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United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lake

United way of salt lake (uwsl) mobilizes people and resources to support basic needs and education.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$528k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 45 grants below total $4,025,363 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,272,047 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $246,684 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $666k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$46,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT$527,660
CITY OF SOUTH SALT LAKE$480,732
UTAH COMMUNITY ACTION$398,105
SALT LAKE CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION (ROSE PARK)$200,000
DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$181,908
CITY OF MILLCREEK$159,999
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF UTAH$157,700
CANYONS SCHOOL DISTRICT$143,500
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH READING CLINIC$125,000
SALT LAKE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES$120,181
UTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH - MID-VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC$112,500
VOICES FOR UTAH CHILDREN$102,625
LATINOS IN ACTION$91,747
UTAH AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK$90,000
OPEN DOORS - CLEARFIELD$87,150
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%COMUNIDADES UNIDAS: $21k → 8%ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF UTAH DBA REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CENTER: $42k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 5% of United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lake’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in UT; read by stated purpose it is 91% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lakelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.1% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake

To serve The People by honoring Native cultures, strengthening health and wellness programs, and cultivating community. We envision all Native peoples living balanced, prosperous, and healthy lives in diverse communities for Seven…

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2
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
3
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
4
Centro Hispano

To empower Latino and Utah families by providing equitable access to information, resources, and educational programs to advance and strengthen the community.

Human Services
5
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce

Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.

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6
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
7
Southwest Utah Community Health Center

Making lives better in southwest utah by providing accessible, quality health care, regardless of financial, language, or cultural barriers.

Health
8
Community Health Connect

To improve access to quality health and dental care for low-income uninsured men, women, and children in Utah County.

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9
Utah Public Health Association

The Utah Public Health Association (UPHA) is a statewide membership organization dedicated to improving the health of Utah communities by supporting and representing the public health workforce. UPHA advances public health through…

Health
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
Utah Parent Center Inc

Our mission is to help parents help their children, youth and young adults with all disabilities to live included, productive lives as members of the community.

Human Services
12
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Children and the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Support & Family …School District Education F…Healthcare Access Organizat…Child Nutrition and Care Se…Disability Services & Suppo…Affordable Housing Developm…Civil Rights Legal Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr9%27%35–55yr15%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr9%33%35–55yr15%36%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/45
the rest of the field
15%
919/6,085

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
11/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Granite School District — $527,660 · OtherGranite School DistrictCITY OF SOUTH SALT LAKE — $480,732 · OtherCITY OF SOUTH SALT LAKESALT LAKE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM — $398,105 · OtherSALT LAKE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMDAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $181,908 · OtherDAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT DAVIS EDUCATION FOUNDATIONCITY OF MILLCREEK — $159,999 · OtherCITY OF MILLCREEKUNIVERSITY OF UTAH — $125,000 · OtherSALT LAKE COUNTY — $120,181 · Other+17 more — $665,048 · Other+17 moreBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah — $157,700 · EducationBig Brothers B…Canyons School District Education Foundation — $143,500 · EducationCanyons School…LATINOS IN ACTION INC — $91,747 · EducationLATINOS IN ACT…POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE — $65,000 · EducationPOSITIVE COACH…English Skills Learning Center — $46,500 · EducationEnglish Skills…+1 more — $16,600 · EducationSalt Lake Education Foundation — $264,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN UTAH — $24,156 · Philanthropy+1 more — $8,300 · PhilanthropyUTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH — $112,500 · HealthUTAH HEALTH POLICY PROJECT — $70,000 · HealthMidtown Community Health Center Inc — $20,750 · HealthMaliheh Free Clinic — $16,600 · HealthPeople's Health Clicnic — $8,300 · HealthUtah Children — $102,625 · Civil RightsMOAB VALLEY MULTICULTURAL CENTER — $16,402 · Civil RightsTHE ROAD HOME — $49,800 · Human ServicesASIAN ASSOCIATION OF UTAH — $41,500 · Human ServicesComunidades Unidas — $20,750 · Human ServicesUtah Afterschool Network — $90,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,658,633Education$521,047Philanthropy$296,456Health$228,150Civil Rights$119,027Human Services$112,050Youth Development$90,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSALT LAKE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM — $398,105 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSalt Lake Education Foundation — $264,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah — $157,700 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCanyons School District Education Foundation — $143,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetUTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH — $112,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUtah Children — $102,625 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetLATINOS IN ACTION INC — $91,747 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetUtah Afterschool Network — $90,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetTHE FAMILY CONNECTION CENTER INC DBA OPEN DOORS SOCIAL SERVICES — $87,150 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUTAH HEALTH POLICY PROJECT — $70,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE — $65,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590 — $59,125 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUTAHNS AGAINST HUNGER — $53,834 over 2y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE — $52,361 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME — $49,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnglish Skills Learning Center — $46,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCurly Me — $43,500 over 1y, 32% of budgetASIAN ASSOCIATION OF UTAH — $41,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $41,499 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central and Southern Utah — $36,520 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho — $33,200 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH — $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY — $26,744 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN UTAH — $24,156 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetComunidades Unidas — $20,750 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSalt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services DBA Neighborworks Salt Lake — $20,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMidtown Community Health Center Inc — $20,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER INC — $17,408 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic — $16,600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOUNTIFUL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY — $16,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOAB VALLEY MULTICULTURAL CENTER — $16,402 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetJewish Family Service — $16,175 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic — $8,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMidvale Community Building Community Inc — $8,300 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Utah's PromiseIhc Health Services I…Sorenson Legacy Found…Intermountain Communi…The Community Foundat…George S and Dolores …American Express Foun…Kennecott Utah Copper…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Making a Difference F…Larry H Miller and Ga…Pacificorp Foundation…
Utah's PromiseUT62.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Utah's Promise · Ihc Health Services Inc · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Utah · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · American Express Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lake funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
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no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $3.1M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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