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Steven J & Patricia Andersen Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Steven J & Patricia Andersen Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$207k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$180kEducation$147kHousing & Shelter$146kRecreation & Sports$138kInternational$120kArts & Culture$77kFood & Nutrition$48kHuman Services$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MENTORS INTERNATIONAL$120,000
WHITE CLOVER LLC$44,804
PHILANTHROPIES$35,000
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS$3,700
AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES$2,000
WASATCH FENCING LLC$1,000
AMERICAN FORK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL$500
UTAH FOOD BANK$100
Individual grant recipient$100
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
WI
CA
UT
VA
AZ
NM
DC
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$610k · 20 repeat orgs$310k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
43

Total granted

$610k
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+36%

Still filing today

30%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • GC
    Grand Canyon University
    2× · 2017–2018 · $33k · revenue +18%
  • BW
    BALLET WEST
    2× · 2018–2019 · $3k · revenue +71%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2017–2023 · $2k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LEGACY FILMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $70k · revenue +89%
  • BO
    BOOK OF MORMON CENTRALgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +62%
  • FL
    FAMILY LIFE ADOPTION
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
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
The Community Foundation of Utah

We are utah's partner in philanthropy, pioneering innovation and collaboration to invest in our community today for a brighter tomorrow.

Philanthropy
2
Utah Geological Foundation
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3
Sundance Institute

Sundance institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences.

Arts & Culture
4
International Youth Foundation

Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.

International
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
University of Providence

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

Education
7
National Geographic Society

To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense, using the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of the world.

Education
8
Endeavor Global Inc (F/K/a the Endeavor Initiative Inc)

Endeavor is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement around the world.

International
9
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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10
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
11
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
12
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Legacy Films Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 68 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHITE CLOVER LLC: $139,605 · OtherWHITE CLOVER LLCPHILANTHROPIES: $135,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPIESLDS CHURCH: $134,640 · OtherLDS CHURCHTHE LEGACY FILMS FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherTHE LEGACY FILMS FOUNDATIONBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $51,789 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $45,665 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $25,353 · Other+49 more: $118,739 · Other+49 moreMentors International: $120,000 · InternationalMentors Internat…Academy for Creating Enterprise: $10,000 · InternationalAcademy for Crea…+1 more: $200 · InternationalGrand Canyon University: $32,737 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $5,500 · EducationBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $20,000 · ReligionPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $5,000 · Human ServicesUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBALLET WEST: $2,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,700 · HealthMaliheh Free Clinic: $500 · HealthENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50 · Environment
Other$720,791International$130,200Education$38,237Religion$20,000Human Services$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000Health$2,200Environment$50

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMentors International: $120,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE LEGACY FILMS FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN TO WOMEN FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET WEST: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHLINC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50 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 Mentors International ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY FILMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
  • Who funds BOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN TO WOMEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Academy for Creating Enterprise ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
  • Who funds BALLET WEST ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗

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…The Community Foundat…Beesley Family Founda…George S and Dolores …The Holmes Family Fou…My Brother's Keeper F…The Span FoundationC Scott & Dorothy E W…The Ashton Family Fou…University ImpactAmerican Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Beesley Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · The Holmes Family Foundation · My Brother's Keeper Foundation · The Span Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · University Impact · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Steven J & Patricia Andersen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven J & Patricia Andersen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 68 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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