Funding search · EIN 453203840 · Salt Lake City, UT
Sorenson Impact Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 35
- grants reported
- $10.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $250,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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8 grants matching “ownership” · $2.8M
- $1.0M
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Philantrhopic investment grant for affordable home ownership
- $375,000
Lafayettte Square Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Support for projects creating equitable wealth including employee ownership
- $250,000
Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2024
Research and framework development for home shared ownership projects
- $250,000
Impactalpha · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Providing public education on homeownership, employee ownership and community ownership
- $250,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Neiborhood real estate ownership project and employee ownership project
- $250,000
Rutgers University · New Bruswick, NJ · 2024
Education and research in the area of emloyee ownership and profit sharing models
- $125,000
Ownership America Education Fund · Newburyport, MA · 2023
Increasing awareness and acheivability of equitable financial inclusion for business owners
- $250,000
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2022
Enhancing home ownership in poor communities
Grant history
All 35 reported grants, largest first.
- $2.0M
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Epicenter building capital campaign
- $1.0M
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Philantrhopic investment grant for affordable home ownership
- $825,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Impact investing student program; general support
- $700,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Impact investing student program; general support
- $638,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Impact investing student program; general support
- $375,000
Lafayettte Square Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Support for projects creating equitable wealth including employee ownership
- $250,000
B Lab Company · Berwyn, PA · 2024
Development of B Corp certification process and assistance
- $250,000
Impactalpha · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Providing public education on homeownership, employee ownership and community ownership
- $250,000
Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2024
Research and framework development for home shared ownership projects
- $250,000
Rutgers University · New Bruswick, NJ · 2024
Education and research in the area of emloyee ownership and profit sharing models
- $250,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Neiborhood real estate ownership project and employee ownership project
- $250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Impact investing alliance
- $250,000
Ok Foundation · Holladay, UT · 2023
Creation of job opportunities for hard-of-hearing and deaf individuals
- $250,000
Tides Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
OutcomesX program enabling markets for social outcomes to scale though in-person gatherings and informational publications
- $250,000
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2022
Enhancing home ownership in poor communities
- $250,000
Global Impact Investing Network · New York, NY · 2022
Building racial and diversity metrics into impact investing reporting standards
- $250,000
Transform Finance · New York, NY · 2022
Expanding investor education programs to address the wealth gap among disadvantaged populations
- $250,000
Womens Refugee Commission · New York, NY · 2022
Refugee self-reliance initiative
- $200,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
Programs to address systemic and systematic risks including inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss
- $200,000
B Lab Company · Berwyn, PA · 2022
Development of B Corp certification process and assistance
- $175,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Catalytic capital consortium project
- $175,000
Access Ventures · Louisville, KY · 2023
Promoting economic opportunity for disadvantaged groups and providing education
- $125,000
North American Students of Cooperation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Convening field-building peer netowrks among workers and co-op organizers
- $125,000
Ownership America Education Fund · Newburyport, MA · 2023
Increasing awareness and acheivability of equitable financial inclusion for business owners
- $125,000
Vesey Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Providing education and support for Latinx financial assistance programs
- $125,000
North American Students of Cooperation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Convening field-building peer netowrks among workers and co-op organizers
- $125,000
Vesey Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Providing education and support for Latinx financial assistance programs
- $100,000
Crane Institute of Sustainability · Manchesterbythesea, MA · 2023
Development of benchmarks for measuring impact for charitable endowments
- $100,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Impact investing program; opportunity zone program; sponsor Innovation Summit
- $75,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Impact investing alliance
- $75,000
Access Ventures · Louisville, KY · 2022
Promoting economic opportunity for disadvantaged groups and providing education
- $50,000
Crane Institute of Sustainability · Manchesterbythesea, MA · 2024
Development of benchmarks for measuring impact for charitable endowments
- $50,000
B Lab Company · Berwyn, PA · 2023
Development of B Corp certification process and assistance
- $40,000
Impact Investing Institute · 2024
Development of educational campaign to promote and encourage impact investing to catalyze social change
- $22,800
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Communications department funding
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