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The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$378k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$102,500
Organizations funded a year
16 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$378k23%
FY202416$556k6%
FY202327$818k22%
FY202222$656k32%
FY202117$735k29%
FY202026$574k31%
FY201928$571k57%
FY201821$293k90%
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$3.4MEducation$358kYouth Development$271kInternational$240kHealth$120kHuman Services$104kFood & Nutrition$98kCrime & Legal$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
NJ
CA
UT
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art$1,067,500824%
University of Utah$409,9389n/a
Utah Film Center$385,50081%
Latinos in Action Inc$185,00036%
Center for Latter-Day Saint Arts Inc$125,00027%
No Poor Among US$120,0004n/a
No Poor Africa$100,120319%
The McGillis School$100,00011%
Rowland Hall-St Mark's School$100,00010%
Wasatch Community Gardens$90,00051%
Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art$1,067,500824%
University of Utah$409,9389n/a
Utah Film Center$385,50081%
Latinos in Action Inc$185,00036%
Center for Latter-Day Saint Arts Inc$125,00027%
No Poor Among US$120,0004n/a
No Poor Africa$100,120319%
The McGillis School$100,00011%
Rowland Hall-St Mark's School$100,00010%
Wasatch Community Gardens$90,00051%
Utah Symphony & Opera$90,00030%
International Sculpture Center Inc$90,00044%
Ballet West$87,50040%
Palm Springs Art Museum$80,16060%
Utah Cultural Alliance Foundation$72,50034%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake$50,00020%
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$50,00020%
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center$50,000111%
Torrey House Press$47,50075%
Young Women's Christian Association of Utah$47,50050%
Friends of Historic Spring City$40,000237%
Spy Hop Productions$36,00031%
Huntsman Mental Health Foundation$25,0001n/a
Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center$21,00030%
Love Your Brain Foundation Inc$20,00031%
Northwestern University$20,00020%
Women of the World$20,00041%
International Association of Religion Journalists Inc$20,000419%
Sundance Institute$13,19510%
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation$10,00021%
Kimball Art Center$10,00010%
Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah$10,00010%
Sunstone Education Foundation Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake$10,00011%
Equality Utah Foundation$10,00011%
Helper Project$10,000110%
Better Utah Institute$7,50022%
Wasatch Homeless Health Care$7,50030%
Plan-B Theatre Company$7,50031%
Community Nursing Service$7,12120%
Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association$5,0001n/a
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$5,00010%
Equality Utah$4,50012%
Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation$2,50010%
Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts$2,50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUtah Museum of Contemporary Art: $1,067,500 over 8y, 24% of budgetUtah Film Center: $385,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetLatinos in Action Inc: $185,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCenter for Latter-Day Saint Arts Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetNo Poor Africa: $100,120 over 3y, 19% of budgetThe McGillis School: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRowland Hall-St Mark's School: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWasatch Community Gardens: $90,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetUtah Symphony & Opera: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Sculpture Center Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetBallet West: $87,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPalm Springs Art Museum: $80,160 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Cultural Alliance Foundation: $72,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHuntsman Cancer Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Innocence Center: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTorrey House Press: $47,500 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Utah: $47,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Historic Spring City: $40,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetSpy Hop Productions: $36,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $21,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLove Your Brain Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen of the World: $20,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetInternational Association of Religion Journalists Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetSundance Institute: $13,195 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRirie-Woodbury Dance Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKimball Art Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Salt Lake: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEquality Utah Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHelper Project: $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetBetter Utah Institute: $7,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWasatch Homeless Health Care: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlan-B Theatre Company: $7,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Nursing Service: $7,121 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salt Lake Tribune Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEquality Utah: $4,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSalt Lake Arts Council Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Pioneer Heritage Arts: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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 Foundation of UtahUT41.7× affinity18 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 · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Kanter Family Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Park City Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable 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.

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About The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation

How much does The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation give?
The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $378,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (72%), Education (8%), Youth Development (6%).
Who are The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Utah Museum of Contemporary Art ($1.1M), University of Utah ($410k), Utah Film Center ($386k).
Does The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Utah, Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation.
Where is The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation based?
The Diane and Sam Stewart Family Foundation is based in UT.

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 70 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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