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

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

Who is the largest religion funder in Utah?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to religion organizations in Utah, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Utah?

$38M reached 99 religion organizations in Utah, from 201 funders. 30% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Utah

$38M reached 99 religion organizations in Utah, from 201 funders, with no single one dominating.

$38M

granted

organizations

30%

from in-state

The short version

201 funders gave $38M to 99 religion organizations in Utah across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
30% of that came from funders also based in Utah; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Utah is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $8M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Christ is the Light of the World - Tree of Life Foundation, at $9M.

Largest funders of religion in Utah

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 2Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$3M 3American Endowment Foundation$3M 4Foundation for the Carolinas$2M 5University Impact$2M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 7The Community Foundation of Utah$1M 8Woolley Family Foundation$1M 9The Pi Foundation Inc$1M 10Smith Family Foundation$1M

Religion organizations in Utah that draw the most

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

Christ is the Light of the World - Tree of Life Foundation$9M

89 other religion organizations$6M

Book of Mormon Central$6M More Good Foundation$6M Bh Roberts Foundation$3M The Interpreter Foundation$2M The Nazarene Fund$2M The Baptiste Foundation$2M

How to find religion funders in Utah

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Start with the funders already active in Utah
The funders giving the most to religion in Utah are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
70% of religion money in Utah comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Utah.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Utah?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Utah, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Utah?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to religion organizations in Utah, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Utah?: $38M reached 99 religion organizations in Utah, from 201 funders. 30% 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.