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Thomas Frank Thatcher Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$174k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$255kEducation$154kArts & Culture$116kCommunity Improvement$113kPhilanthropy$97kHealth$85kFood & Nutrition$85kHuman Services$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$505k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE$50,000
CHARITABLE EVENTS CORPORATION$45,200
SALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION$25,000
UTAH SYMPHONY$25,000
HOPE CLINIC$15,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$10,000
ZIONS BANCORPORATION FOUNDATION$2,000
UNICEF$2,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FEEDING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE: $5k → 11%THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE: $190k → 8%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $15k → 8%CHARITABLE EVENTS CORPORATION: $45k → 13%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5k → 22%SALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE: $50k → 8%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $15k → 8%CHARITABLE EVENTS CORPORATION: $17k → 13%SALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $16k → 6%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $15k → 8%CHARITABLE EVENTS CORPORATION: $15k → 13%SALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $16k → 6%THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE: $15k → 8%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $15k → 8%CHARITABLE EVENTS CORPORATION: $11k → 13%SALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $30k → 8%SALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $15k → 8%THE CARS THAT CARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $15k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $13k → 8%KOSTOPULOS DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY: $5k → 8%UTAH FOOD BANK: $20k → 8%UTAH FOOD BANK: $15k → 8%UTAH FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%UTAH FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%UTAH FOOD BANK: $5k → 8%FLUTTERBY IZZY JANE FOUNDATION: $8k → 8%FLUTTERBY IZZY JANE FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%FLUTTERBY IZZY JANE FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%KSL QUARTERS FOR CHRISTMAS: $5k → 8%SALT LAKE CITY ROTARY: $31k → 8%UTAH SYMPHONY: $25k → 8%UTAH SYMPHONY: $25k → 8%UTAH SYMPHONY: $25k → 8%UTAH SYMPHONY: $25k → 8%UTAH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $10k → 8%BACKYARD GARDENSHARE: $5k → 8%HOPE CLINIC: $20k → 8%HOPE CLINIC: $15k → 8%HOPE CLINIC: $15k → 8%HOPE CLINIC: $10k → 8%HOPE CLINIC: $10k → 8%HOPE CLINIC: $10k → 8%DUAL IMMERSION ACADEMY: $18k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$875k · 15 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$875k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+33%

Still filing today

47%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthAnimalsFood & 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

  • US
    UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA
    6× · 2017–2024 · $106k · revenue +18%
  • CE
    Charitable Events Corporation
    5× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +325%
  • HC
    Hope Clinic Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $80k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • SL
    SALT LAKE CITY ROTARY
    one grant, 2019 · $31k
  • DI
    Dual Immersion Academy
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +24%
  • KD
    Kostopulos Dream Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +96%
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
Utah Sports Commission Foundation

The Utah Sports Commission Foundation is a charitable organization governed by an all-volunteer board of trustees consisting of statewide sports, business, and community leaders, and was created to foster national and international sports…

Recreation & Sports
2
National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho

The National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho, a major nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing diseases of the kidney, improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and families affected by kidney disease, and…

Health
3
Utah Geological Foundation
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4
Utah Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
6
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
University Hospital Foundation

Fundraising for healthcare to support patient care, medical education, and clinical research for University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics and other similar nonprofit organizations.

Philanthropy
8
Utah Donor Collaborative Foundation

Utah Donor Collaborative Foundation educates and empowers diverse communities by supporting innovative programs that foster civic participation and voter access. We strive to inspire all voters, including the local youth population, rural…

Civil Rights
9
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
10
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
11
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Toys for Tots Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Zions Bancorporation Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE: $255,458 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTESALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $82,440 · OtherSALT LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $72,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHUTAH FOOD BANK: $69,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYSALT LAKE CITY ROTARY: $31,000 · Other+15 more: $76,750 · Other+15 moreUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $106,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH SYMPHONY…Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: $10,000 · Arts & CultureUtah Museum o…Charitable Events Corporation: $90,700 · PhilanthropyCharitable…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHope Clinic Inc: $80,000 · HealthHope Clin…PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $4,000 · HealthDual Immersion Academy: $18,000 · EducationTHE ZIONS BANCORPORATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationKostopulos Dream Foundation: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsUTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER: $10,000 · Animals
Other$647,148Arts & Culture$116,000Philanthropy$94,700Health$84,000Education$20,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Animals$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $106,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCharitable Events Corporation: $90,700 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetHope Clinic Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $69,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUtah Museum of Contemporary Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCars That Care Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetUTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNO POOR AMONG US: $8,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFeeding Children Everywhere Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ZIONS BANCORPORATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEN GARFF FOR GOOD: $750 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 UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
  • Who funds Charitable Events Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Hope Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Dual Immersion Academy ↗
  • Who funds Kostopulos Dream Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Utah Museum of Contemporary Art ↗
  • Who funds Cars That Care Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NO POOR AMONG US ↗
  • Who funds Feeding Children Everywhere Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ZIONS BANCORPORATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds KEN GARFF FOR GOOD ↗

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.

Beesley Family Founda…Lawrence & Janet Dee …George S and Dolores …The Community Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Beesley Family FoundationUT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Beesley Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Thomas Frank Thatcher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Frank Thatcher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 31 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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