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Foundations That Fund Education in Utah

Imperigo has identified 349 funders that made 2,379 grants totaling $516.9M to 293 education organizations in Utah, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Utah

Total granted $516.9M
Funders 349
Grants 2,379
Organizations funded 293

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Salt Lake Community College Foundation
23 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$30.8M
2. Bill and Vieve Gore Endowment Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.2M
3. ScenicView Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.8M
4. University Impact Charitable Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 71.4% of their giving
$7.9M
5. The Big 12 Conference Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $23.1M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$43.8M
6. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $775K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.4M
7. Hurst Wood Education Foundation
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024 · 73.6% of their giving
$3.4M
8. Utah Valley Home Builders Assoc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
9. San Antonio Bowl Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$5.2M
10. Pete & Arline Harman Trust Fund
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $975K · through 2024 · 30.2% of their giving
$2.4M
11. Gary & Jeanette Herbert Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2025 · 98.5% of their giving
$1.6M
12. James P Thorne Charitable Endowment Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $439K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
13. Wasatch Jordan Education Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $420K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
14. The Community Foundation of Utah
60 grants to 31 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2023 · 4.0% of their giving
$5.5M
15. Utah's Promise
25 grants to 7 organizations · largest $171K · through 2022 · 7.3% of their giving
$1.7M
16. Park City Community Foundation
41 grants to 13 organizations · largest $219K · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$1.5M
17. Tanner Trust for Utah Universities
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2024 · 20.0% of their giving
$519K
18. Central Valley Medical Center
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 28.1% of their giving
$370K
19. GiveClear Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$1.4M
20. Young Living Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $420K · through 2023 · 5.9% of their giving
$875K
21. Utah Highway Patrol Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $183K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$183K
22. Community Trust of Utah
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$2.4M
23. Foundation 4LIFE Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2024 · 22.3% of their giving
$145K
24. The Pi Foundation Inc
17 grants to 9 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$929K
25. America First Credit Union Charitable Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $124K · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$219K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education work in Utah, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering education work, with an address in Utah. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable education funding in Utah, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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