Utah · Private foundation
The Wilson Family 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.
- $118k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Wilson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 18 | $108k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $113k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $97k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $99k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $110k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $90k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $92k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $88k | 24% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | $347,850 | 9 | n/a |
| Academy for Creating Enterprise | $41,275 | 9 | 0% |
| Rising Star Outreach Inc | $33,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Forever Young Foundation for Children | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Other Side Academy | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Sharing Place | $16,450 | 5 | 1% |
| Wasatch Adaptive Sports Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Driving for Values | $15,200 | 5 | 1% |
| Especially for Athletes Inc | $12,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | $347,850 | 9 | n/a |
| Academy for Creating Enterprise | $41,275 | 9 | 0% |
| Rising Star Outreach Inc | $33,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Forever Young Foundation for Children | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Other Side Academy | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Sharing Place | $16,450 | 5 | 1% |
| Wasatch Adaptive Sports Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Driving for Values | $15,200 | 5 | 1% |
| Especially for Athletes Inc | $12,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Five 12 Foundation | $10,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mercury One Inc | $8,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Smart Foundation | $5,600 | 5 | 5% |
| Washington Junior Golf Association | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Our Rescue | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Image Reborn Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimers Research Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ensign College | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Food Bank | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Rescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($278k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wilson Family 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 · The Community Foundation of Utah · Paul T Walton Jr Charitable Foundation dba PT Walton Jr Foundation · Crewe Endowment Foundation · Semnani Family Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · University Impact · American Endowment Foundation · American Express Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Wilson Family Foundation
- How much does The Wilson Family Foundation give?
- The Wilson Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $118,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wilson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Health (15%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are The Wilson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brigham Young University ($348k), Academy for Creating Enterprise ($41k), Rising Star Outreach Inc ($33k).
- Does The Wilson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilson Family 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 Wilson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, Paul T Walton Jr Charitable Foundation dba PT Walton Jr Foundation.
- Where is The Wilson Family Foundation based?
- The Wilson Family Foundation is based in UT.
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