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Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Midvale, UT · EIN 45-3240491. Reported 1,208 grants totalling $104.5M to 516 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$104.5Mgranted, 2021-2024
516organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$465.5Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sorenson Legacy Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $600 and the largest $5,675,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
15 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
127 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
485 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
272 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
180 grants
$100,000 and Up
125 grants

Every organization it funded

All 516 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Crocker Catalyst FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$18.4M442024
Deseret Trust CompanySalt Lake City, UT$11.1M332024
Intermountain Healthcare Foundation IncSalt Lake City, UT$6,910,000442024
Elizabeth AcademySalt Lake City, UT$6,408,176442024
Thom & Gail Williamsen Family FoundationMidvale, UT$4,345,124442024
American Heritage Schools IncAmerican Fork, UT$2,275,000222024
U of U - Scmi BuildingSalt Lake City, UT$1,750,000112024
Utah Food BankSalt Lake City, UT$1,591,333442024
U of U - College of EducationSalt Lake City, UT$1,591,200222024
Jdrf InternationalHagerstown, MD$1,500,000112024
University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT$1,431,305222022
Cancer Research AmericaRockville, MD$1,300,000222023
Brigham Young UniversityProvo, UT$1,290,000222022
Brigham Young University - HawaiiLaie, HI$1,250,000222022
The Road HomeSalt Lake City, UT$900,000442024
Joan and Tim Fenton Family FoundationHolladay, UT$788,006112021
Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$788,006112021
Bill of Rights InstituteArlington, VA$700,000442024
Mobile Surgery International IncSandy, UT$675,000442024
Community Foundation of UtahSalt Lake City, UT$666,667112024
Utah Youth VillageSalt Lake City, UT$625,000442024
Utah Symphony and OperaSalt Lake City, UT$585,000442024
School of Leadership - Afghanistan IncBoston, MA$550,000222023
Texas Public Policy FoundationAustin, TX$550,000442024
Ensign CollegeProvo, UT$500,000112021
Herbert FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$500,000112022
Kids on the Move IncOrem, UT$455,000442024
Operation Warm IncChadds Ford, PA$450,000442024
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesSalt Lake City, UT$450,000442024
Capital Research CenterWashington, DC$420,000442024
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsSalt Lake City, UT$400,000222022
Suu - Utah Shakespeare FestivalCedar City, UT$400,000332024
South Valley Sanctuary IncWest Jordan, UT$390,000442024
Conservative Partnership Institute IncWashington, DC$370,000442024
The Good Samaritan FoundationMidvale, UT$355,000442024
Youth FuturesOgden, UT$350,000442024
Salt Lake City MissionSalt Lake City, UT$340,000442024
U of U - Tanner DanceSalt Lake City, UT$320,000222024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$300,000332024
Operation Smile IncSalt Lake City, UT$295,000332023
American National Red CrossSalt Lake City, UT$290,000442024
Brent and Cheri Andrus Charitable TrustPark City, UT$290,000332023
Zion Canyon MesaSpringdale, UT$290,000332024
Bountiful Childrens Foundation (liahona)Springville, UT$285,000332024
Thanksgiving Point InstituteLehi, UT$280,000332023
The Inn BetweenSalt Lake City, UT$280,000442024
Wasatch Homeless Health Care IncSalt Lake City, UT$270,000332024
Volunteers of AmericaSalt Lake City, UT$265,000442024
Children's Service Society of UtahSalt Lake City, UT$260,000442024
The Rachel Covey FoundationAmerican Fork, UT$260,000442024
Young Women's Christian Association of UtSalt Lake City, UT$260,000442024
Anasazi Foundation IncMesa, AZ$250,000112023
Center for Women and Children in CrisisOrem, UT$250,000332023
Do No HarmGlen Allen, VA$250,000222024
Fit to Recover IncSalt Lake City, UT$250,000442024
