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The Field Foundation at a glance

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The Field Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$26k
Granted FY2022
48
Grants FY2022
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

91% of The Field Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Field Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 30 organizations, $26k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’17
2
’18
1
’19
1
’20
7
’21
30
’22
7
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2023.

Human Services$272kPhilanthropy$235kReligion$69kEducation$9kCrime & Legal$6kArts & Culture$4kRecreation & Sports$2kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2022 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION KOL AMI$9,960
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CIVIL ENGINERRIN$3,000
UTAH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND$2,000
UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF UTAH$2,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$1,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$1,000
MCGILLIS SCHOOL$500
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF DANCE$500
RIRIE WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY$500
REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE$500
UTAH FOOD BANK$200
USA DEAF SPORTS FEDERATION$200
UPHE$200
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$200
MURRAY SENIOR CENTER$200
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 (FY22–22, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE ROAD HOME: $100 → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $100 → 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

IL
WI
NY
OH
CA
UT
NE
MD
AZ
NM
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$355k · 16 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
2

Total granted

$355k
$1k

Still filing today

44%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • JF
    Jewish Family Service
    3× · 2018–2022 · $5k · revenue +158%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc
    3× · 2017–2022 · $900 · revenue +140%
  • RD
    REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $800 · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • UD
    US DEAF SPORTS FEDERATION
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • WS
    WORKFORCE SERVICES REHABILITATION
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

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.

Environment
2
United States Anti-Doping Agency

Preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport, protect the rights of u.s. athletes

Recreation & Sports
3
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
4
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
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Utah Water Ways Inc

Utah water ways promotes water conservation through collaboration between government, non-profit groups, and private sector partners and empowers the public to be wise stewards of this critical shared resource.

Environment
7
Utah Health Policy Project

To advance sustainable health care solutions for underserved utahns through better access, education, and public policy.

Health
8
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

—
9
Utah Dispute Resolution

Utah Dispute Resolution exists to provide residents of Utah with quality mediation services, information and training in dispute resolution, and the means to successfully, informally and cooperatively resolve disputes.

Crime & Legal
10
Utah Athletic Foundation

Foster development of winter sports in utah and manage and maintain the utah olympic park, utah olympic oval and soldier hollow nordic center.

Recreation & Sports
11
Utah Navajo Health System Inc

To improve quality of life through comprehensive, self-empowered, culturally-sensitive healthcare and amazing customer service.

Health
12
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 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

31 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. 31 of the 55 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $261,250 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERCONGREGATION KOL AMI: $66,800 · OtherCONGREGATION KOL AMI+38 more: $35,564 · Other+38 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $229,433 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+1 more: $5,600 · PhilanthropyRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $900 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $150 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 · HealthCORNUCOPIA INC: $100 · HealthFRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INC: $600 · EducationTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $500 · EducationREPERTORY DANCE THEATRE: $800 · Arts & CultureENTRADA INSTITUTE INC: $100 · Arts & CultureSPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $100 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $100 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 · International
Other$363,614Philanthropy$235,033Health$1,250Education$1,100Arts & Culture$900Recreation & Sports$500International$500

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $229,433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF UTAH: $5,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Family Service: $4,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREPERTORY DANCE THEATRE: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA DEAF SPORTS FEDERATION INC: $700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INC: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Dine Bikeyah: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORGANICEYE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTRADA INSTITUTE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $100 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…George S and Dolores …Marriner S Eccles Fou…Willard L Eccles Char…Lawrence & Janet Dee …American Express Foun…Kennecott Utah Copper…David Kelby Johnson M…McCarthey Family Foun…Sorenson Legacy Found…Emma Eccles Jones Fou…Petersen Bruce & Ceci…
The Community Foundation of UtahUT23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · American Express Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Emma Eccles Jones Foundation · Petersen Bruce & Cecilia Fdn-Main

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    7report 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 55 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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