Funder Standing / Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Sorenson Legacy Foundation

UT · EIN 453240491 · 100M+ · data as of FY2024
Adds new grantees occasionally

23 of 266 organizations Sorenson Legacy Foundation funded in FY2024 had not been funded in the prior 3 years.

Across all compared years the rate is 17.7%. Foundations of a similar size sit at 33.0%.

The numbers

New-grantee rate
17.7%
Pooled across compared years
Median grant
$20,000
Range $700 – $5,675,000
Repeat-dollar share
84.1%
Dollars to prior-year grantees
Accepts unsolicited
Yes
Inferred from the filing — see below
Match rate
100.0%
Grant lines resolved to an organization
Filing years used
5
Consecutive returns on file

Who they funded in FY2024

RecipientAmount
CROCKER CATALYST FOUNDATION$5,675,000
DESERET TRUST COMPANY$5,000,000
INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC$1,800,000
U OF U - SCMI BUILDINGnew$1,750,000
JDRF INTERNATIONALnew$1,500,000
THOM & GAIL WILLIAMSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,161,000
ELIZABETH ACADEMY$1,030,000
U OF U - COLLEGE OF EDUCATION$826,200
AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOLS INC$775,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF UTAHnew$666,667
UTAH FOOD BANK$381,333
U OF U - TANNER DANCE$260,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$210,000
BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE$200,000
THE ROAD HOME$200,000
UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE$150,000
SUU - UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$150,000
DO NO HARM$150,000
CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER$120,000
THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION$110,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$110,000
BOUNTIFUL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION (LIAHONA)$100,000
CONSERVATIVE PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE INC$100,000
UTAH SYMPHONY AND OPERA$100,000
SALT LAKE CITY MISSION$85,000

Showing the 25 largest of 266 grants.

How to read this

Every US private foundation files Form 990-PF, and Part XV of that return itemises each grant it paid, with the recipient's name. Lining those lists up across filing years shows which organizations were funded for the first time.

That does work the application checkbox cannot. Whether a foundation says it accepts unsolicited proposals is self-reported and never audited. The grant ledger is behaviour.

What this page does not tell you. Whether your work fits what Sorenson Legacy Foundation funds — no tax return contains that. Whether anyone on your board already knows a trustee, which is how a great deal of foundation money actually moves. Or anything that has changed since the last filing, which runs twelve to twenty-four months behind.
Source. IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV line 3a (grants paid during the year), tax years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Excludes. Grants approved for future payment, which the return lists separately
Computed. 2026-08-03 · Next recompute. 2026-11-01
Distribution. GivingTuesday Data Lake mirror of the IRS e-file corpus

If this is your foundation.

Every figure here comes from your own filings. If one looks wrong I would rather hear it than keep publishing it — write to me and I will show you the filings and the arithmetic behind it, and correct it if it is off.