Healing Hands for Haiti Foundation IncSalt Lake City, UT$250,000112021
Maliheh Free ClinicSouth Salt Lake, UT$250,000442024
Mully Childrens Family USA IncAlpharetta, GA$250,000112022
Wilford Woodruff Papers FoundationSeattle, WA$250,000112021
Rise and Rebuild FoundationSandy, UT$246,396442024
Salt Lake City Bicycle CollectiveSalt Lake City, UT$245,000442024
Walden SchoolProvo, UT$242,000332023
Odyssey House Inc UtahSalt Lake City, UT$230,000442024
Southern Utah University - Utah Shakespeare FestivalCedar City, UT$225,000222024
Playworks Education EnergizedSalt Lake City, UT$220,000442024
Utah State Board of EducationSalt Lake City, UT$220,000332024
Utah Valley UniversityOrem, UT$212,657332024
The Salvation ArmySalt Lake City, UT$212,000442024
Family Support CenterTaylorsville, UT$210,000332023
Race SwamiSalt Lake City, UT$210,000442024
CapsaLogan, UT$200,000222023
Friends of the CoalitionProvo, UT$200,000332024
Leadership InstituteArlington, VA$200,000332024
Salt Lake Donated Dental ServicesSalt Lake City, UT$200,000442024
Needs Beyond MedicineSalt Lake City, UT$195,000332023
First Step House IncSalt Lake City, UT$189,500442024
English Skills Learning CenterSalt Lake City, UT$177,000442024
Heritage FoundationWashington, DC$175,000332023
Jump the Moon FoundationLogan, UT$172,200442024
St Anne's CenterOgden, UT$170,000442024
Hearts Knit TogetherSalt Lake City, UT$160,000332024
Moab Free Health ClinicMoab, UT$160,000442024
Seager Memorial ClinicOgden, UT$160,000222024
Eye Care 4 Kids FoundationMidvale, UT$159,000332024
Children's CenterSalt Lake City, UT$155,000332024
Raise the Future (adoption Exchange)Midvale, UT$155,000332023
America First Legal FoundationWashington, DC$150,000112022
Community Development CorporationSalt Lake City, UT$150,000332023
Entraide US IncSalt Lake City, UT$150,000112021
Friends of Switchpoint IncSt George, UT$150,000222023
Stella H Oaks Charitable FoundationSandy, UT$150,000442024
Becket FundWashington, DC$145,000332023
Wasatch Adaptive SportsSnowbird, UT$145,000442024
Sanpete PantryMt Pleasant, UT$144,575442024
Asian Association of Utah (refugee & Imm)Salt Lake City, UT$140,000332024
Joseph James Morelli Legacy FoundationPark City, UT$140,000442024
National Alliance on Mental Illness UtahSouth Salt Lake, UT$140,000332024
Timpanogos Legal CenterProvo, UT$140,000442024
Utah Council of the BlindWoods Cross, UT$140,000442024
Utah Film CenterSalt Lake City, UT$140,000222024
American Heart AssociationSalt Lake City, UT$135,000222023
Box Elder Community PantryBrigham City, UT$135,000442024
Alliance HouseSalt Lake City, UT$130,000442024
Watts of LoveDowners Grove, IL$130,000442024
American Indian ServicesProvo, UT$125,000222022
CALLED2SERVE FoundationLehi, UT$125,000222024
Citizens Against Physical & Sexual AbuseLogan, UT$125,000222024
Free Wheelchair MissionIrvine, CA$125,000332024
Hale Centre TheatreSandy, UT$125,000442024
Neighborhood House AssociationSalt Lake City, UT$125,000442024
Shriners Hospitals for Children - SlcSalt Lake City, UT$125,000222023
The Foundation for Family Life of UtahRiverton, UT$121,000442024
Christmas Box InternationalSalt Lake City, UT$120,000442024
Interpreter FoundationOrem, UT$120,000332024
Junior League of Salt Lake City IncSalt Lake City, UT$120,000332024
Libertas InstituteLehi, UT$120,000332024
National Kidney Foundation IncProvo, UT$120,000442024
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$120,000222024
Utahs First Lady FoundationLehi, UT$120,000332024
Ballet WestSalt Lake City, UT$115,000332024
The Family Place UtahLogan, UT$115,000332024
Tuacahn Center for the ArtsIvins, UT$115,000332024
Empower MaliHighland, UT$110,000442024
Granite Education FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$110,000222023
Other Side AcademySalt Lake City, UT$110,000332024
Utah Valley Family Support CenterOrem, UT$110,000332023
WholivesSouth Jordan, UT$110,000442024
Community Nursing ServicesWest Valley City, UT$105,000332024
Friends of the Green River Pact IncGreen River, UT$105,000222022
Heart & SoulSalt Lake City, UT$105,000442024
Utah Infertility Resource CenterSalt Lake City, UT$105,000442024
Crossroads Urban CenterSalt Lake City, UT$101,000442024
