How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Utah?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Utah, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, American Endowment Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Utah?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Utah, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Utah?

$539M reached 460 education organizations in Utah, from 1,101 funders. 44% came from funders also based in Utah.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Utah · Education

Who funds education in Utah

Education funding in Utah is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Waterford Institute Inc leads, and the money reaches 460 groups.

$539M

granted

460

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

1,101 funders gave $539M to 460 education organizations in Utah across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% of that came from funders also based in Utah; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Utah is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $56M.
The education organization drawing the most is Waterford Institute Inc, at $64M.

Largest funders of education in Utah

The funders giving the most to education organizations in Utah, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$56M 2Sorenson Legacy Foundation$30M 3American Endowment Foundation$25M 4Western Governors University$24M 5National Philanthropic Trust$23M 6Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation$18M 7Blue Meridian Partners Inc$17M 8Valhalla Foundation$17M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$14M 10The GFC Foundation$13M

Education organizations in Utah that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

450 other education organizations$245M

Waterford Institute Inc$64M University Impact$53M Westminster University$31M American Heritage Schools Inc$30M Utah Valley University Foundation Inc$25M Elizabeth Academy$22M Wgu Academy$19M Salt Lake Community College Foundation$18M WGU Advancement$17M Wgu Corporation$14M

How to find education funders in Utah

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Start with the funders already active in Utah
The funders giving the most to education in Utah are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, American Endowment Foundation. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
56% of education money in Utah comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Utah.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Utah?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Utah, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, American Endowment Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Utah?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Utah, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Utah?: $539M reached 460 education organizations in Utah, from 1,101 funders. 44% came from funders also based in Utah.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.