Utah · Nonprofit
KEN GARFF FOR GOOD
KEN GARFF FOR GOOD (Utah) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,976,393 to it, the largest being THE KAHLERT FOUNDATION INC ($1,055,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Ken Garff for Good does
Mission
Promote excellence in education and help utah students prepare for post-secondary education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Keys to success: the purpose of keys to success is to motivate students to unlock their future by connecting them to scholarships, internships, and careers. In the fall of 2018, the keys to success app was launched to provide students with scholarships, internships, and other career opportunities personalized to their chosen career interests. Students can track their progress, receive push notifications about new opportunities, and use additional tools like act prep and fasfa help to help them unlock their future. The more students interact with the app, the more points students earn that can be redeemed for awesome prizes like gift cards to restaurants and vouchers for activities. The app makes it easy for parents to engage with their students' future, goals, and career interests. In 2025, keys to success reached new heights as stronger relationships with schools opened the door to more meaningful student engagement. Program managers and student ambassadors played a key role in increasing school events and face-to-face interactions, helping students connect with resources and opportunities. Our car giveaway generated more excitement than ever with 3,416 entries in only 3 months,…
$1,464,433 spentof which $174,500 as grants49% of program spendingThe purpose of ken garff esports is to enhance and enrich scholastic experiences through and beyond gaming. Ken garff esports made huge advancements in making esports more accessible for the state of utah by partnering with the utah high school activities association and special olympics utah. For the 2024-25 school year, the program was able to provide $136,500 in grants to schools to help fund transportation, equipment, and operational costs. The program saw over 2,700 students engage in statewide esports experiences throughout the year, connecting them with college and career resources in gaming, steam, and beyond. At the end of the year, as a part of the spring celebration, representatives from over 10 universities and professional organizations led 50+ booths and workshops - strategically linking esports to real-world, post secondary pathways.
$596,164 spentof which $136,500 as grants20% of program spendingRoad to success: road to success is a k-6 incentivized reading program that supports utah students across the state of utah build strong reading habits. Each school that participates gains access to the platform beanstack, which supports digitial and personalized. The road to success program provides every student participating with tangible rewards by meeting specific reading milestones. The road to success program fosters a culture of reading in schools across utah through engaging incentives and the user-friendly beanstack platform. In its third year with beanstack, the program saw an 88% increase in participation, growing from 43 to 86 schools, with significant growth in districts like cache county. The year ended with 32 million minutes read by our schools. This year also featured new partnerships, including an initiative led by miss roy titleholder helene lam, in weber school district. 70 students were rewarded with bikes, as well as countless other students with thousands of prizes. The year concluded with a celebratory event at the loveland living planet aquarium, recognizing top readers and their achievements in a fun and meaningful way.
$495,807 spent17% of program spendingWomen who succeed: the purpose of women who succeed is to provide opportunities for girls and young women to grow in confidence and leadership skills. We do this by providing mentoring, scholarships, internships, and networking opportunities. With successful events such as the women who succeed conference, summer soiree, girls give back, diamonds on ice, founders day, and socials throughout the year, we saw an average of 88% regular mentee engagement throughout the year. We were able to maximize networking opportunities while awarding over $100,000 in scholarships and other grants and connecting mentees with internship opportunities. Women who succeed has continued to make intentional efforts this year to provide opportunities for young women to grow confidence and leadership skills through these mentorship meetings, provided curriculum, events, and other opportunities like scholarships, workshops, service projects and internships. Throughout the year we had 156 women members and 280 mentees as a part of the program with 35% of the mentees from rural communities and 35% were women of color.
$433,580 spentof which $110,763 as grants15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,989,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.2M to $7.6M (+248%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of KEN GARFF FOR GOOD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Katharine B Garff
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $30k → $1.1M.
11 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KEN GARFF FOR GOOD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KEN GARFF FOR GOOD has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 38% · 2019 40% · 2020 40% · 2021 26% · 2022 23% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
53% of KEN GARFF FOR GOOD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of KEN GARFF FOR GOOD's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $767k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KEN GARFF FOR GOOD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KEN GARFF FOR GOOD
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KEN GARFF FOR GOOD: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KEN GARFF FOR GOOD?
- KEN GARFF FOR GOOD (Utah) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,976,393 to it, the largest being THE KAHLERT FOUNDATION INC ($1,055,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KEN GARFF FOR GOOD have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $4,976,393 in grants to KEN GARFF FOR GOOD, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KEN GARFF FOR GOOD?
- THE KAHLERT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,055,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KEN GARFF FOR GOOD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 52 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing