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The Dennis and Joan Norton Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Dennis and Joan Norton Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$127k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$225kEducation$196kInternational$65kHuman Services$48kArts & Culture$27kCommunity Improvement$21kPhilanthropy$18kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $88k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY$30,000
UVU FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,796
MOYLE PARK LDS WARD$11,800
SLCC FOUNDATION$10,000
MIDAS CREEK LDS 6TH WARD$7,200
DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,000
JORDAN RIVER LDS WARD$5,000
CARBON HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
HEFY-HUMANITARIAN EXPERIENCE FOR YO$4,890
MTN RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH$3,200
LDS PHILANTHROPIES$2,700
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EQUESTRIAN SPOR$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,300
JORDAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY18–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LUV MICHAEL: $2k → 6%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT: $5k → 10%THE STRAIGHTER WAY FOUNDATION: $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

WA
ID
NY
OH
CA
UT
VA
AZ
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$549k · 32 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
65

Total granted

$549k
$218k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+4%

Still filing today

34%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • SC
    SNOW COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +41%
  • AL
    ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN UTAH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +146%
  • HE
    Humanitarian Experience Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $18k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • BU
    BYU UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • UC
    UTAH COUNTY NORTH VALLEY EQUESTIAN
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Park City Education Foundation

Our mission is to fund and support educator-powered initiatives that inspire all Park City students to reach their academic and lifelong potential.

Education
2
Utah Geological Foundation
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3
Weber County School District Foundation

The mission of the Weber School Foundation is to raise and provide funds to enhance educational goals and opportunities for students.

Education
4
Canyons School District Education Foundation

Canyons School District Education Foundation works in tandem with community and business partners to build support for public schools and to advance Canyons School Districts mission to help every student become college- and career-ready…

Education
5
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
The Utah Scholarship Foundation

To provide scholarships for Utah residents between the ages of 18 and 28 who have graduated from high school and are seeking additional educational opportunities.

Education
7
San Juan County School District Foundation

Provide academic growth to students of San Juan County Utah School District by promoting, sponsoring and carrying out educational, scientific, charitable and related activities and objectives with the San Juan County School District.

Education
8
Real Salt Lake Foundation
Human Services
9
Timpanogos Academy Foundation

To establish a school where each student gains the scholarly knowledge and skills vital to becoming a self-motivated, lifelong learner and to succeed in the rapidly evolving and complex world. This mission will be accomplished by using the…

Education
10
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
11
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

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

Community Improvement
12
Mormon Scholars Foundation
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Type of Wood Charities. 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

30 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. 30 of the 103 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UVU FOUNDATION: $92,500 · OtherUVU FOUNDATIONBYU: $52,000 · OtherBYUMOYLE PARK LDS WARD: $50,100 · OtherMOYLE PARK LDS WARDTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST: $50,000 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTIndividual grant recipient: $31,500 · OtherHEFY-HUMANITARIAN EXPERIENCE FOR YO: $27,865 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,036 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN UTAH: $23,000 · Other+75 more: $279,658 · Other+75 moreSNOW COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationSNOW COLLEGE FOU…SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationSOUTHERN VIRGINI…Jordan Education Foundation: $15,750 · EducationJordan Education…INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS INC: $8,520 · EducationINTERNATIONAL LA…EDUCATE FAIRFAX: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,700 · EducationHumanitarian Experience Inc: $18,280 · InternationalType of Wood Charities: $15,000 · InternationalFamilies Mentoring Families: $2,000 · International+2 more: $1,000 · InternationalHALE CENTER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND EDUCATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTimpanogos Arts Foundation: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $10,000 · ReligionFRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLUV MICHAEL INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesTHE STRAIGHTER WAY FOUNATION: $500 · Human ServicesNEBO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,500 · PhilanthropySalt Lake Education Foundation: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$631,659Education$116,970International$36,280Arts & Culture$11,500Religion$10,000Human Services$7,900Philanthropy$5,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSNOW COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN UTAH: $23,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetHumanitarian Experience Inc: $18,280 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJordan Education Foundation: $15,750 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetType of Wood Charities: $15,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS INC: $8,520 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDavis Education Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATE FAIRFAX: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHALE CENTER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAlpine School District Foundation: $2,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTimpanogos Arts Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLUV MICHAEL INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Rachel Covey Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamilies Mentoring Families: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSalt Lake Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMothers Without Borders: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA NEW BEGINNING ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STRAIGHTER WAY FOUNATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDays For Girls International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen of the World: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $50 over 2y, 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 SNOW COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN UTAH ↗
  • Who funds Humanitarian Experience Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jordan Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Type of Wood Charities ↗
  • Who funds BOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Davis Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATE FAIRFAX ↗
  • Who funds HALE CENTER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC ↗

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…Sorenson Legacy Found…Larry H Miller and Ga…University ImpactBeesley Family Founda…The Miner FoundationR & B Patterson Memor…Friend to Friend IncThe Pi Foundation IncC Scott & Dorothy E W…Kennecott Utah Copper…George S and Dolores …
The Community Foundation of UtahUT33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · University Impact · Beesley Family Foundation · The Miner Foundation · R & B Patterson Memorial Fdn Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Friend to Friend Inc · The Pi Foundation Inc · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles 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 Dennis and Joan Norton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dennis and Joan Norton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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 103 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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