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The Franks Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$290k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$91,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 44
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$563k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Franks Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving33$288k30%
FY202337$266k19%
FY202232$190k19%
FY202132$142k28%
FY202033$223k21%
FY201944$135k41%
FY201826$81k35%
FY201731$66kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$356kHealth$228kAnimals$177kReligion$161kYouth Development$108kHousing & Shelter$79kEducation$72kFood & Nutrition$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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CO
NE
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DC
HI
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of The Franks Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Neighborhood House Association$135,00042%
Spy Hop Productions$100,85062%
Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah$91,00011%
The Fistula Foundation$65,50070%
Best Friends Animal Society$57,01030%
Humane Society of Utah$51,00070%
Adopt-A-Native Elder$48,50070%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc$31,50080%
Utah Food Bank$31,50080%
The Road Home$31,00070%
Paws for Purple Hearts$26,50060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$26,00030%
Church of Scientology$25,0002n/a
Rescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc$22,50040%
Smile Train Inc$21,00070%
American Indian College Fund$19,50060%
Hayestough Foundation$15,00027%
The Children's Center Utah$15,00030%
Wasatch Homeless Health Care$14,75040%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$14,50050%
Salt Lake City Mission$14,0002n/a
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$13,25050%
Mission Pre-Born Inc$13,00030%
Nepal Cleft & Burn Center Inc$11,25062%
Growgood Inc$10,00015%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$9,50050%
Loveleo Rescue$8,00041%
The Sharing Place$7,75070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,00010%
Cache Humane Society$7,00011%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$7,00020%
Fuller Center for Housing of Cache Valley Inc$6,00022%
Ron McBride Foundation Inc$5,50021%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,30060%
The Other Side Academy$4,00020%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$3,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc$3,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,00010%
Covenant House$3,00030%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$3,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$2,80030%
Vested Interest in K9s Inc$2,50010%
Utah Police Civilian Association$2,25021%
Baja Community Foundation$2,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,00010%
Catholic Community Services of Utah$2,0001n/a
Salt Lake Community College$2,0001n/a
Utah Health Policy Project$1,75010%
American Indian Services$1,75010%
Utahns Against Hunger$1,50010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,50020%
Love to the Rescue Inc$1,0001n/a
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,00010%
The Inn Between$1,00010%
Yuda Bands$1,00010%
Ddi Vantage$1,0001n/a
St Josephs Indian School$1,0001n/a
Millies Princess Foundation$1,0002n/a
Crossroads Urban Center$1,00010%
Humane Farming Association$50010%
Africa Is Life Changing$5001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($373k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Franks Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNeighborhood House Association: $135,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSpy Hop Productions: $100,850 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $91,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $65,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $57,010 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Utah: $51,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAdopt-A-Native Elder: $48,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $31,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Food Bank: $31,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Road Home: $31,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $26,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $19,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHayestough Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetThe Children's Center Utah: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWasatch Homeless Health Care: $14,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $13,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNepal Cleft & Burn Center Inc: $11,250 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetGrowgood Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLoveleo Rescue: $8,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Sharing Place: $7,750 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCache Humane Society: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFuller Center for Housing of Cache Valley Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetRon McBride Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $5,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget4 Paws for Ability Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVested Interest in K9s Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Police Civilian Association: $2,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBaja Community Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Health Policy Project: $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtahns Against Hunger: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 53.

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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.

George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Miner Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Archer Family Charitable Corp · Lawrence & Janet Dee 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 Franks Family Foundation

How much does The Franks Family Foundation give?
The Franks Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $290,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Franks Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Health (16%), Animals (13%).
Who are The Franks Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Neighborhood House Association ($135k), Spy Hop Productions ($101k), Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah ($91k).
Does The Franks Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Franks Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Franks Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.
Where is The Franks Family Foundation based?
The Franks 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 100 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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