Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Utah

866
foundations
$1.39B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
192
say they accept unsolicited
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 866 foundations based in Utah — 831 private foundations and 35 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $1.39 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 192 of them (22%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Salt Lake City (244), Park City (64) and Sandy (42).

192 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Utah.

Top 25 of 866 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 167 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Utah
VolkswagenstiftungSalt Lake City, UT$782.2M$782.2M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Dell Loy Hansen FoundationLogan, UT$50,000$35M$515–$33.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sorenson Legacy FoundationMidvale, UT$20,000$28M$700–$5.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
George S and Dolores DoreSalt Lake City, UT$17,750$27M$500–$5.6MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Semnani Family FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$5,250$5.6M$500–$4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
John and Marcia Price Family FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$4,850$5.4M$100–$3.1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
C Scott & Dorothy E WatkinsWest Jordan, UT$26,000$4.8M$4,000–$350,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Wheeler FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$4.3M$4.3M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lawrence & Janet Dee FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$3M$3M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Donnell B & Elizabeth D StewartOgden, UT$5,000$2.9M$100–$1.9MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Joan and Tim Fenton Family FoundationMidvale, UT$25,000$2.2M$4,000–$300,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
McCarthey Family FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$10,000$1.8M$2,500–$200,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Kirk HumanitarianSalt Lake City, UT$103,576$1.5M$7,500–$1.4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
OnerefugeeSalt Lake City, UT$1,307$1.3M$8–$75,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Wadman FoundationOgden, UT$2,000$1.2M$100–$1.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Mark and Kathie Miller FoundationHolladay, UT$25,000$918,333$2,000–$250,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Thom & Gail Williamsen Family FoundationMurray, UT$6,000$901,000$2,000–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ruth Eleanor Bamberger &john ErnestSalt Lake City, UT$48,000$898,000$19,500–$702,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Wright to Dream FoundationNephi, UT$2,100$853,084$250–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Making a Difference FoundationMidvale, UT$2,500$827,894$500–$138,572FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Romney Foundation for ChildrenHolladay, UT$30,000$801,000$1,000–$690,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
King Family FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$10,000$651,500$2,000–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Chris and Heidi BecksteadHighland, UT$275,000$550,000$50,000–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ortho Cup Charitable FoundationSouth Ogden, UT$11,190$527,532$500–$350,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jonathan S and Alisa G GardnerSouth Salt Lake, UT$3,606$527,224$216–$166,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.