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The Huntsman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
63
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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$72MPhilanthropy$26MEducation$25MPublic Benefit$13MArts & Culture$7.3MRecreation & Sports$6.7MHuman Services$6.0MHousing & Shelter$2.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $641k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+8 grants · $6.8M
$25,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$557M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUNTSMAN WORLD SENIOR GAMES$1,800,000
OLSON-HUNTSMAN VISION FOUNDATION$1,500,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESIDENTIAL CHAIRS-HEALTH SCIENCES$900,000
FOURTH STREET CLINIC$500,000
SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION$500,000
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES$325,000
MINDFUL PHILANTHROPY$250,000
HOPE4UTAH (HOPE SQUAD)$200,000
HUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE$180,260
UTAH SPORTS COMMISSION FOUNDATIONGOVERN$125,000
NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER$114,000
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN SECTION$100,000
HALE CENTRE THEATRE$100,000
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF UTAH$85,000
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, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JARED PRESCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST: $100k → 6%ST VINCENT DEPAUL THRIFT CENTER: $60k → 15%JARED PRESCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST: $100k → 6%ST VINCENT DEPAUL THRIFT CENTER: $60k → 15%JARED PRESCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST: $100k → 6%ST VINCENT DEPAUL THRIFT CENTER: $15k → 15%ALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 11%MONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $20k → 9%ENCIRCLE FAMILY & YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 8%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%ENCIRCLE FAMILY & YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 8%ENCIRCLE FAMILY AND YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 8%ENCIRCLE FAMILY & YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 8%RISING STAR OUTREACH INC: $25k → 8%ENCIRCLE FAMILY & YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 8%RISING STAR OUTREACH: $3k → 8%ENCIRCLE FAMILY & YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $220k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $150k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $45k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%STRENGHTENHERUTAH: $5k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $40k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $30k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $30k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $25k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $25k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $25k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $3k → 8%RISE AND REBUILD FOUNDATION (GOODSON): $50k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $3k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $110k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $45k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $35k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 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

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$155M · 104 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

104 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 64 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
96

Total granted

$155M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+16%

Still filing today

43%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25M · revenue +63% · 64% of their budget
  • TA
    THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10M · revenue +20%
  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +172%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UTAH JOURNALISM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3.3M · revenue -87% · 96% of their budget
  • UV
    UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2017 · $2.5M
  • JM
    JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FAMILY COMMUNITY TRUST
    one grant, 2017 · $1.2M
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
Utah Geological Foundation
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2
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
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
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
5
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
6
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
7
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
8
Equality Utah Foundation

To secure equal rights and protections for lgbtq utahns and their families.

Civil Rights
9
Utah Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
11
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
12
Center for Growth and Opportunity

The center for growth and opportunity at utah state university explores the scentific foundations of the interaction between individuals, business, and government to improve well-being for individuals and society. our focus is on producing…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Olson-Huntsman Vision 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

103 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. 103 of the 226 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
101/103
Grantees still filing
63/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE: $24,517,002 · OtherHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $24,500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY JMH BUS SCHOOL: $10,075,109 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY JMH BUS SCHOOLTHE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC: $10,000,000 · OtherTHE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INCJMH FAMILY COMMUNITY TRUST: $6,000,000 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVJMH BUS SCH: $5,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAH - PRESIDENTIAL CHAIRS HEALTH SCIENCES: $4,050,000 · Other+132 more: $34,282,691 · Other+132 moreHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $24,606,010 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDA…OLSON-HUNTSMAN VISION FOUNDATION: $10,020,000 · HealthOLSON-HUNTSMAN VISION …Wasatch Homeless Health Care: $2,100,117 · HealthWasatch Homeless Healt…+12 more: $941,250 · HealthNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $19,700,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHI…+7 more: $1,398,500 · Philanthropy+7 moreTHE UTAH JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $3,333,300 · Arts & CultureHALE CENTRE THEATRE: $2,200,000 · Arts & CultureTHIS IS THE PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $965,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $2,253,000 · Recreation & SportsUtah Sports Commission Foundation: $167,500 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsIdaho State University Foundation Inc: $900,000 · EducationSigma Chi Foundation: $500,000 · EducationSTAND4KIND: $300,000 · EducationSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $115,000 · EducationTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $75,000 · Education+3 more: $83,500 · EducationSENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $465,000 · Human ServicesTHE JARED PRESCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST: $300,000 · Human ServicesNeighborhood House Association: $240,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME: $178,000 · Human ServicesEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $150,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL THRIFT CENTER: $135,000 · Human Services+6 more: $183,000 · Human Services
Other$118,424,802Health$37,667,377Philanthropy$21,098,500Arts & Culture$6,898,800Recreation & Sports$2,440,500Education$1,973,500Human Services$1,651,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $24,606,010 over 8y, 64% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $19,700,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOLSON-HUNTSMAN VISION FOUNDATION: $10,020,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetTHE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC: $10,000,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTHE UTAH JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $3,333,300 over 1y, 96% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $2,301,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $2,253,000 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetHALE CENTRE THEATRE: $2,200,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetWasatch Homeless Health Care: $2,100,117 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $1,500,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetIdaho State University Foundation Inc: $900,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSalt Lake Education Foundation: $608,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetDavis Education Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetTHE HELLENIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetSigma Chi Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $465,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetTHIS IS THE PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSTAND4KIND: $300,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE JARED PRESCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST: $300,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetMINDFUL PHILANTHROPY INC: $250,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $240,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetDAYS OF 47 RODEO SALT LAKE: $200,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEQUALITY UTAH: $180,300 over 7y, 20% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $178,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Sports Commission Foundation: $167,500 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetBALLET WEST: $152,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $150,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDanielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation: $136,250 over 5y, 22% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL THRIFT CENTER: $135,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetCACHE VALLEY FOR HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $115,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $110,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSundance Institute: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH DAVIS RECOVERY CLUB INC: $81,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetAUTISM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $78,500 over 3y, 23% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for a New American Security Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLARRY H MILLER CHARITIES: $60,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE TO SAVE OUR: $60,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRIGHT PATH STRONG: $50,000 over 1y, 91% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 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 HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds OLSON-HUNTSMAN VISION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UTAH JOURNALISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HALE CENTRE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Wasatch Homeless Health Care ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Idaho State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Salt Lake Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Davis Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE HELLENIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sigma Chi Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THIS IS THE PLACE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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…Larry H Miller and Ga…George S and Dolores …Beesley Family Founda…Ihc Health Services I…Intermountain Communi…McCarthey Family Foun…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Utah Medical Associat…Clark and Christine I…Wcf Foundation
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT57.4× affinity27 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 · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · McCarthey Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Utah Medical Association Foundation · Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation · Wcf 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Huntsman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Huntsman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Ballet Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Huntsman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Huntsman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 226 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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