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The Susan Ileene Wirthlin Foundation at a glance

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The Susan Ileene Wirthlin 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.

$58k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$157kHuman Services$108kPublic Safety & Disaster$54kReligion$46kInternational$34kEducation$33kRecreation & Sports$20k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$50,000
LDS Philanthropies Humanitarian Fund$8,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–24, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $50k → 6%CHILD RESCUE COALITION INC: $20k → 11%HELPING HANDS INTERNATIONAL: $22k → 13%NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP: $816 → 8%THE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF: $41k → 8%THE UTAH PARENT CENTER: $10k → 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

NY
OR
OH
CA
UT
CO
VA
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 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.

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Christian Harvest International Min

To provide strategic teaching about prayer, prophecy, and intercession in the US and abroad. Books, manuals, and audio teachings are also used to equip Christians in strategic level spiritual prayer and warfare.

Religion
2
Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…

Religion
3
Christian Research Institute Inc

The mission statement of the Christian Research Institute is to provide Christians worldwide with carefully researched information and well-reasoned answers that encourage them in their faith and equip them to intelligently represent it to…

Religion
4
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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5
Institute of Human Origins
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6
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
7
Christian Mens Network

CMN works to stop fatherlessness, child abuse, and human trafficking by equipping and training men and pastors in a global movement that for over 40 years has restored families and built churches.

Religion
8
Institute of Chinese Studies

ChinsSource is a trusted partner and platform for educating the global church on critical issues facing the church and ministries in China and for connecting Christians inside and outside China to advance the kingdom of God globally

International
9
Nonduality Institute Inc

The mission of the Nonduality Institute is to advance scientific understanding of nonduality through conducting research into neural signatures of nondual awareness and its effects on cognitive, affective and perceptual…

Health
10
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
11
The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc

Divine Mercy University is a Catholic graduate school of psychology and counseling, founded in 1999. The University is dedicated to the scientific study of psychology and counseling with a Catholic understanding of the person, marriage and…

Education
12
Uncharted Ministries

Uncharted ministries informs, inspires and challenges the christian church to serve the people of the middle east and in uncharted lands.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Rescue Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Quan Academy. 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 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Safe Families for Children: $55,000 · OtherSafe Families for ChildrenHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONLDS PHILANTHROPIES: $33,500 · OtherLDS PHILANTHROPIESLDS HUMANITARIAN SERVICES: $20,000 · OtherLDS HUMANITARIAN SERVICESQUAN ACADEMY: $19,000 · OtherQUAN ACADEMYUTAH PRADER WILLI ASSOCIATION INC: $13,000 · OtherUTAH PRADER WILLI ASSOCIATION INCRED BUTTE GARDENS: $10,000 · OtherLDS Philanthropies Humanitarian Fund: $8,000 · OtherMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FO…PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF SALT LAKE INC: $40,500 · Human ServicesPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF SALT LA…HELPING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $21,800 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INCCHILD RESCUE COALITION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILD RESCUE COALITION INCUtah Parent Center Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesUtah Parent Center Inc+1 more: $816 · Human ServicesBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $20,000 · ReligionBOOK OF MORMON…THE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION: $15,500 · ReligionTHE INTERPRETE…THE GUTHY-JACKSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $13,200 · ReligionTHE GUTHY-JACK…THE JOHN A & LEAH D WIDTSOE FOUNDATION FKA THE JOHN A WIDTSOE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · ReligionTHE JOHN A & L…CENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $15,500 · InternationalMentors International: $10,000 · InternationalCUMORAH ACADEMY: $14,200 · EducationUSA BADMINTON: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$198,500Human Services$143,116Religion$58,700International$25,500Education$14,200Recreation & Sports$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF SALT LAKE INC: $40,500 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetHUNTSMAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHELPING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $21,800 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetCHILD RESCUE COALITION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE: $15,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCUMORAH ACADEMY: $14,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GUTHY-JACKSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $13,200 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetTHE JOHN A & LEAH D WIDTSOE FOUNDATION FKA THE JOHN A WIDTSOE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUSA BADMINTON: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMentors International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUtah Parent Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $816 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.

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…University ImpactThe Community Foundat…Woolley Family Founda…The Span FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · University Impact · The Community Foundation of Utah · Woolley Family Foundation · The Span Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Child Rescue Coalition Inc: 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 22 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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