Utah · Private foundation
The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable 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.
- $498k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 26 | $498k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $471k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $410k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $451k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $453k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $408k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $476k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $50k | 68% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc | $377,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Salt Lake Community College | $370,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc | $353,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Utah Food Bank | $236,482 | 8 | 0% |
| Birch Creek Service Ranch | $185,000 | 9 | 17% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $179,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Sandy Club | $140,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Rise Up School of Dance | $90,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Global Missions Group | $90,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Friends of Tracy Aviary | $83,000 | 8 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($826k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable 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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Castle Foundation Co Greg Phillips · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · B W Bastian Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Bill and Pat Child Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation give?
- The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $498,055 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Youth Development (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc ($378k), Salt Lake Community College ($370k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc ($353k).
- Does The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable 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 Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.
- Where is The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation based?
- The Vern and Marva Wolcott Charitable Foundation is based in UT.
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