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The Mountain Spring Foundation at a glance

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The Mountain Spring 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.

$250k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$130kHealth$106kPublic Benefit$100kEducation$70kAnimals$30kHuman Services$30kYouth Development$20kReligion$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $242k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC$40,000
MALIHEH FREE CLINIC$35,000
HUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$32,000
GENERATION DATA EDUCATION FUND$30,000
POLICY PROJECT$25,000
HALE CENTRE THEATRE$20,000
CHANCE ACADEMY$20,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$15,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH$15,000
STAR LIT BLADES SYNCHRONIZED SKATING$10,000
SHARE-PARENTS OF UTAH$5,000
NAYER AND JAVED HONARVAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$2,500
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 (FY22–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GENERATION DATA EDUCATION FUND: $30k → 14%ENCIRCLE FAMILY AND YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 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.
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$376k · 6 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
5

Total granted

$376k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+63%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • WA
    WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $115k · revenue +96%
  • CA
    CHANCE ACADEMY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +42%
  • NA
    Nayer and Javad Honarvar Memorial Foundation
    3× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +375%

Funded once

  • EF
    Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -39%
  • CL
    CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF UTAH INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • SF
    SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +63%
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
Equality Utah Foundation

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

Civil Rights
2
Utah Leads

Utah Leads set out to understand what makes our information ecosystem in Utah unique, who is influencing policy formation in Utah, how that influence works in practice through multiple channels and across channels, and what policy…

—
3
BioUtah

BioUtah was created to elevate the stature and influence of Utahs life science community on the national and global stage. The organization serves Utahs medical device, biopharma, natural products and healthcare industries through…

Community Improvement
4
Utah Zoological Society

Utah's hogle zoo creates champions for wildlife and is our community's gateway to animals, connecting our visitors with the natural world and engaging them in wildlife conservation action locally and worldwide.

Animals
5
The Community Foundation of Utah

We are utah's partner in philanthropy, pioneering innovation and collaboration to invest in our community today for a brighter tomorrow.

Philanthropy
6
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
7
Roseman University of Health Sciences

Roseman university of health sciences advances the health and wellness of the communities we serve by educating current and future generations of health professionals, conducting research and providing patient care. we actively pursue…

Education
8
Slc Bike Share

To provide alternative environmentally responsible transportation to downtown travelers through a bike share program.

Public Benefit
9
Saltexchange Inc

SaltExchange is a national community of philanthropists united by a shared mission to work collectively to address some of the world's most urgent and complex challenges. We equip donors with the data, tools, and strategic partnerships…

Philanthropy
10
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

—
11
Utah Health Policy Project

To advance sustainable health care solutions for underserved utahns through better access, education, and public policy.

Health
12
Endeavor Colorado

Endeavor colorado is a not-for-profit leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in colorado to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region. high-impact…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Policy Project; the most unlike its peers is Star Lit Blades Synchronized Skating. 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

16 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. 16 of the 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $115,000 · OtherWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INCHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,889 · OtherHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF UTAH INC: $20,000 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF UTAH INCHOPEWELL FUND: $15,000 · OtherHOPEWELL FUNDStar Lit Blades Synchronized Skating: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherTHE POLICY PROJECT: $100,000 · Public BenefitTHE POLICY PROJECTNayer and Javad Honarvar Memorial Foundation: $6,000 · Public BenefitNayer and Javad Honar…CHANCE ACADEMY: $50,000 · EducationCHANCE ACADEMYSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $10,000 · EducationSPONSORS FOR E…SILICON SLOPES: $10,000 · EducationSILICON SLOPESMaliheh Free Clinic: $53,889 · HealthMaliheh Fre…+1 more: $1,500 · HealthGENERATION DATA EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 · Human ServicesGENERATION…Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $20,000 · Human ServicesEncircle F…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $15,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH: $15,000 · AnimalsHALE CENTRE THEATRE: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$215,889Public Benefit$106,000Education$70,000Health$55,389Human Services$50,000Animals$30,000Arts & Culture$20,000

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 budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $115,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTHE POLICY PROJECT: $100,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $53,889 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,889 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHANCE ACADEMY: $50,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHALE CENTRE THEATRE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStar Lit Blades Synchronized Skating: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILICON SLOPES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNayer and Javad Honarvar Memorial Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Larry H Miller and Ga…George S and Dolores …Sorenson Legacy Found…The Community Foundat…Derek and Shelaine Ma…Wcf FoundationSemnani Family Founda…Ihc Health Services I…The Zions Bancorporat…Dominion Energy Chari…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family FoundationUT17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Derek and Shelaine Maxfield Family Found · Wcf Foundation · Semnani Family Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 18 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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