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The Barker Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Barker Family Charitable 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.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$106kHealth$63kInternational$32kHuman Services$18kArts & Culture$15kYouth Development$12kFood & Nutrition$9kEnvironment$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,133
Median grant
4
States reached
$996k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FIRST ASCENT SCHOLARS$10,000
TAKING THE REINS$7,000
ROWLAND HALL$5,000
CANCIERGE FOUNDATION$5,000
SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
TORREY HOUSE PRESS$3,575
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$3,133
EPISCOPAL REFUGEE NETWORK OF SAN DIEGO$2,500
UTAH FOOD BANK$2,060
KUER 901$2,000
MALIHEH FREE CLINIC$2,000
HORSEMENS DISTRESS FUND INC$2,000
HOUSE OF HOPE$521
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%EPISCOPAL REFUGEE NETWORK OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%TAKING THE REINS: $7k → 14%The Horsemen's Distress Fund: $5k → 9%HORSEMENS DISTRESS FUND INC: $2k → 9%HORSEMENS DISTRESS FUND INC: $2k → 9%The Road Home: $1k → 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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 13 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
25

Total granted

$204k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+65%

Still filing today

85%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • RH
    ROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +81%
  • Y
    YOUTHLINC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +49%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • FA
    First Ascent Scholars
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • UC
    UTAH CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -52%
  • YS
    YOUTH SPORTS ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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 Geological Foundation
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2
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…

Arts & Culture
3
The Christmas Box International

The christmas box international partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are…

Community Improvement
4
Rural Housing Development Corporation

To provide quality affordable housing opportunities to individuals and families living in Utah.

Housing & Shelter
5
Utah Foster Care Foundation Inc

We serve Utah's children by finding, educating, and nurturing families to meet the needs of children in foster care

Human Services
6
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
7
Utah Health & Human Rights Project

The organization's mission is to help survivors of torture living in utah to heal from their physical and psychological injuries and rebuild their lives.

Health
8
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
9
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
10
Salt Lake American

Serving refugees living in Salt Lake County who are unable to communicate in English and do not know how to navigate the system on-call 24-7 provided free a language interpreter and guidance through the system also help during weekday…

Religion
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Horsemen's Distress Fund Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 44 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE: $25,000 · OtherHUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTEUNIVERSITY OF UTAH FIRST ASCENT SCHOLARS: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAH FIRST ASCENT SCHOLARSFirst Ascent Scholars: $10,000 · OtherFirst Ascent ScholarsUTAH FOOD BANK: $9,270 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKYOUTH SPORTS ALLIANCE: $5,000 · OtherSAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherYouthlink Utah: $5,000 · OtherDavid Eccles School of Business: $5,000 · Other+16 more: $22,101 · Other+16 moreROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL: $66,000 · EducationROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHO…+2 more: $2,040 · EducationRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $11,500 · HealthRonald McDonald…HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER…The Cancierge Foundation: $10,000 · HealthThe Cancierge F…Maliheh Free Clinic: $6,000 · HealthMaliheh Free Cl…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthYOUTHLINC: $15,000 · InternationalYOUTHLINCInternational Rescue Committee INC: $12,120 · InternationalInternational…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,133 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…CENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $2,500 · InternationalCENTER FOR HU…Tifie Humanitarian: $2,000 · InternationalTifie Humanit…THE HORSEMEN'S DISTRESS FUND INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesTAKING THE REINS: $7,000 · Human ServicesEpiscopal Refugee Network of San Diego: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME: $1,033 · Human ServicesTORREY HOUSE PRESS: $8,075 · EnvironmentUTAH CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE INC: $7,594 · EnvironmentHELPER PROJECT: $7,000 · Community Improvement
Other$101,371Education$68,040Health$38,500International$34,753Human Services$19,533Environment$15,669Community Improvement$7,000

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 budgetROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL: $66,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHLINC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $12,120 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cancierge Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $9,270 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HORSEMEN'S DISTRESS FUND INC: $9,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTORREY HOUSE PRESS: $8,075 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetUTAH CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE INC: $7,594 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHELPER PROJECT: $7,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTAKING THE REINS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,133 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEpiscopal Refugee Network of San Diego: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $2,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTifie Humanitarian: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,040 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $1,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Hope: $521 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.

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 Foundat…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Jeffrey S & Helen H C…Cumming FoundationKanter Family Foundat…George S and Dolores …American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of UtahUT17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Jeffrey S & Helen H Cardon Foundation · Cumming Foundation · Kanter Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Barker Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barker Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 44 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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