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The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family 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.

$894k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$783kEnvironment$605kEducation$521kPhilanthropy$158kHousing & Shelter$133kHealth$128kArts & Culture$124kFood & Nutrition$104kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $600k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION ESCALERA$600,000
O2 UTAH FOUNDATION$100,000
WILDERNESS WORKSHOP$50,000
WONDERBLOOM$42,000
SALT LAKE CHORAL ARTISTS$20,000
SEVEN CANYONS TRUST$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$10,000
BYU HAWAII LDS PHILANTHROPIES$10,000
FIGHT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,500
FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN$5,000
UTAH FOUNDATION$5,000
CANINES WITH A CAUSE$1,000
THE SINGLE PARENT PROJECT$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%BIG OCEAN WOMEN: $500 → 8%FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $5k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%CENTRO HISPANO: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $10k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SERVICES: $5k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SERVICES: $3k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SERVICES: $500 → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SERVICES: $300 → 8%THE SINGLE PARENT PROJECT: $500 → 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

NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
CO
NC
HI
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 19 repeat orgs$497k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
26

Total granted

$2.3M
$408k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+30%

Still filing today

58%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k 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
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther
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

  • FE
    FOUNDATION ESCALERA INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $661k · revenue +69% · 53% of their budget
  • WW
    WILDERNESS WORKSHOP
    4× · 2021–2024 · $185k · revenue +37%
  • WC
    WASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS
    4× · 2017–2021 · $104k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • ED
    EPIK DELIBERATE DIGITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $70k
  • ST
    SHELTER THE HOMELESS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue -31%
  • BW
    BALLET WESTgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +88%
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
Lightspark Foundation
Civil Rights
2
Utah Geological Foundation
—
3
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
4
Comunidades Unidas

We are dedicated to empowering the Latino community in Utah to recognize and achieve their own potential and become a positive force for change in the larger community.

Human Services
5
Skilled Sos

The objective of this organization is to help students and workers make better career, education and finance decisions. With the influx of Afghan refugees in the USA, there is a need for resettlement assistance as well as a unique position…

Employment
6
Real Salt Lake Foundation
Human Services
7
Shelter Providers of Utah

To help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness build new lives through construction, community engagement, and education.

—
8
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

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

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
11
House of Hope

Treating substance use disorders, rebuilding lives, strengthening families, and empowering women.

—
12
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Aspen Magdalene House 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

35 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. 35 of the 52 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
20/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

O2 UTAH FOUNDATION: $400,000 · OtherO2 UTAH FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $204,309 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $185,000 · OtherWILDERNESS WORKSHOPU OF U COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES: $145,000 · OtherU OF U COLLEGE OF HUMANITIESEPIK: $125,000 · OtherEPIKINTERWEAVE: $82,455 · OtherEPIK DELIBERATE DIGITAL: $70,000 · OtherSHELTER THE HOMELESS INC: $70,000 · OtherBSUF: $66,000 · Other+19 more: $285,600 · Other+19 moreFOUNDATION ESCALERA INC: $661,400 · InternationalFOUNDATION ESCALERA INC+4 more: $34,750 · InternationalWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $103,500 · Community ImprovementSOLUTIONS UTAH A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $50,000 · Community ImprovementSalt Lake Choral Artists: $70,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET WEST: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $60,000 · Human ServicesCentro Hispano: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Indian Services: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $8,300 · Human ServicesASPEN MAGDALENE HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesWonderbloom: $42,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $750 · EducationUTAH FOUNDATION: $47,500 · Public Benefit+1 more: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,633,364International$696,150Community Improvement$153,500Arts & Culture$121,500Human Services$99,300Education$52,750Public Benefit$48,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION ESCALERA INC: $661,400 over 3y, 53% of budgetO2 UTAH FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 78% of budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $185,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $103,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSalt Lake Choral Artists: $70,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetSHELTER THE HOMELESS INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN: $60,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetBALLET WEST: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUTAH FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetWonderbloom: $42,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetFight Against Domestic Violence: $25,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSEVEN CANYONS TRUST: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentro Hispano: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGE TO TURKIYE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $8,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetEmpower Mali: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASPEN MAGDALENE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD AID: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSalt Lake Childrens Choir: $2,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetUTAH COUNCIL OF THE BLIND: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $2,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCanines With a Cause: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLATINOS IN ACTION INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSINGLE PARENT PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG OCEAN WOMEN: $500 over 1y, 0.9% 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 FOUNDATION ESCALERA INC ↗
  • Who funds O2 UTAH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds Salt Lake Choral Artists ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN ↗
  • Who funds BALLET WEST ↗
  • Who funds SOLUTIONS UTAH A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wonderbloom ↗
  • Who funds Fight Against Domestic Violence ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH ↗
  • Who funds SEVEN CANYONS TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Academy for Creating Enterprise ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Centro Hispano ↗
  • Who funds American Indian Services ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE TO TURKIYE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Empower Mali ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN MAGDALENE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AID ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN ↗

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…David Kelby Johnson M…Lawrence & Janet Dee …George S and Dolores …Larry H Miller and Ga…The Ashton Family Fou…McCarthey Family Foun…Dominion Energy Chari…Hemingway FoundationBeesley Family Founda…Union Pacific Foundat…Ihc Health Services I…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT41.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc

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 Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Benjamin Foundation Dba Garbett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Media Literacy Now: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 52 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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