GrantmakersUtah

Our Rescue

Salt Lake City, UT · EIN 46-3614979. Reported 606 grants totalling $15.2M to 545 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

545organizations funded
$11,735median reported grant
$15.2Mgranted, 2021-2024
14%of grantees funded again the next year
7%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Our Rescue, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A50) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 545 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 14% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $11,735. Half of what it reported fell between $9,071 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,090 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
204 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
287 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
76 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
18 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
15 grants
$250,000 Or More
6 grants

Every organization it funded

All 545 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Rods Heroes IncWest Jordan, UT$1,000,000112021
This MissionSpokane, WA$850,000112021
Hand in HandPine Mountain, GA$705,000332023
Madison Adoption Associates LtdClaymont, DE$550,500332023
Liberty and LightProvidence, UT$510,000112021
Open Door Adoption Agency IncThomasville, GA$448,496222022
Great Wall China Adoption IncAustin, TX$292,620222022
Empowered to Change IncLargo, FL$270,000112021
Human Trafficking Training CenterChadwick, MO$264,037332024
Wasatch International Adoptions LLCOgden, UT$231,500332023
Love Justice InternationalLincoln, NE$220,000222022
New Horizons Adoption Agency IncBlue Earth, MN$156,000112022
Marshall University Foundation IncorporatedHuntington, WV$154,904112021
New Hope for ChildrenDover, NH$146,000222022
Kyampisi Childcare Ministries-IncAttleboro, MA$145,442112021
Utah Crime Victim Legal Clinic IncSalt Lake Cty, UT$117,968332023
Childhelp IncScottsdale, AZ$100,717112021
Komite IncBonita Springs, FL$100,000222023
UncagedColorado Spgs, CO$100,000112021
Arise Project for HumanityLexington, GA$97,000112021
World Links Association IncScranton, PA$92,000112022
Utah Tech UniversitySt George, UT$86,678112022
Wide Horizons for Children IncWaltham, MA$84,000332023
Lily HavenBoys Town, NE$80,000112023
Holt International Childrens Services IncEugene, OR$78,000332023
Gladney Center for AdoptionFort Worth, TX$75,000332023
Small World IncMount Juliet, TN$70,000222023
Childrens International Rescue FoundationWest Jordan, UT$65,000112021
Vigo County High Tech Crime UnitTerre Haute, IN$63,865112023
American Relief CentersSanta Cruz, CA$60,000112021
Little Rock Police DepartmentLittle Rock, AR$55,303112022
Hope Center Indy IncIndianapolis, IN$55,150222023
Building Arizona FamiliesSurprise, AZ$52,000332023
The Open Door Adoption Agency IncThomasville, GA$51,000112023
Childrens House InternationalLynden, WA$50,000222022
Institute for Survivor Care IncLa Grange, KY$50,000112023
Marathon County Sheriff's DepartmentMosinee, WI$50,000112022
Respire MinistriesLafayette, LA$50,000112021
The Nazarene FundProvidence, UT$50,000112022
Families Mentoring FamiliesSpanish Fork, UT$46,937222022
Hermiston Police DepartmentHermiston, OR$45,170222024
Unified Police Department of Greater Salt LakeSalt Lake City, UT$42,327112024
City Help Inc of PhoenixPhoenix, AZ$42,000222023
Rupert Police DepartmentRupert, ID$41,418112022
Boise Police DepartmentBoise, ID$41,090112022
America World Adoption AssociationMclean, VA$40,000112021
Engedi Refuge Ministries IncLynden, WA$40,000112022
Lowndes County Sheriff's OfficeValdosta, GA$39,271222023
Benton County Sheriff's OfficeCorvallis, OR$39,210222024
New Castle Police DepartmentNew Castle, IN$38,864112024
Terrebonne Parish Sheriffs OfficeHouma, LA$38,524222024
Seattle Police DepartmentSeattle, WA$38,430112024
City of Moline - Moline Police DepartmentMoline, IL$37,085222024
Hidalgo Police DepartmentHidalgo, TX$36,496112022
City of Jackson - Jackson Police DepartmentJackson, AL$35,751222024
Town of Carolina Beach - Carolina Beach Police DepartmentCarolina Beach, NC$35,613222024
Kenosha Police DepartmentKenosha, WI$35,222112021
Emanuel County Board of Commissioners - Emanuel County Sheriffs Office GaBel Air, MD$35,034322024
Playing for Change FoundationSanta Monica, CA$35,000222023
Town of Madison - City of Madison Police DepartmentMadison, AL$34,880112024
Kentucky State PoliceFrankfort, KY$33,847332024
Dupage County Sheriff's OfficeWheaton, IL$33,782112022
Florida Department of Law EnforcementTallahassee, FL$32,492222024
Johnson County SheriffBuffalo, WY$31,491112022
Clallam County Sheriffs OfficePort Angeles, WA$31,372112024
Garden Gate Ranch IncIndianola, IA$31,031112023
Carolina Beach Police DepartmentCarolina Beach, NC$30,897112022
Pittsfield Police DepartmentPittsfield, MA$30,740112022
All God's Children International IncVancouver, WA$30,000112023
Child Adoption Associates IncWets Roxbury, MA$30,000112021
Hands Across the Water IncAnn Arbor, MI$30,000222022
Hopscotch Adoptions IncHigh Point, NC$30,000112022
The Family Network Adoption CenterFair Oaks, CA$30,000112022
Tulsa County Sheriff's OfficeTulsa, OK$29,850112022
Social Medicine InternationalSalt Lake City, UT$29,576222024
Bernalillo County Sheriff's OfficeAlbuquerque, NM$29,572112024
Laredo Police DepartmentLaredo, TX$29,555112023
North Dakota Attorney General - North Dakota Bureau of Criminal InvestigatiBismarck, ND$29,325112024
Rogers County Sheriff's OfficeClaremore, OK$29,266222023
Stratford Police DepartmentStratford, CT$29,154222024
Cherokee County Board of Commissioners - Cherokee County Sheriff's OfficeCanton, GA$29,007112024
National Alliance for Drugendangered ChildrenWestminster, CO$29,000112022
Murray County Sheriff's OfficeChatsworth, GA$28,848222024
Overture Outreach InternationalHigh Point, NC$27,780112023
Aurora Police DepartmentAurora, CO$26,548112022
Willowbend Farms IncCleveland, TN$26,425222022
Stirling Police DepartmentSterling, CO$26,150112024
Pine Bluff Police DepartmentPine Bluff, AR$26,041112022
Anniston Police DepartmentAnniston, AL$25,771112022
Cochise County Sheriff's DepartmentBisbee, AZ$25,771112022
Corpus Christi Police DepartmentCorpus Christi, TX$25,771112022
Kerr County Sheriff's OfficeKerrville, TX$25,771112022
North Dakota Attorney GeneralBismarck, ND$25,771112022
Oklahoma City Police DepartmentOklahoma City, OK$25,771112022
Rowan County Sheriff's OfficeSalisbury, NC$25,771112022
Saint Martin Parish Sheriff's OfficeSt Martinville, LA$25,771112022
Southampton Town Police DepartmentHampton Bays, NY$25,771112022
Twin Falls Police DepartmentTwin Falls, ID$25,771112022
Cumberland County District AttorneyCarlisle, PA$25,721112022
State of Hawaii Department of Public Safety - Sheriff DivisionHonolulu, HI$25,520112022
Baldwin County Sheriff's OfficeBay Minette, AL$25,271112022
Broken Arrow Police DepartmentBroken Arrow, OK$25,271112022
Durango Police DepartmentDurango, CO$25,271112022
Kennewick Police DepartmentKennewick, WA$25,271112022
Ouachita Parish Sheriff's OfficeMonroe, LA$25,271112022
Palm Bay Police DepartmentPalm Bay, FL$25,271112022
Yakima Police DepartmentYakima, WA$25,271112022
Yuba City Police DepartmentYuba City, CA$25,271112022
Global Centurion Foundation IncFredericksbrg, VA$25,000112022
Lifeline Childrens Services IncBirmingham, AL$25,000112021
Nevada County District AttorneyTruckee, CA$25,000112022
Rejuvenating WomenBoys Town, NE$25,000112021
Street GraceNorcross, GA$25,000112022
County of Pasco Office of Sheriff - Pasco County Sheriff's OfficeNew Port Richey, FL$24,936112024
Hope for Justice IncNashville, TN$24,000112022
Pathfinders Justice Initiative IncorporatedLas Vegas, NV$24,000112022
Springboro Police DepartmentSpringboro, OH$23,749112024
Greeley Police DepartmentGreeley, CO$23,700112023
Baltimore Police DepartmentBaltimore, MD$23,382112024
Sweetwater County - Sweetwater County Sheriff's OfficeGreen River, WY$23,366222024
Twelfth Judicial District Attorney's OfficeAlamogordo, NM$23,251112022
Wilmette Police DepartmentWilmette, IL$23,201112023
University of California IrvineIrvine, CA$23,155112022
City of Yakima - Yakima Police Department WaYakima, WA$23,039112024
Iowa Department of Public SafetyDes Moines, IA$23,025112022
Dressember FoundationBellevue, WA$23,000112022
City of Tucson - Tucson Police DepartmentTucson, AZ$22,645112023
City of Ashland - Ashland Police DepartmentAshland, KY$22,271112024
Caldwell County Sheriff's OfficeLenoir, NC$22,246112024
Sussex Police DepartmentSussex, NJ$22,136112022
Frederick Police DepartmentFrederick, MD$22,065112022
Garvin County Sheriff's OfficePauls Valley, OK$22,031112022
Doors to FreedomSummerville, SC$21,877112023
Maricopa County Sheriffs Office - Maricopa CountyPhoenix, AZ$21,734112024
Spark Police Department - City of SparksSparks, NV$21,669112024
Los Angeles County Sheriffs OfficeMonterey Park, CA$21,302112022
County of Camden - Camden County Sheriff's OfficeCamden, NC$21,298112024
City of Searcy - Searcy Police DepartmentSearcy, AR$21,159222024
The Dekalb County Commission - Dekalb County Sheriff's OfficeFort Payne, AL$21,151222024
Harding University Police DepartmentSearcy, AR$21,042112024
Dorchester County Sheriff's OfficeCambridge, MD$21,013112023
Texas City Police DepartmentTexas City, TX$20,649112023
Cordova Police DepartmentCordova, AK$20,560112024
Isle of Wight County Sheriffs OfficeWindsor, VA$20,454112022
Jupiter Police DepartmentJupiter, FL$20,316112022
City of Vancouver - Vancouver Police DepartmentVancouver, WA$20,161112023
All Gods Children InternationalVancouver, WA$20,000112021
Bloom for Women IncEaston, PA$20,000112024
Exodus Cry IncSan Clemente, CA$20,000112022
Horry County Sheriff's OfficeConway, SC$20,000112023
Love Never FailsDublin, CA$20,000112022
Nightlight Christian AdoptionsSanta Ana, CA$20,000112022
The Foundation UnitedSarasota, FL$20,000112022
Unitas North AmericaNew York, NY$20,000112022
County of Collin - Collin County Sheriff's OfficeMckinney, TX$19,804112024
Greenville Police DepartmentGreenville, SC$19,662112024
Lake County Sheriffs OfficeWaukegan, IL$19,578112022
Franklin County Sheriffs Office - Dba - Franklin County Board of SupervisorRocky Mount, VA$19,507112024
Town of Watertown - Watertown Police DepartmentWatertown, CT$19,487222024
City of Janesville - Janesville Police DepartmentJanesville, WI$19,461112024
County of Middlesex - Middlesex County Sheriff's OfficeSaluda, VA$19,400112024
Ankeny Police DepartmentAnkeny, IA$19,377112022
Council Bluffs Police DepartmentCouncil Bluffs, IA$19,289112023
Utah Tech Digital Forensics LabSt George, UT$19,015112023
Pasco County Sheriffs OfficeNew Port Richey, FL$18,976112022
Illinois State PoliceMacomb, IL$18,950112023
Hamilton County Sheriff's OfficeCincinnati, OH$18,857112022
Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Attorney General - Kentucky AttorneFrankfort, KY$18,777112024
Mobile County Sheriff's OfficeMobile, AL$18,657112023
Grant Parrish Sheriffs OfficeColfax, LA$18,470112022
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney GeneralHarrisburg, PA$18,431112022
Queen Creek Police DepartmentQueen Creek, AZ$18,370112022
Ottawa County - Ottawa County Major Crimes Unit OhioPort Clinton, OH$18,362112024
Desoto County Sheriffs OfficeHernando, MS$18,318112022
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog IncJanesville, WI$18,242112023
City of Watertown - Watertown Police DepartmentWatertown, SD$18,195112024
Office of the Treasurer - Maine State PoliceAugusta, ME$18,124112024
Cook County Sheriff's OfficeChicago, IL$18,102112022
Town of Smithfield - Smithfield Police DepartmentSmithfield, VA$17,769112024
Grover Beach Police DepartmentGrover Beach, CA$17,600112024
Montana Department of JusticeHelena, MT$17,599112022
Chesapeake Police DepartmentChesapeake, VA$17,540112022
County of Swain - Swain County Sheriff's OfficeBryson City, NC$17,534222024
Call to Freedom IncSioux Falls, SD$17,500112024
Payne County Sheriff's OfficeStillwater, OK$17,437112023
Cabot Police DepartmentCabot, AR$17,347112023
Paradise Valley Police DepartmentParadise Valley, AZ$17,300112023
City of Waterbury - Waterbury Police DepartmentWaterbury, CT$17,246112024
Washington County SheriffHurricane, UT$17,121112022
Cedar City Police DepartmentCedar City, UT$17,088112024
Office of the District Attorney - Third Judicial District of KansasTopeka, KS$17,045112023
City of Kissimmee - Kissimmee Police DepartmentKissimmee, FL$16,791112024
Santa Clara-Ivins Police DepartmentSanta Clara, UT$16,743112022
Memphis Police DepartmentMemphis, TN$16,608112022
StreetlightusaPeoria, AZ$16,582112023
Dublin Police DepartmentDublin, OH$16,536112022
Agape AdoptionsSumner, WA$16,500112022
Boone County Sheriff's OfficeBurlington, KY$16,441112023
Texas A&m University - Texas A&m University Police DepartmentCollege Station, TX$16,431222024
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (fort Meyers)Fort Myers, FL$16,249112022
Luzerne County District Attorney's OfficeWilkes Barre, PA$16,235112023
Hibbing Police DepartmentHibbing, MN$16,170112022
County of Powhatan - Powhatan County Sheriff's OfficePowhatan, VA$16,165222024
Parkersburg Police DepartmentParkersburg, WV$16,015112022
Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeMonroe, MI$15,973112022
Catahoula Parish Police DepartmentJonesville, LA$15,950112022
Choctaw Nation Police DepartmentDurant, OK$15,925112023
Beaver County Sheriff's OfficeBeaver, UT$15,921112023
Spotsylvania Sheriff's OfficeSpotsylvania, VA$15,904112023
City of Crete - Crete Police DepartmentCrete, NE$15,840222024
Montana Division of Criminal InvestigationHelena, MT$15,771112022
Hinsdale Police DepartmentHinsdale, IL$15,560222024
Town of Burlington - Burlington Police DepartmentBurlington, MA$15,509222024
Third Talk Foundation IncAsheville, NC$15,500112022
Vermont Office of Attorney General - Vermont Internet Crimes Against ChildrSouth Burlington, VT$15,380112024
Downers Grove Police DepartmentDowners Grove, IL$15,339112022
Napa County - Napa County Sheriffs OfficeNapa, CA$15,250112024
Apache County Sheriff's OfficeSt Johns, AZ$15,220112023
Cabarrus County Sheriffs OfficeConcord, NC$15,205112022
City of Alamogordo - Alamogordo Police DepartmentAlamogordo, NM$15,202112024
Evesham Police DepartmentMarlton, NJ$15,197112024
