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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 45 grants below total $4,025,363, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,272,047 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $246,684 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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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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 (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 its 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
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 5% of United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lake’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in UT; by stated purpose, 91%.

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)
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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
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'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
6
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
7
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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8
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
9
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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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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Children; 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.
04the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 44 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
12/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetBOUNTIFUL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $16,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $16,600 over 1y, 0.8% 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
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.

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

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 United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lake funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Salt Lake Dba United Way of Salt Lake. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
    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 44 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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