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The Miner Foundation at a glance

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The Miner Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$297k
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$612kArts & Culture$516kHealth$353kPhilanthropy$287kFood & Nutrition$280kHuman Services$256kYouth Development$242kCommunity Improvement$74kOther$0
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k49 grants · $152k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PLANTRICIAN PROJECT$57,992
DONORSCHOOSEORG$30,000
JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$10,052
ST GEORGE CHILDREN'S MUSUEM$10,000
UTAH ARTS ACADEMY$10,000
YOUTH FUTURES ST GEORGE$7,500
SCHOOL OF LIFE FOUNDATION$7,500
ABILITY FOUND$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
NPO KAMONOHASHI PROJECT$5,000
KAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION$5,000
ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER$5,000
SOUTHERN UTAH VETERANS ASSOCIATION$5,000
THANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $244k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA NETWORK INC: $8k → 11%MOMENT BY MOMENT: $3k → 9%THINK TECH HAWAII: $5k → 9%ACTIVE RE-ENTRY: $5k → 14%WABI SABI: $3k → 23%JOSIES CLOSET: $3k → 8%ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA NETWORK INC: $5k → 11%THINK TECH HAWAII: $3k → 9%ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA NETWORK INC: $5k → 11%ACTIVE RE-ENTRY: $3k → 14%ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA NETWORK INC: $5k → 11%ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA NETWORK INC: $3k → 11%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $3k → 9%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN UTAH: $3k → 9%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $3k → 13%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN UTAH: $3k → 9%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $3k → 13%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $3k → 13%THE HAPPY FACTORY: $3k → 13%UTAH PARENT CENTER: $3k → 8%CANYON CREEK SERVICES: $5k → 13%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SW UTAH: $5k → 13%CANYON CREEK SERVICES: $5k → 13%HAPPY FACTORY: $5k → 13%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%CANYON CREEK WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 13%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SW UTAH: $5k → 13%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SW UTAH: $5k → 13%CANYON CREEK SERVICES: $5k → 13%CANYON CREEK SERVICES: $5k → 13%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SW UTAH: $5k → 13%SWITCHPOINT: $5k → 10%TABITHA'S WAY: $3k → 8%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $5k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $10k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 8%YMCA OF NORTHERN UTAH: $5k → 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

ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
OK
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 124 repeat orgs$642k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

124 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2025, 87 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

124
145

Total granted

$2.5M
$597k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
0%

Still filing today

69%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    9× · 2017–2025 · $344k · revenue +24%
  • TP
    The Plantrician Project
    4× · 2022–2025 · $223k · revenue +42%
  • CF
    Cherish Families
    2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • SD
    SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $57k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
2
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
3
Utah Geological Foundation
—
4
Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake

To serve The People by honoring Native cultures, strengthening health and wellness programs, and cultivating community. We envision all Native peoples living balanced, prosperous, and healthy lives in diverse communities for Seven…

—
5
Utah Education Fits All

To ensure utah families have the freedom and access to choose the best fit for their childs education.

Education
6
The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging

Our mission is to engage with communities and catalyze private, public, and philanthropic partnerships to remedy opportunity gaps in economic opportunity, education, health, and housing in Utah.

Community Improvement
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
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce

Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.

—
9
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
10
Kids Who Count

We empower families to optimize the developmental potential of their young children.

Education
11
Dyslexia Center of Utah New Heights Inc

We inspire and transform students with learning differences into confident, independent, and successful readers. We collaborate with colleagues and members of the community for the welfare and value of our diverse learners.

Education
12
Trauma-Informed Utah

The primary purpose of Trauma-Informed Utah is to respond to requests for education, resources and training around implementing a Trauma-Informed approach within their organization. The focus includes any and all sectors of society seeking…

Health
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 T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. 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

