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Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family 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.

$927k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$33M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving34$917k35%
FY202428$377k14%
FY202328$129k54%
FY202219$79k26%
FY202121$76k67%
FY202018$148k28%
FY20197$719k43%
FY201814$2.2M0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$5.9MRecreation & Sports$500kArts & Culture$393kPublic Benefit$253kHealth$210kHuman Services$117kPhilanthropy$106kReligion$100kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MN
NY
WY
OH
CA
UT
VA
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Utah$4,063,2215n/a
Utah Athletic Foundation$251,00022%
Stand Together Foundation$250,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$141,00040%
Saint Peter for Humanity$100,0001n/a
Neighborhood House Association$90,00080%
Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation$50,00012%
Utah Symphony & Opera$46,00080%
The Road Home$42,00030%
Utah's Promise$40,00080%
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Utah$4,063,2215n/a
Utah Athletic Foundation$251,00022%
Stand Together Foundation$250,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$141,00040%
Saint Peter for Humanity$100,0001n/a
Neighborhood House Association$90,00080%
Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation$50,00012%
Utah Symphony & Opera$46,00080%
The Road Home$42,00030%
Utah's Promise$40,00080%
Rape Recovery Center$30,00012%
Quarles Family Foundation$25,0001n/a
National Park Foundation$25,00010%
Ballet West$23,00080%
United States Ski Team Foundation$21,00020%
Applied Technology Foundation$15,000112%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake$15,00050%
Ron McBride Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Brigham Young University$12,0003n/a
Snowbird Sports Education Foundatio$10,00070%
Unique Projects Inc$10,00011%
Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation In$10,00051%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$7,00060%
Southwest Wildlife Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Coach Mike's Friends of Public Tennis$5,00011%
Ogden Surgical Society$4,00030%
Building Balanced Communities in Idaho$2,5001n/a
Utah Heritage Foundation$2,00020%
Saprea$2,00010%
Ogden School Foundation$1,10010%
Beta Theta Pi Foundation$1,00010%
The Alta Club Building Foundation Inc$1,00017%
Utah Wetlands Foundation$1,00015%
Artspace$1,00010%
Buffalo Bill Memorial Association$50010%
Eldorado Country Club$50010%
The Valley Club$40020%
Sun Valley Ski Club Inc$2501n/a
The Alta Club Arts Foundation$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($936k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUtah Athletic Foundation: $251,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $141,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $90,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOgden Pioneer Days Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUtah Symphony & Opera: $46,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Road Home: $42,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUtah's Promise: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRape Recovery Center: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBallet West: $23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetApplied Technology Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSnowbird Sports Education Foundatio: $10,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUnique Projects Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAlf Engen Ski Museum Foundation In: $10,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCoach Mike's Friends of Public Tennis: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOgden Surgical Society: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Heritage Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSaprea: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOgden School Foundation: $1,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeta Theta Pi Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alta Club Building Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetUtah Wetlands Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetArtspace: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuffalo Bill Memorial Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEldorado Country Club: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Valley Club: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

The Community Foundation of UtahUT25.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Jeffrey S & Helen H Cardon Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable 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.

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About Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation

How much does Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation give?
Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $927,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Utah ($4.1M), Utah Athletic Foundation ($251k), Stand Together Foundation ($250k).
Does Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family 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 Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Utah, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation.
Where is Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation based?
Spencer F and Cleone P Eccles Family Foundation is based in UT.

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 81 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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