Coach Mike's Friends of Public TennisSalt Lake City, UT$100,000112021
Community Action Services and Food BankProvo, UT$100,000222024
Encircle Family and Youth Resource CenterSalt Lake City, UT$100,000112021
Fight the New Drug IncSalt Lake City, UT$100,000222023
FutureindesignPrice, UT$100,000222022
Guide Dogs for the Blind IncSan Rafael, CA$100,000442024
Human CoalitionPlano, TX$100,000442024
Immigrant Legal ServicesSalt Lake City, UT$100,000442024
Lifting Hands InternationalSalt Lake City, UT$100,000442024
Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, UT$100,000222023
Shelter the Homeless Committee IncSalt Lake City, UT$100,000222023
Southern Sudan HumanitarianHolladay, UT$100,000442024
The Zahra CharitySalt Lake City, UT$100,000112022
Centro HispanoProvo, UT$95,000442024
Nova Principles FoundationLehi, UT$95,000332024
Rape Recovery CenterSalt Lake City, UT$95,000442024
Dr Dale B Hull FoundationSandy, UT$92,500112022
Assistance League of Salt LakeSalt Lake City, UT$90,000442024
Constituting America IncAlexandria, VA$90,000332024
Davis Education FoundationFarmington, UT$90,000222024
English Language Center of Cache ValleyLogan, UT$90,000442024
Habitat of Humanity of Southwest UtahSt George, UT$90,000222023
Health Integration and Resiliency CenterSalt Lake City, UT$90,000332023
Pachyonychia Congenita FundHolladay, UT$90,000332024
Utah Science Teachers AssociationProvo, UT$90,000442024
Wasatch Community GardensSalt Lake City, UT$90,000442024
Journey of Hope IncSalt Lake City, UT$87,500332023
Open Doors Social ServicesClearfield, UT$87,500442024
Cache Community Food Pantry IncLogan, UT$85,000332024
Family Promise of Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City, UT$85,000442024
Weber State UniversityOgden, UT$85,000222023
Ihhelpp IncProvo, UT$82,000332024
Orphange Support Services OrganizationHighland, UT$81,800222024
Doctors Volunteer Clinic of St GeorgeSt George, UT$80,000442024
Liberty Lives ForeverLakewood, CO$80,000442024
Pro-Life UtahSouth Jordan, UT$80,000332024
Snowbasin Adaptive Sports EducationSnowbird, UT$80,000332024
The Green Urban Lunch BoxSalt Lake City, UT$80,000442024
Utah Down Syndrome FoundationMurray, UT$80,000332024
Utah Health and Human Rights ProjectSalt Lake City, UT$80,000442024
Utah Schools for the Deaf and BlindOgden, UT$80,000442024
More Good FoundationProvo, UT$77,600112021
Cache Valley Cowboy RendezvousParadise, UT$77,000442024
Center for Religion and Diplomacy IncWashington, DC$75,000222022
Chabad Lubavitch of UtahSalt Lake City, UT$75,000222023
Legacy Films FoundationBountiful, UT$75,000112023
People Helping People IncSalt Lake City, UT$75,000332024
Racing for Orphans With Down SyndromeAlpine, UT$75,000112021
Suzy's Senior CompanionshipLayton, UT$75,000332023
The Sandy Club a Safe PlaceSandy, UT$75,000332023
Utah Foster Care FoundationMurray, UT$75,000332024
Byu - Center for Law and Religion StudiesProvo, UT$70,000222024
Family Support Center of Sw UtahCedar City, UT$70,000222023
Friends of Tracy AviarySalt Lake City, UT$70,000112022
Impact Mental Health (polizzi)Salt Lake City, UT$70,000112021
Live Your DreamProvo, UT$70,000332024
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietySalt Lake City, UT$70,000442024
YouthlincSalt Lake City, UT$70,000332024
Aspen Magdalene House IncSalt Lake City, UT$69,890222024
Ouelessebougou AllianceSalt Lake City, UT$67,000442024
Northeast Ohio Medical University FoundatRootstown, OH$66,905112023
U of U - Master of Business CreationSalt Lake City, UT$66,667112024
Friends of the ChildrenKearns, UT$65,000222024
Girls on the Run Utah IncSalt Lake City, UT$65,000442024
Habitat for Humanity Salt Lake ValleySalt Lake City, UT$65,000222024
Common Ground Outdoor Adventures IncLogan, UT$62,000332024
Pregnancy Resource Center of SlcSalt Lake City, UT$62,000332024
Canyon Creek Women's Crisis CenterCedar City, UT$60,000222024
Christian Center of Park CityPark City, UT$60,000222024
Community Health ConnectProvo, UT$60,000332024
Fight Against Domestic ViolenceSalt Lake City, UT$60,000222022
Healing the Children (rocky Mountains)Westminster, CO$60,000332024
