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah ↗
  • Who funds OGDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN UTAH COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ONSTAGE OGDEN ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc ↗
  • Who funds Needs Beyond Medicine ↗
  • Who funds WEBER PATHWAYS ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah ↗

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.

George S and Dolores …Lawrence & Janet Dee …Sorenson Legacy Found…Willard L Eccles Char…Marriner S Eccles Fou…Dominion Energy Chari…United Way of Norther…Henry W & Leslie M Es…The Miner FoundationIhc Health Services I…Pacificorp Foundation…The Community Foundat…
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT42.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · United Way of Northern Utah · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · The Miner Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · The Community Foundation of Utah

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 Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 78 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 Ralph Nye’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