172 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 172 of the 289 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
168/172
Grantees still filing
98/172
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND: $200,000 · OtherSCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUNDJAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN C: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $56,781 · OtherCherish Families: $60,000 · Other+111 more: $1,194,498 · Other+111 moreDONORSCHOOSEORG: $344,186 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGUtah Arts Academy: $35,000 · EducationUtah Arts AcademyJohn Hancock Charter School Foundation: $35,000 · EducationJohn Hancock Chart…+13 more: $83,669 · Education+13 moreST GEORGE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureST GEORGE…KAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureKAYENTA A…ENCORE PERFORMING ARTS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureENCORE PE…DIXIE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY: $24,500 · Arts & CultureDIXIE WAT…ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $23,500 · Arts & CultureST GEORGE…HALE CENTRE THEATRE: $18,000 · Arts & CultureHALE CENT…CEDAR CITY CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATR: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCEDAR CIT…ZION CANYON MESA: $12,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureZIEGFELD THEATER ARTS: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $53,500 · Arts & Culture+10 moreThe Plantrician Project: $222,992 · Science & TechYoung Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $35,000 · Human ServicesCANYON CREEK WOMENS CRISIS CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: $22,000 · Human ServicesHAPPY FACTORY INC: $20,600 · Human ServicesABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $17,500 · Human ServicesUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $12,500 · Human ServicesAdopt-A-Native Elder: $8,500 · Human ServicesTHINKTECH HAWAII INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesACTIVE RE-ENTRY INC: $7,500 · Human Services+16 more: $60,500 · Human ServicesSchool of Life Foundation: $76,075 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY REBUILDS: $30,000 · HealthThe Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc: $19,631 · HealthTHE SHARING PLACE: $15,000 · HealthPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $9,500 · HealthFight the New Drug Inc: $8,500 · HealthSUMMIT COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $7,500 · HealthANGIOGENESIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,100 · HealthTYLER ROBINSON FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthHERITAGE SCHOOLS INC: $5,000 · HealthFARM AT GARDNER VILLAGE INC: $5,000 · HealthUS PAIN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · Health+4 more: $11,000 · Health
Other$1,586,279Education$497,855Arts & Culture$260,500Science & Tech$222,992Human Services$216,600Youth Development$136,075Health$130,731

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%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $344,186 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Plantrician Project: $222,992 over 4y, 11% of budgetSchool of Life Foundation: $76,075 over 9y, 15% of budgetCherish Families: $60,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLibertas Network: $48,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST GEORGE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $40,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetUtah Arts Academy: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJohn Hancock Charter School Foundation: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY REBUILDS: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCANYON CREEK WOMENS CRISIS CENTER: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetENCORE PERFORMING ARTS: $25,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $23,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS: $22,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: $22,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $21,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHAPPY FACTORY INC: $20,600 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD DEED REVOLUTION: $20,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetEmpower Mali: $20,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc: $19,631 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetHALE CENTRE THEATRE: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO AMERICA INC REFUGEE SOCCER: $17,500 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $17,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBest Seat in the House: $17,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetTHE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $16,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUTAH'S PROMISE: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $15,150 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SHARING PLACE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAdventure Bucket List Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 78% of budgetCEDAR CITY CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATR: $15,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetGLOBAL CITIZENS INITIATIVE INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetZION CANYON MESA: $12,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFriends of Liahona Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Funders Group: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIRON COUNTY CARE AND SHARE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZIEGFELD THEATER ARTS: $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUTAH NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTION: $9,000 over 2y, 2.2% 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 DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds The Plantrician Project ↗
  • Who funds School of Life Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cherish Families ↗
  • Who funds Libertas Network ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Utah Arts Academy ↗
  • Who funds John Hancock Charter School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah ↗
  • Who funds KAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY REBUILDS ↗
  • Who funds CANYON CREEK WOMENS CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC ↗
  • Who funds ENCORE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds DIXIE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS ↗
  • Who funds THANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY FACTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GOOD DEED REVOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds Empower Mali ↗
  • Who funds The Esselstyn Family 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…George S and Dolores …Larry H Miller and Ga…The Community Foundat…Pacificorp Foundation…McCarthey Family Foun…Ihc Health Services I…The Ashton Family Fou…Kennecott Utah Copper…David Kelby Johnson M…Dominion Energy Chari…Marriner S Eccles Fou…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT131.6× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · McCarthey Family Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Ashton Family Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Marriner S Eccles 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 Miner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Miner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
  • Read Usa Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 289 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home