The Franks Family Foundation
Salt Lake City, UT · EIN 20-8118710. Reported 139 grants totalling $892,660 to 70 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Franks Family 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $7,000; the smallest was $10 and the largest $91,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA Northern Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $91,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Salt Lake City, UT | $57,010 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude | Memphis, TN | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spy Hop | Salt Lake City, UT | $42,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Utah | Murray, UT | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adopt a Native Elder Program | South Salt Lake City, UT | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospital | Salt Lake City, UT | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood House | Salt Lake City, UT | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Church of Scientology | Salt Lake City, UT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Utah Food Bank | Salt Lake City, UT | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Salt Lake City, UT | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Road Home | Midvale, UT | $21,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust | Laguna Hills, CA | $20,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | Canyonville, OR | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Center | Salt Lake City, UT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fourth Street Clinic | Salt Lake City, UT | $14,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guide Dog Foundation | Smithtown, NY | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salt Lake City Mission | Salt Lake City, UT | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Preborn | Indianapolis, IN | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics | Salt Lake City, UT | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Judge Memorial High School | Salt Lake City, UT | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rescue Mission of Salt Lake | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant House | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cache Humane Society | Logan, UT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | Penngrove, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | Salt Lake City, UT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ron Mcbride Foundation | Sandy, UT | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $5,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hayes Tough | Holladay, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nepal Cleft and Burn Center | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Odyssey House | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quarters for Christmas | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save the Childen | Fairfield, CT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sharing Place | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leo Love Rescue | Santa Monica, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Otherside Academy | Salt Lake City, UT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA | Atlanta, GA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Salt Lake City, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Love Leo Rescue | Santa Monica, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA Northern | Salt Lake City, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vested Interest in K9S | East Taunton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Murray, UT | $2,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baja Community Foundation | Silverdale, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utah Police Civilian Association | Salt Lake City, UT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Indian Services | Lehi, UT | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utah Health Policy Project | West Valley City, UT | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cash Gift | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rescue Mission | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Suma | Cedar City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Inn Between | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Toys for Tots | Triangle, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Giving Basket | Saddle Brook, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maui Strong | Kahului, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Audubon Society | Salt Lake City, UT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
37 of 70 (53%) 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 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | $143,850 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $190,050 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $268,410 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $290,350 | $5,000 |
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
66% of its giving went to organizations in Utah. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Utah.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Franks Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 3905 Prospector Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, 84121. 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.
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