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Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$901k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
66
Grants FY2024
53
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 71
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$15k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $421k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving66$901k44%
FY202353$820k40%
FY202271$833k75%
FY202162$749k85%
FY202018$250k89%
FY20192$20k0%
FY201719$179kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$977kEducation$654kHealth$528kArts & Culture$382kInternational$251kFood & Nutrition$198kReligion$170kPublic Benefit$150kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 149 grantees
All grantees of Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Anasazi Foundation$273,50042%
Holbrook Community Center the Curtis Center for Arts and Education$200,000255%
Utah Food Bank$107,60450%
American Heritage Schools Inc$101,00020%
The Heritage Foundation$74,00040%
The Dougy Center Inc$62,00031%
Live Your Dream$57,84047%
Utah Film Center$55,00020%
Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Inc$53,50020%
Book of Mormon Central$50,00011%
Thanksgiving Point Institute Inc$50,00010%
Operation Smile Inc$49,00030%
Rods Heroes Inc$44,00023%
Holding Out HELP$41,70018%
For the Kids Org$41,10045%
Tennis For Life$40,000128%
Lift Up the Vulnerable Inc$39,60021%
Utah Parent Center Inc$33,00022%
Special Olympics Utah Inc$33,00021%
Suzys Senior Companionship Services$32,50021%
World Central Kitchen Inc$32,00020%
The Family Summit Foundation$31,000229%
Cato Institute$30,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$29,50020%
Holy Cross Ministries of Utah$28,00030%
American Studies Center$27,00020%
Kids on the Move Inc$26,70030%
Prager University Foundation$26,50020%
The Christmas Box International$26,00031%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$26,00020%
Maui Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
Murray Education Foundation$25,00016%
Our Rescue$24,50020%
Ron McBride Foundation Inc$24,00032%
Camp Magical Moments Cancer Camp for Kids Inc$24,00045%
Youth Futures$23,50040%
International Rescue Committee INC$23,00030%
Snowbasin Adaptive Sports Education Foundation$21,75052%
Direct Relief$20,00010%
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation$20,00010%
Utah Smiles Foundation$20,000111%
Salt Lake Childrens Choir$20,000157%
Unity Gospel Choir International$20,000129%
First Step House$19,50030%
Empower Mali$19,20022%
Winter Foundation$19,000211%
Share-Parents of Utah$19,0002n/a
Utah Valley University Foundation Inc$18,00020%
Ohana Beginnings$16,7001n/a
Let Them Live Action Corporation$15,50020%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$15,00010%
Blue Knights Soccer Club$15,00032%
Mercatus Center Inc$15,00010%
Roads to Independence$15,00011%
Work Activity Center Inc$15,00010%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$14,50020%
Ycc Family Crisis Center$14,50020%
Building Youth Around the World$14,10022%
Immigrant Legal Services$14,00013%
United Palestinian Appeal Inc$14,00010%
Madison House Autism Foundation Inc$14,00021%
Salt Lake Donated Dental Services$14,00021%
Watts of Love$13,60021%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$13,00010%
Project Strong Inc$12,1001n/a
Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services DBA Neighborworks Salt Lake$12,00020%
Family Promise of Ogden$12,00021%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc$12,00020%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$12,0003n/a
St Anne's Center$12,00010%
Wasteless Solutions Inc$11,50021%
Hopeland$11,00017%
The Family Place Utah Formerly Known as Child & Family Support Center of Cache$11,00010%
Family History Guide Association$10,5001n/a
Mayas Hope Foundation Inc$10,10021%
Granite Education Foundation$10,00010%
Raise the Future$10,00010%
Moving Picture Institute$10,00010%
Disrupt Utah$10,000121%
Good Deed Revolution$10,00016%
Give Kids the World Inc$10,00010%
The Children's Center Utah$10,00020%
Adopt-A-Native Elder$9,84010%
Yourpath for Adult Learners$9,5004n/a
Utah Science Teaching Association$9,00022%
Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse$9,00010%
Fight the New Drug Inc$8,50021%
The Road Home$8,50020%
Sudan Relief Fund Inc$8,10020%
Prolife Across America$8,00010%
Kids Alive International Inc$8,00010%
Sanpete Pantry$7,50020%
Ghana Make a Difference$7,00011%
Timpanogos Legal Center$7,00012%
The Independent Institute$7,00010%
Flourish Ventures$7,00011%
Live Action$6,00010%
Music Theatre West$6,00013%
Utah Children$6,00011%
Needs Beyond Medicine$6,00015%
Carry on Foundation$5,50013%
Nova Principles Foundation$5,00014%
White House Academy$5,00012%
Courage Reins$5,00011%
People Helping People$5,00011%
The Sharing Place$5,00011%
Camp Gloss$5,0001n/a
Aspen Magdalene House Inc$5,00013%
Mobile Surgery International$5,00011%
The Wolf Creek Foundation$5,00014%
Bridges to America Inc Refugee Soccer$5,00016%
Utah Down Syndrome Foundation$5,00015%
Canyons School District Education Foundation$5,00010%
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep$4,50020%
Friends of Switchpoint Inc$4,00010%
Utah Pride Center Inc$4,00010%
Zahara Charity$4,0001n/a
Elizabeth Academy$4,00010%
Get Outside$4,0001n/a
Community Health Connect$4,00011%
Out Foundation$4,0001n/a
The Center for Women and Children in Crisis$3,88410%
March for Life Education & Defense Fund$3,50010%
Cache Community Food Pantry Inc$3,00010%
Their Story Is Our Story$3,00014%
Great Basin National Park Foundation$2,50011%
Rape Recovery Center$2,50010%
League of Utah Writers$2,50013%
The Inn Between$2,00010%
Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation$2,00010%
Miraclefeet$2,00010%