Holding Out HelpDraper, UT$60,000222023
Holy Cross MinistriesSalt Lake City, UT$60,000332024
Intermountain Specialized Abuse TreatmentWest Valley City, UT$60,000332023
International Rescue Committee IncSalt Lake City, UT$60,000332024
Mount Liberty College CorporationMurray, UT$60,000442024
Salt Lake City Police FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$60,000442024
The Utah Anti-Bullying CoalitionPark City, UT$60,000332023
U Can LearnSalt Lake City, UT$60,000332023
Utah Dispute ResolutionSalt Lake City, UT$60,000442024
Valley Mental HealthSalt Lake City, UT$60,000222024
Wheelchair 4 Kids IncTarpon Springs, FL$60,000222024
Ycc Family Crisis CenterOgden, UT$60,000222022
Suu - Southern Utah Museum of Art (suma)Cedar City, UT$57,750112023
Alano Club of Salt Lake CityMurray, UT$57,500222024
Utah 1033 FoundationPark City, UT$57,500442024
For the Kids OrgSalt Lake City, UT$57,000442024
Ability FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$55,000442024
Big Brothers - Big Sisters of UtahMurray, UT$55,000442024
Mountainlands Community Health Center IncProvo, UT$55,000222024
Peoples Health ClinicPark City, UT$55,000442024
Rocky Mountain Innocence CenterSalt Lake City, UT$55,000442024
Senior Charity Care FoundationKaysville, UT$55,000222022
Wow Utah IncHerriman, UT$55,000442024
Grand County School DistrictMoab, UT$54,000442024
America's Freedom FoundationProvo, UT$50,000222024
Applied Technology FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$50,000442024
Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum IncSpringville, UT$50,000112022
Dyslexia Center of UtahAmerican Fork, UT$50,000112023
Ephraim CityEphraim, UT$50,000112021
Friends of Liahona IncPleasant Grove, UT$50,000222022
Global Envirotech InitiativeSalt Lake City, UT$50,000112023
Jewish Family ServiceSalt Lake City, UT$50,000442024
My Story MattersSpringville, UT$50,000332023
National Center on Shaken Baby SyndromeFarmington, UT$50,000332023
Prager University FoundationSherman Oaks, CA$50,000222024
Safe House ProjectAlexandria, VA$50,000222024
Salt Lake Tribune IncSalt Lake City, UT$50,000112021
Scottish Rite FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$50,000332024
Snow College FoundationEphraim, UT$50,000222024
Southeastern Community Action PartnershipPrice, UT$50,000222024
Springville Museum of ArtSpringville, UT$50,000332024
U of U - Moran Eye CenterSalt Lake City, UT$50,000112024
U of U - Women's Resource CenterSalt Lake City, UT$50,000222024
University Impact (neonatal Rescue)Bluffdale, UT$50,000222023
Utah Royal KidsSandy, UT$50,000222024
Wilford Woodruff Papers FoundationCedar Hills, UT$50,000112024

352 of 516 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 718 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
158 grants
Arts & Culture
105 grants
Education
91 grants
International Affairs
58 grants
Health Care
47 grants
Mental Health
42 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
32 grants
Crime & Legal
30 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021309$24.5M$25,000
2022329$25.0M$20,000
2023304$27.0M$20,000
2024266$28.0M$20,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% of this one's giving went to organizations in Utah. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Utah
$93.6M
Maryland
$2.8M
Virginia
$1.4M
District of Columbia
$1.4M
Hawaii
$1.2M
Texas
$650K
Massachusetts
$575K
Pennsylvania
$450K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund194 shared recipientsGeorge S and Dolores Dore156 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc140 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc119 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation93 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation of Utah90 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Utah.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Sorenson Legacy Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 6900 South 900 East 230, Midvale, UT, 84047. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 45-3240491 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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