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The Whittenburg Foundation at a glance

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The Whittenburg 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$17kFood & Nutrition$14kEducation$11kArts & Culture$4kHealth$3kHousing & Shelter$3kPhilanthropy$2kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$172k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANYONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,250
UTAH BLUES SOCIETY$1,000
USANA KIDS EAT$1,000
Individual grant recipient$403
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 (FY17–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%CIRCLE THE WAGONS: $200 → 8%UPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $100 → 8%FILL THE POT MINISTRY: $100 → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $1k → 8%HEARTS KNIT TOGETHER: $101 → 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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38k · 9 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
53

Total granted

$38k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+46%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $403 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 ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BM
    Become More
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue ×41
  • UF
    UTAH FOOD BANK
    3× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +53%
  • JE
    Jordan Education Foundation
    2× · 2019–2021 · $4k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • RB
    Red Butte Garden
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
  • ST
    SHELTER THE HOMELESS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -63%
  • MF
    MALINOIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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 Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
4
House of Hope

Treating substance use disorders, rebuilding lives, strengthening families, and empowering women.

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5
Utah Swat Inc
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6
Utah Domestic Violence Advisory Council

The organization's mission is to end domestic violence in utah through advocacy, education, collaboration, and leadership. the organization is the nationally recognized domestic violence coalition for the state of utah.

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
United Way of Greater Salt Lake

United way of salt lake (uwsl) mobilizes people and resources to support basic needs and education.

Human Services
9
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
10
Utah Geological Foundation
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11
Clean Slate Utah

To help people clear their criminal records and access opportunities. we will do this by: 1) spreading the word about utah's clean slate law to individuals with records, so they are aware of the law and its positive impact on their lives;…

Crime & Legal
12
Utah Domestic Violence Legal Services

Utah Homicide Survivors provides holistic legal representation to families of homicide victims.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fill the Pot Ministry. 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

32 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. 32 of the 64 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Red Butte Garden: $7,500 · OtherRed Butte GardenCANYONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,250 · OtherCANYONS EDUCATION FOUNDATIONUTAH FOOD BANK: $4,266 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $1,731 · OtherSHELTER THE HOMELESS INC: $1,500 · OtherMALINOIS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · OtherEXPANSION INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 · Other+37 more: $9,827 · Other+37 moreBecome More: $15,000 · InternationalBecome More+1 more: $100 · InternationalUtah Blues Society: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $180 · Arts & CultureJordan Education Foundation: $3,551 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationTHE ROAD HOME: $1,033 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLES OF COMFORT: $200 · Human ServicesHEARTS KNIT TOGETHER: $101 · Human ServicesUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $100 · Human ServicesFILL THE POT MINISTRY: $100 · Human ServicesUSANA KIDS EAT: $2,100 · Food & NutritionWASTELESS SOLUTIONS INC: $100 · Food & NutritionWASATCH FORENSIC NURSES INC: $1,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $100 · HealthMOUNTAIN WEST MOTHERS MILK BANK: $100 · Health+1 more: $50 · Health
Other$34,074International$15,100Arts & Culture$3,680Education$3,651Human Services$2,534Food & Nutrition$2,200Health$1,750

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 budgetBecome More: $15,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $4,266 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJordan Education Foundation: $3,551 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSANA KIDS EAT: $2,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Blues Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSHELTER THE HOMELESS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASATCH FORENSIC NURSES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $1,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLES OF COMFORT: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $101 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS KNIT TOGETHER: $101 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN STORIES FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS FOR SIGHT: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASTELESS SOLUTIONS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALT LAKE MUSIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen of the World: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN WEST MOTHERS MILK BANK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILL THE POT MINISTRY: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SALT LAKE COUNTY CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKimball Art Center: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMAGE REBORN INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds Become More ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Jordan Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds USANA KIDS EAT ↗
  • Who funds Utah Blues Society ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH FORENSIC NURSES INC ↗
  • Who funds SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD HOME ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLES OF COMFORT ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds The Other Side Academy ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS KNIT TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds STELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OPEN STORIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UPLIFT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR SIGHT ↗

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…Lawrence & Janet Dee …The Community Foundat…The Ashton Family Fou…Herbert I & Elsa B Mi…Kennecott Utah Copper…The Richard M Schulze…Henry W & Leslie M Es…C Scott & Dorothy E W…Joan and Tim Fenton F…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT35.9× affinity15 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 · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · The Ashton Family Foundation · Herbert I & Elsa B Michael Foundation US Bank National Association · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Joan and Tim Fenton Family 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 Whittenburg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Whittenburg 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 64 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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