Utah Cold Case Coalition$2,00011%
People's Health Clicnic$2,00010%
Utah Neighborhood Connection$2,00012%
Turning Point USA Inc$2,00010%
Feeding America$2,00010%
Community Foundation of Ogden Valley Inc$1,7501n/a
Pachyonychia Congenita Fund$1,50010%
Continue Mission$1,25620%
Alliance House Inc$1,20010%
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah$1,00010%
Project Embrace$1,0001n/a
Assistance League of Southern Utah$1,00011%
Mzc Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Thrive-Gulu Inc$50010%
Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death$5001n/a
Southwest Symphony Orchestra Inc$50010%
Sego Lily Center for the Abused Deaf$50010%
Utah Partners for Health$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($931k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 136 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnasazi Foundation: $273,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHolbrook Community Center the Curtis Center for Arts and Education: $200,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetUtah Food Bank: $107,604 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heritage Schools Inc: $101,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $74,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dougy Center Inc: $62,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLive Your Dream: $57,840 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetUtah Film Center: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIntermountain Healthcare Foundation Inc: $53,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBook of Mormon Central: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThanksgiving Point Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $49,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRods Heroes Inc: $44,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHolding Out HELP: $41,700 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetFor the Kids Org: $41,100 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetTennis For Life: $40,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetLift Up the Vulnerable Inc: $39,600 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUtah Parent Center Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSpecial Olympics Utah Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSuzys Senior Companionship Services: $32,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Summit Foundation: $31,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetCato Institute: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Cross Ministries of Utah: $28,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Studies Center: $27,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKids on the Move Inc: $26,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $26,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christmas Box International: $26,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMurray Education Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetOur Rescue: $24,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRon McBride Foundation Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCamp Magical Moments Cancer Camp for Kids Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetYouth Futures: $23,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSnowbasin Adaptive Sports Education Foundation: $21,750 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSyrian American Medical Society Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Smiles Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSalt Lake Childrens Choir: $20,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetUnity Gospel Choir International: $20,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetFirst Step House: $19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmpower Mali: $19,200 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWinter Foundation: $19,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetUtah Valley University Foundation Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLet Them Live Action Corporation: $15,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 136.

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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 FoundationUT143.9× affinity74 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 · The Community Foundation of Utah · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Miner Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Utah Medical Association Foundation · Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foun

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.

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How do I get to Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation?

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About Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation

How much does Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation give?
Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation reported 66 grants totaling $901,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 71 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Education (17%), Health (14%).
Who are Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Anasazi Foundation ($274k), Holbrook Community Center the Curtis Center for Arts and Education ($200k), Utah Food Bank ($108k).
Does Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation.
Where is Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation based?
Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation is based in UT.

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 194 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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