Utah · Nonprofit
TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION
TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,369,708 to it, the largest being UTAH SPORTS COMMISSION FOUNDATION ($600,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $569k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Tony Finau Foundation Fka Finau Youth Foundation does
Mission
The foundation is built on a family discovered experience through the game of golf. It aims to empower and inspire youth and their families to discover, develop, and achieve the best of their gifts and talents through the game of golf, educational funding, and core family values.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The tony finau foundation mentoring program offers support to a minimum of one professional golfer annually, who has a connection to utah, assisting them in their efforts to pursue the pga or lpga tour. This support includes financial assistance for expenses related to golf practice and competition, including entry fees, travel costs, equipment procurement, and other requisite materials. Additionally, the program provides invaluable, non-material support through access to tony finau and his network of professional golfers and coaches for ongoing mentorship and advice. Recipients of the tony finau foundation mentoring program will be expected to attend tony finau foundation fundraising events and support community outreach programming (schedule permitting) in hopes of helping the next (continued on schedule o) generation of youth discover, develop, and achieve their goals.the 2024 recipients of the program were connor howe and blake tomlinson.
$88,500 spentof which $88,500 as grants16% of program spendingMaui fire relief - this effort was implemented at the end of 2023 to host an event in early 2024 to raise awareness and funds for the families in maui that were displaced by the wildfires. The funds for this program went to three maui based organizations working in the basic needs, mental health, and youth education space.
$191,592 spentof which $180,000 as grants34% of program spendingTony finau foundation literacy center - we converted one of the family engagement centers we previously donated to into a tony finau foundation literacy center in partnership with granite education foundation. The literacy center opened in august 2024 in west valley, utah, and provides daily literacy support for approximately 75-100 children through after-school programming. The center also expanded services to families by offering daily esl classes for parents and early-literacy activities for pre-k children. In its first year, the foundation sponsored the kinder kits initiative, distributing approximately 5,000 take-home literacy kits to every kindergartner in the district, with additional kits for 1st through 3rd graders currently in development for 2025. The center (continued on schedule o) also hosts quarterly literacy nights, which provide families with books, literacy kits, and additional literacy support.
$136,598 spentof which $136,369 as grants24% of program spendingTony's turkeys - every holiday season we feed 2,000-2,500 families in the salt lake city/west valley area for thanksgiving. We provide all of the fixings for a traditional thanksgiving meal.
$38,000 spentof which $38,000 as grants7% of program spendingBirdies for books provides books and reading resources in the hands of children that need extra assistance. Over 50,000 books have been donated to date, this year's amount was in the 9,000-10,000 book range.
$13,983 spent2% of program spendingThe foundation also supports other organizations and foundations that are working toward similar goals and taking care of the children we aim to support and help. This is where the remaining charitable contributions and programming go.
$91,643 spentof which $82,251 as grants16% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $560,316.
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 2021 to 2022, from $826k to $1.6M (+93%).
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.
129% of TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Chelsea Fairbourn
Executive director
Board chair
Milton Finau
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $36k → $188k.
5 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 63% · 2019 61% · 2020 69% · 2021 64% · 2022 45% · 2023 42% — 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
20% of TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
58% of TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION?
- TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,369,708 to it, the largest being UTAH SPORTS COMMISSION FOUNDATION ($600,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,369,708 in grants to TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION?
- UTAH SPORTS COMMISSION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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