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Wade Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$201k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$278kHealth$205kArts & Culture$163kFood & Nutrition$122kCivil Rights$90kHuman Services$82kEnvironment$77kPhilanthropy$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $164k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$46k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASANTE FOUNDATION$45,150
WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION$30,000
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNITED WE PLEDGE$25,000
FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC$24,000
DOCTOR'S VOLUNTEER CLINIC$15,000
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$5,000
UTAH COALITION AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY$5,000
INT'L CENTER FOR LAW & RELIGION STUDIES$5,000
DIXIE POWER KITE FESTIVAL$5,000
UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY$4,000
AMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL FOUNDATION$2,500
WASHINGTON COUNTY CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER$2,500
ST GEORGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$2,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$1,500
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 (FY18–24, $193k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 8%THE RISE AND REBUILD FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%THE RISE AND REBUILD FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%THE RISE AND REBUILD FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $50k → 10%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $24k → 10%SWITCHPOINT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 10%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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$727k · 22 repeat orgs$395k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
21

Total granted

$727k
$312k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+22%

Still filing today

55%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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

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Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • RA
    Rise and Rebuild Foundation
    3× · 2018–2021 · $110k · revenue +15%
  • DV
    DOCTORS' VOLUNTEER CLINIC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +141%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $78k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • D
    DXATC
    one grant, 2017 · $160k
  • TC
    TUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +23%
  • ZN
    ZIONS NATIONAL PARK FOREVER PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $34k
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 Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
2
Utah Geological Foundation
—
3
Utah Valley Arts

Support various performing arts in utah.

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4
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
5
Cedar City Music Arts Association

Music & arts performances

Arts & Culture
6
Timpanogos Arts Foundation

The mission of the timpanogos arts foundation is to educate, enrich, and inspire by provising leadership and encoragement for artistic and cultural excellence, which enhances the quality of life for the people of american fork and…

Arts & Culture
7
Utah Chamber Artists

The Utah Chamber Artists (UCA) is a world renowned, not-for-profit organization founded in 1991 to provide audiences with an artistic force that provides a wide variety of music of the highest caliber, presented in the finest manner. UCA…

Arts & Culture
8
University of Utah Foundation

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

Philanthropy
9
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
10
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
11
Utah Cultural Alliance Foundation

Encourage Cultural Diversity

Arts & Culture
12
Utah Arts Alliance

To foster the arts in all forms in order to create an aware, empowered, and connected community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women's Leadership Institute of Utah; the most unlike its peers is Asante 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

23 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. 23 of the 50 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DXATC: $160,000 · OtherDXATCDRMC FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherDRMC FOUNDATIONTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $70,800 · OtherTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATIONZIONS NATIONAL PARK FOREVER PROJECT: $33,539 · OtherZIONS NATIONAL PARK FOREVER PROJECTZIONS NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $26,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · Other+23 more: $89,700 · Other+23 moreUnited We Pledge: $75,000 · Arts & CultureUnited We PledgeST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $56,000 · Arts & CultureST GEORGE MUSICAL THEA…TUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTUACAHN CENTER FOR THE…ST GEORGE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $21,184 · Arts & CultureST GEORGE CHILDRENS MU…KAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATIO…+3 more: $1,750 · Arts & CultureRise and Rebuild Foundation: $110,000 · Human ServicesRise and Rebuild Fo…FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $78,300 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SWITCHPO…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesDOCTORS' VOLUNTEER CLINIC: $90,000 · HealthDOCTORS' V…UTAH COALITION AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY: $12,000 · HealthUTAH COALI…ASANTE FOUNDATION: $45,150 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS JUSTICE CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $8,400 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationMAJOR BRENT TAYLOR LEADERSHIP LEGAC: $10,000 · EducationThe Utah Tech University Foundation: $2,500 · EducationGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EnvironmentDOVE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$497,139Arts & Culture$223,934Human Services$193,300Health$102,000Philanthropy$53,550Education$37,500Environment$12,500Housing & Shelter$2,000

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 budgetRise and Rebuild Foundation: $110,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetDOCTORS' VOLUNTEER CLINIC: $90,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $78,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited We Pledge: $75,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $70,800 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $56,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASANTE FOUNDATION: $45,150 over 1y, 35% of budgetSOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST GEORGE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $21,184 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetUTAH COALITION AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY: $12,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAJOR BRENT TAYLOR LEADERSHIP LEGAC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS JUSTICE CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $8,400 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWomen's Leadership Institute of Utah: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetDOVE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetENCORE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Rise and Rebuild Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DOCTORS' VOLUNTEER CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC ↗
  • Who funds United We Pledge ↗
  • Who funds THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER ↗
  • Who funds TUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ASANTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds KAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH COALITION AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MAJOR BRENT TAYLOR LEADERSHIP LEGAC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS JUSTICE CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Women's Leadership Institute of Utah ↗
  • Who funds The Utah Tech University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOVE CENTER INC ↗

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 …Donald D & Elaine F D…Beesley Family Founda…The Miner FoundationLarry H Miller and Ga…Ihc Health Services I…The Community Foundat…Daniels FundDominion Energy Chari…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT23.6× affinity9 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 · Donald D & Elaine F Davis Trust · Beesley Family Foundation · The Miner Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Community Foundation of Utah · Daniels Fund · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Wade Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wade Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 50 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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