Utah · Private foundation
The Will Ascend 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.
- $261k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Will Ascend Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $261k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $230k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $169k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $120k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hope for Fertility Foundation | $300,000 | 5 | 33% |
| Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love | $44,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rising Star Outreach Inc | $40,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Academy for Creating Enterprise | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Tovonatese Charities | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lymediseaseorg | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| ITS NOT OK Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lifting Lives | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hope for Fertility Foundation | $300,000 | 5 | 33% |
| Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love | $44,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rising Star Outreach Inc | $40,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Academy for Creating Enterprise | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Tovonatese Charities | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lymediseaseorg | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| ITS NOT OK Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lifting Lives | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Liga International | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Road Home | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Resident Impact Project | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Salt Lake City Mission | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($335k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Will Ascend Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: University Impact · The Community Foundation of Utah · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Will Ascend Foundation
- How much does The Will Ascend Foundation give?
- The Will Ascend Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $260,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Will Ascend Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (48%), Philanthropy (18%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Will Ascend Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Hope for Fertility Foundation ($300k), Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love ($44k), Rising Star Outreach Inc ($41k).
- Does The Will Ascend Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Will Ascend 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 Will Ascend Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include University Impact, The Community Foundation of Utah, Sorenson Legacy Foundation.
- Where is The Will Ascend Foundation based?
- The Will Ascend Foundation is based in UT.
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