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Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$901k
Granted FY2024still arriving
66
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k40 grants · $192k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $399k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $310k
$6,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER$100,000
AMERICAN HERITAGE$100,000
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MONTESSORI$60,000
BOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL$50,000
ANASAZI FOUNDATION INC$46,000
TENNIS FOR LIFE$40,000
UTAH FILM CENTER$35,000
MURRAY EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC$22,500
LIVE YOUR DREAM$20,000
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$20,000
UTAH SMILES FOUNDATION$20,000
UNITY GOSPEL CHOIR INTERNATIONAL$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE CONGO$15,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$15,000
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, $589k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THRIVE-GULU INC: $500 → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $23k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECTS: $7k → 14%SUZY SENIOR COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES: $25k → 6%ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 9%NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP: $3k → 7%RAISE THE FUTURE: $10k → 12%LET THEM LIVE ACTION CORPORATION: $9k → 12%SUZY'S SENIOR COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES: $8k → 6%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $14k → 9%RACING FOR ORPHANS WITH DOWN SYNDROME: $34k → 12%NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP: $2k → 7%LET THEM LIVE ACTION CORPORATION: $7k → 12%WINTER FOUNDATION: $14k → 6%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $4k → 10%WINTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%CONTINUE MISSION: $640 → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $10k → 9%CONTINUE MISSION: $616 → 6%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $500 → 9%SNOWBASIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%HOPELAND: $11k → 17%OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 9%FAMILY SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $28k → 9%HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 8%IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES: $14k → 8%HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 8%SNOWBASIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%RODS HEROES INC: $10k → 8%SNOWBASIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%UTAH PARENT CENTER: $6k → 8%NOVA PRINCIPLES FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%FAMILY SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 9%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE INC: $5k → 8%HOLDING OUT HELP: $42k → 8%UTAH PARENT CENTER: $27k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $500 → 8%ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDER: $10k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $8k → 8%UTAH PRIDE CENTER: $4k → 8%FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $2k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL
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.
$2.3M · 66 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

66 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
96

Total granted

$2.3M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+41%

Still filing today

86%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationArts & CultureFood & 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

  • UF
    UTAH FOOD BANK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $108k · revenue +53%
  • AH
    American Heritage Schools Inc
    2× · 2022–2024 · $101k · revenue +30%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $74k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • UO
    U OF U - TANNER DANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • UC
    UOU - COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
    one grant, 2022 · $94k
  • CC
    COLUMBUS COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
2
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
3
House of Hope

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

—
4
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
5
Utah Health & Human Rights Project

The organization's mission is to help survivors of torture living in utah to heal from their physical and psychological injuries and rebuild their lives.

Health
6
Utah Foster Care Foundation Inc

We serve Utah's children by finding, educating, and nurturing families to meet the needs of children in foster care

Human Services
7
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
8
Midwives College of Utah

Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
9
Little Lambs Foundation for Kids Inc

To strengthen Utah families by providing essential items, education, and resources to break the cycle of poverty and create a brighter, more secure future for children and their families.

Human Services
10
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…

Arts & Culture
11
The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging

Our mission is to engage with communities and catalyze private, public, and philanthropic partnerships to remedy opportunity gaps in economic opportunity, education, health, and housing in Utah.

Community Improvement
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tennis for Life. 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

143 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 143 of the 194 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
140/143
Grantees still filing
97/143
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

U OF U - TANNER DANCE: $200,000 · OtherU OF U - TANNER DANCEUTAH FOOD BANK: $107,604 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKUOU - COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $94,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $62,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MONTESSORI: $60,000 · OtherPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $60,000 · OtherPARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $59,500 · Other+92 more: $1,058,150 · Other+92 moreHOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER THE CURTIS CENTER FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION: $200,000 · Human ServicesHOLBROOK COMMUNIT…RODS HEROES INC: $44,000 · Human ServicesRODS HEROES INCHolding Out HELP: $41,700 · Human ServicesHolding Out HELPUtah Parent Center Inc: $33,000 · Human ServicesUtah Parent Cente…SUZYS SENIOR COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES: $32,500 · Human ServicesSUZYS SENIOR COMP…THE FAMILY SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $31,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $29,500 · Human ServicesSNOWBASIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $21,750 · Human Services+20 more: $169,596 · Human Services+20 moreANASAZI FOUNDATION: $273,500 · HealthANASAZI FOUNDATI…INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $53,500 · HealthINTERMOUNTAIN HE…Tennis For Life: $40,000 · HealthTennis For LifeHoly Cross Ministries of Utah: $28,000 · HealthYOUTH FUTURES: $23,500 · HealthSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthUTAH SMILES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthFIRST STEP HOUSE: $19,500 · Health+16 more: $82,584 · Health+16 moreAmerican Heritage Schools Inc: $101,000 · EducationAmerican H…Live Your Dream: $57,840 · EducationLive Your …HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationHILLSDALE …Kids on the Move Inc: $26,700 · EducationKids on th…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $26,500 · EducationPRAGER UNI…Murray Education Foundation: $25,000 · EducationMurray Edu…UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Education+7 more: $39,500 · Education+7 moreOPERATION SMILE INC: $49,000 · InternationalLIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC: $39,600 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $32,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $26,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $23,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $20,000 · InternationalEmpower Mali: $19,200 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $15,000 · InternationalBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $14,100 · InternationalUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC: $14,000 · InternationalWATTS OF LOVE: $13,600 · International+6 more: $34,100 · InternationalUTAH FILM CENTER: $55,000 · Arts & CultureOUR RESCUE: $24,500 · Arts & CultureUnity Gospel Choir International: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC THEATRE WEST: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $74,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Public BenefitDISRUPT UTAH: $10,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,766,254Human Services$603,046Health$560,584Education$344,540International$299,600Arts & Culture$118,000Public Benefit$116,000

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 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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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 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.

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…The Community Foundat…Ihc Health Services I…The Miner FoundationKennecott Utah Copper…Intermountain Communi…Dominion Energy Chari…McCarthey Family Foun…Utah Medical Associat…Joseph and Kathleen S…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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