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Thomas H and Carolyn L

Park City, UT · EIN 87-0532783. Reported 52 grants totalling $872,837 to 33 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$872,837granted, 2021-2024
33organizations funded
35%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,636,001assets, 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. Thomas H and Carolyn L 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $23,918; the smallest was $500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
7 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Green Bay National Rr MuseumGreen Bay, WI$100,000112024
University of Utah - Museum of Fine ArtsSalt Lake City, UT$70,000442024
Park City Education FoundationPark City, UT$65,198222022
Egyptian TheaterPark City, UT$64,931442024
Westminster CollegeSalt Lake City, UT$59,554442024
FosmmittPark City, UT$52,200112024
De Pere Historical SocietyDe Pere, WI$50,000112022
FosmmttPark City, UT$50,000112023
University of Utah - Department of OpthalmologySalt Lake City, UT$50,000112021
Park City Educational Foundation FoundationPark City, UT$45,000112024
Vital Ground FoundationMissoula, MT$40,000332023
Utah SymphonySalt Lake City, UT$30,277442024
Park City MuseumPark City, UT$27,618222023
University of Utah - Department of Health SciencesSalt Lake City, UT$25,000112021
University of Utah - Department of OrthopedicsSalt Lake City, UT$25,000112021
Uw Gb FoundationGreen Bay, WI$25,000112021
Educational Resource Development CouncilSalt Lake City, UT$10,000112021
Nevada Museum of ArtReno, NV$10,000112023
University of Utah - Nhmu Copper ClubSalt Lake City, UT$9,659112022
Peace HousePark City, UT$8,900222023
University of Utah - Natural History MuseumSalt Lake City, UT$7,500222024
University of Utah - ErdcSalt Lake City, UT$6,000112024
Middlebury Community Charter SchoolMiddleberg, VA$5,000112024
Nova Chamber Music SeriesSalt Lake City, UT$5,000112023
Sprout Therapeutic Riding and Education CenterAldie, VA$5,000112022
University of Utah - Educational Resource Development Council - Health SciSalt Lake City, UT$5,000112022
University of Utah - Educational Resource Development Council - Health ScieSalt Lake City, UT$5,000112023
University of Utah - Moran Eye CenterSalt Lake City, UT$5,000112023
Youth Sports AlliancePark City, UT$5,000112022
Moran Eye CenterSalt Lake City, UT$2,500112021
Haitian Orchestra InstituteSalt Lake City, UT$1,500222023
KcpwPark City, UT$1,000112021
Summerfield Waldorf School and FarmSanta Rosa, CA$1,000112021

10 of 33 (30%) 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 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 15 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
5 grants
Education
5 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$254,918$10,500
202212$181,034$10,000
202313$158,254$5,000
202410$278,631$17,465

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. 73% 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
$637K
Wisconsin
$175K
Montana
$40K
Nevada
$10K
Virginia
$10K
California
$1K

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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 Fund9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust6 shared recipientsGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund6 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc6 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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 Thomas H and Carolyn L'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: Po Box 684020, Park City, UT, 84068. 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 87-0532783 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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