Douglas County Sheriff's Office (wa)East Wenatchee, WA$15,188112024
Alaska Bureau of InvestigationAnchorage, AK$15,000112023
Bazoria County Sheriff's OfficeAngleton, TX$15,000112022
California District Attorney Investigators AssociationNapa, CA$15,000112022
Childrens Home Society of MinnesotaSaint Paul, MN$15,000112023
Frederick County States Attorneys OfficeFrederick, MD$15,000112022
Home on the RangeSentinel Butte, ND$15,000112024
SwitchGreenville, SC$15,000112022
Waukesha Police DepartmentWaukesha, WI$15,000112023
Wright County Sheriff's OfficeWest Milton, OH$15,000112023
Cleveland Police DepartmentCleveland, OH$14,900112024
Douglas County Sheriff's Office (ga)Douglasville, GA$14,897112024
City of Goodyear - Goodyear Police DepartmentGoodyear, AZ$14,822112023
City of Jacksboro - Jacksboro Police DepartmentJacksboro, TX$14,769112024
Pettis County Sheriff's OfficeSedalia, MO$14,734112024
Middletown Police Department RiMiddletown, RI$14,719112022
Idaho Falls Police DepartmentIdaho Falls, ID$14,701112022
County of Rowan - Rowan County Sheriff's OfficeSalisbury, NC$14,554222024
Parish of Pointe Coupee Sheriff - Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriffs OfficeNew Roads, LA$14,508112024
Douglas County Sheriff's OfficeDouglasville, GA$14,483112023
Juab County Sheriff DepartmentNephi, UT$14,236112022
Athens County Sheriffis OfficeAthens, OH$14,170112023
Scott County Sheriff's OffcieScottsburg, IN$14,170112023
Lower Makefield Township - Lower Makefield Police DepartmentYardley, PA$14,112112024
St Clair County Sheriff's OfficeAshville, AL$14,000112023
Woodridge Police DepartmentWoodridge, IL$13,968112024
City of West Columbia - Dba - West Columbia Police DepartmentWest Columbia, TX$13,785112024
Washington County Sheriff's Office UtahHurricane, UT$13,762112023
Dallas Police DepartmentDallas, TX$13,627112022

50 of 545 (9%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

It also reported 4 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 81 of 545 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Human Services
29 orgs
Crime & Legal
13 orgs
International Affairs
11 orgs
Religion
7 orgs
Mental Health
5 orgs
Housing & Shelter
2 orgs
Education
2 orgs
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
2 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202138$5,534,488$45,000
2022223$4,754,877$14,719
2023163$2,474,393$10,900
2024182$2,386,811$11,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

16% of its giving went to organizations in Utah. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Utah
$2.4M
Georgia
$1.5M
Washington
$1.3M
Texas
$754K
Florida
$662K
Delaware
$581K
California
$466K
Arizona
$383K

Down to the city

West Jordan, UT
$1.1M
Spokane, WA
$850K
Pine Mountain, GA
$705K
Providence, UT
$560K
Claymont, DE
$550K
Thomasville, GA
$499K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 Fund56 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc46 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc45 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc39 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust25 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program25 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,735 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Utah.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Our Rescue's own Form 990 Schedule I 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 57338, Salt Lake City, UT, 84157.

EIN 46-3614979 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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