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The Frances W Burton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$405k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$614kHuman Services$570kInternational$390kFood & Nutrition$178kHousing & Shelter$128kPublic Safety & Disaster$94kPhilanthropy$91kRecreation & Sports$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $107k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $298k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$40,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$21,000
FEEDING HOPE AND HUNGER$20,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$20,000
CHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE$20,000
ANCHORAGE OPERA$20,000
FRATERNITY WITHOUT BORDERS$20,000
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$18,482
MILLIE'S FOUNDATION$15,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPIPAL$15,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$15,000
TREKKING FOR KIDS$12,160
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (CHELAN)$11,000
COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES$10,000
NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $445k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $10k → 5%A CHILDS HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $10k → 5%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $13k → 10%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $20k → 8%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $8k → 10%THE HAPPY FACTORY INC: $5k → 13%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $8k → 5%HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $6k → 5%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $5k → 5%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $5k → 5%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $15k → 8%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $5k → 5%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $10k → 8%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $5k → 5%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $8k → 8%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $8k → 8%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $8k → 8%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $8k → 8%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $8k → 8%HOPE RANCH MINISTRIES: $3k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $4k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY: $3k → 8%MILLIES'S PRINCESS FOUNDATION: $13k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SLC: $5k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SLC: $5k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SLC: $5k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SLC: $5k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SLC: $5k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $38k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $34k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $33k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 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

AK
WA
ID
WI
NY
MA
IA
IN
CA
UT
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
HI
AL
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 81 repeat orgs$311k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
37

Total granted

$2.1M
$284k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+44%

Still filing today

54%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 ServicesInternationalHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • NH
    Neighborhood House Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +1%
  • UF
    UTAH FOOD BANK
    7× · 2018–2024 · $125k · revenue +95%
  • RS
    Rising Star Outreach Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $63k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • SS
    SAVANNAH'S SONG FOR ST JUDE
    one grant, 2017 · $28k
  • PH
    PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +44%
  • GO
    GIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $19k · revenue +367%
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
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
2
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
3
House of Hope

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

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4
Assist International Inc

Assist international partners with changemakers around the world to provide solutions that save lives and build resilient communities. we accomplish our mission with actionable projects that make a lasting and sustainable impact on the…

International
5
Hope Worldwide Utah

Hope worldwide utah was created to serve refugee populations around the world. we seek to serve those in acute need and to offer opporunities for volunteers to join us in humanitarian trips.

International
6
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
7
Hope for the Fatherless

HFTF serves orphaned and vulnerable children in Ethiopia, and its mission is to see every child thriving in a loving family. HFTF accomplishes this through five primary initiatives: in-country adoption training and placement, family…

International
8
Health Poverty Action Usa

Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We…

International
9
Church World Service Inc

Church world service, inc. is a private, voluntary faith-based organization with 37 member communions that transformscommunities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.

International
10
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
11
Feeding Hungry Children International

Provide food, shelter, and medical assistance for children around the world.

—
12
International Crisis Aid Inc

Provide aid to people in need worldwide

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope and Health International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Caldwell Family Foundation. 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

60 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. 60 of the 127 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/60
Grantees still filing
42/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UTAH FOOD BANK: $125,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $60,000 · OtherCHRISTMAS BOX HOUSE: $60,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $60,000 · OtherMILLIE'S FOUNDATIONS: $52,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE: $50,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPIPAL: $45,000 · OtherFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC: $44,000 · Other+76 more: $812,097 · Other+76 moreNeighborhood House Association: $170,000 · Human ServicesNeighborhood House As…Rising Star Outreach Inc: $62,500 · Human ServicesRising Star Outreach …Adopt-A-Native Elder: $53,877 · Human ServicesAdopt-A-Native ElderHAPPY FACTORY INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesHAPPY FACTORY INCUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Human ServicesUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLI…PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $20,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Social Services: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME: $20,000 · Human Services+10 more: $45,750 · Human Services+10 moreCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $80,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR HU…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $37,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $30,000 · InternationalALOHA MEDICAL…PARTNERING FOR PROGRESS: $25,000 · InternationalPARTNERING FO…Women of the World: $25,000 · InternationalWomen of the …HOPE ARISING INC: $22,500 · InternationalHOPE ARISING …TREKKING FOR KIDS INC: $20,000 · InternationalTREKKING FOR …WHOLIVES INC: $17,500 · InternationalWHOLIVES INCDays For Girls International: $15,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $13,500 · International+2 more: $3,250 · InternationalINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $32,300 · HealthANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $19,500 · HealthGIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $19,000 · HealthREACH HUMANITY INC: $10,000 · HealthFRATERNITY WITHOUT BORDERS US CORP: $52,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ANCHORAGE: $30,000 · PhilanthropyFEEDING HOPE AND HUNGER: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCALDWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · PhilanthropyTHANKSGIVING HEROES SLC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $69,500 · Recreation & SportsUtah Dine Bikeyah: $22,500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $7,750 · Environment
Other$1,308,597Human Services$452,127International$288,750Health$150,800Philanthropy$125,800Recreation & Sports$69,500Environment$30,250

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 budgetNeighborhood House Association: $170,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $125,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $69,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRising Star Outreach Inc: $62,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAdopt-A-Native Elder: $53,877 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFRATERNITY WITHOUT BORDERS US CORP: $52,800 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE: $50,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC: $44,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY FACTORY INC: $35,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $32,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $30,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ANCHORAGE: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING HOPE AND HUNGER: $30,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetPARTNERING FOR PROGRESS: $25,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetWomen of the World: $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE TO SAVE OUR: $22,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHOPE ARISING INC: $22,500 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetUtah Dine Bikeyah: $22,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREKKING FOR KIDS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $19,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $19,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWHOLIVES INC: $17,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetDays For Girls International: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - ANCHORAGE: $13,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetREACH HUMANITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAAUW ST GEORGE BRANCH: $10,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCALDWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $7,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA CHILD'S HOPE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids on the Move Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHANKSGIVING HEROES SLC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA CHAMBER SINGERS: $2,850 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBrother Francis Shelter Kodiak: $2,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Neighborhood House Association ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE ↗
  • Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Rising Star Outreach Inc ↗
  • Who funds Adopt-A-Native Elder ↗
  • Who funds FRATERNITY WITHOUT BORDERS US CORP ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF CACHE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY FACTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ANCHORAGE ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING HOPE AND HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERING FOR PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds Women of the World ↗
  • Who funds UPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO SAVE OUR ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ARISING INC ↗
  • Who funds Utah Dine Bikeyah ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗

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…The Community Foundat…The Alaska Community …Rasmuson FoundationGeorge S and Dolores …Henry W & Leslie M Es…Kennecott Utah Copper…The Ashton Family Fou…McCarthey Family Foun…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Larry H Miller and Ga…Herbert I & Elsa B Mi…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT29× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Herbert I & Elsa B Michael Foundation US Bank National Association

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 127 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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