Utah · Private foundation
Smartgo 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.
- $158k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Smartgo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $158k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $142k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $140k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $157k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $108k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $172k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $154k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madeleine Choir School | $211,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Wasatch Community Gardens | $170,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Utah Food Bank | $29,000 | 4 | 0% |
| FRIENDS Of Great Salt Lake | $26,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $25,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Utah | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Spy Hop Productions | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Association of Utah | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Cedar Mesa | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($481k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Smartgo Foundation 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: The Community Foundation of Utah · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Jones Family Charitable Foundation · Steiner Foundation Inc · Castle Foundation Co Greg Phillips
How this is measured
About Smartgo Foundation
- How much does Smartgo Foundation give?
- Smartgo Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $158,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Smartgo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Health (16%).
- Who are Smartgo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Madeleine Choir School ($211k), Wasatch Community Gardens ($170k), Utah Food Bank ($29k).
- Does Smartgo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Smartgo 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 Smartgo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Utah, Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation.
- Where is Smartgo Foundation based?
- Smartgo Foundation is based in UT.
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