· Private foundation
The Alsam 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $392k
- $250k+16 grants · $49M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SKAGGS CATHOLIC CENTER LLC | $16,650,237 |
| THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSITUTE | $10,000,000 |
| JUDGE MEMORIAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $7,500,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | $4,750,000 |
| FRIENDS OF ZOO BOISE | $2,000,000 |
| IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $1,500,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000,000 |
| THE LIVING PLANET | $892,729 |
| SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL | $855,800 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | $750,000 |
| SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY | $750,000 |
| SAINT ANDREW CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $516,724 |
| SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL | $490,260 |
| SAINT OLAF SCHOOL | $429,177 |
| WASATCH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE | $300,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.9M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE4× · 2021–2024 · $37M · revenue +19%
- TLTHE LIVING PLANET INC3× · 2020–2024 · $6.5M · revenue +92%
- IYIDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC2× · 2022–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +43%
Funded once
- ISIDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $14M
- MDMATER DEI CATHOLIC HIGHone grant, 2020 · $5.2M
- WUWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $5.0M · revenue -14%
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.
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.
To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The mission of the University of Western States is to advance the science and art of integrated health care through excellence in education and patient care.
Northwestern health sciences university prepares and serves the next generation of professionals and leaders to become vital contributors to the delivery and advancement of health care. our mission is accomplished through educational…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
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.
Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Non-profit research institute to advance a systems (or holistic and cross-disciplinary) approach to science; personalized medicine; global health & environmental sustainability; science education; & the pioneering & invention of biological…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.
The Utah Public Health Association (UPHA) is a statewide membership organization dedicated to improving the health of Utah communities by supporting and representing the public health workforce. UPHA advances public health through…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 64 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE LIVING PLANET INC ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds IDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
- Who funds Idaho State University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds IDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA STATE ↗
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: McCarthey Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Alsam Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alsam Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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