Utah · Private foundation
The George 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.
- $740k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $424,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The George Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $740k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $557k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $619k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $585k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $610k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $598k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $633k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $444k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Constitution Center | $1,994,850 | 8 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $650,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region | $360,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $230,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $195,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| NAMI Seattle | $125,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut College | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Services of Utah | $55,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($716k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The George Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Ssir Cares Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The George Family Foundation
- How much does The George Family Foundation give?
- The George Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $739,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The George Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are The George Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Constitution Center ($2.0M), Northwestern University ($650k), Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region ($360k).
- Does The George Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George 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 George Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ssir Cares Inc, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The George Family Foundation based?
- The George Family Foundation is based in UT.
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