Funding search · EIN 870481508 · Salt Lake City, UT

Janet Q Lawson 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.

160
grants reported
$9.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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3 grants matching “engen · $30,000

  • $10,000

    Alf Engen Ski Museum · Park City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Alf Engen Ski Museum · Park City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Alf Engen Ski Museum · Park City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Utah State University3 grants · $4.0M
  • Neighborhood House3 grants · $855,000
  • Renaissance Charitable Foundation1 grant · $840,000
  • University of Utah3 grants · $758,500
  • Salt Lake Tribune2 grants · $300,000
  • Entrada Cultural Center1 grant · $280,000
  • Intermountain Foundation at Primary Children'S Hospital3 grants · $275,000
  • Ballet West3 grants · $215,000
  • Utah Symphony Utah Opera3 grants · $195,000
  • National Philanthropic Trust1 grant · $170,000

Giving over time

$3.2M
2022
$2.7M
2023
$3.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 160 grants.

  • $1.4M

    Utah State University · Logan, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $1.4M

    Utah State University · Logan, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $1.2M

    Utah State University · Logan, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $840,000

    Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $785,000

    Neighborhood House · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $410,000

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $286,000

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $280,000

    Entrada Cultural Center · Torrey, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $255,000

    Intermountain Foundation at Primary Children'S Hospital · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $200,000

    Salt Lake Tribune · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $170,000

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $130,000

    Ballet West · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $110,000

    Ymca of Northern Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $100,000

    Huntsman Mental Health Institute · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $100,000

    Salt Lake Tribune · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $85,000

    Nature Conservancy in Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $75,000

    Utah Symphony Utah Opera · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $70,000

    Canyon Country Discovery Center · Monticello, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $70,000

    Tracy Aviary · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $62,500

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $60,000

    Utah Symphony Utah Opera · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $60,000

    Utah Symphony Utah Opera · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $50,000

    Girl Scouts of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $50,000

    Krcl-Fm Listeners Community Radio of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $50,000

    Girl Scouts of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $45,000

    Friends of Tracy Aviary · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $45,000

    Ballet West · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $42,500

    Nature Conservancy in Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $40,000

    Utah'S Hogle Zoo · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $40,000

    Utah'S Hogle Zoo · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $40,000

    Ballet West · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $40,000

    Utah'S Hogle Zoo · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $35,000

    Girl Scouts of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $35,000

    Neighborhood House · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $35,000

    Neighborhood House · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $35,000

    Nature Conservancy in Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $30,000

    Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks · Moab, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $25,000

    Blaine Avalanche & Rescue K9s Corp · Hailey, ID · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    Black Mesa Trust · Kykotsmovi Village, AZ · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    Guadalupe School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    The McGillis School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    Black Mesa Trust · Kykotsmovi Village, AZ · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    Guadalupe School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    The McGillis School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    Guadalupe School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $20,000

    Tracy Aviary · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $17,500

    Black Mesa Trust · Kykotsmovi Village, AZ · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $15,000

    Bountiful Community Food Pantry · Bountiful, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $15,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Finanical Support

  • $15,000

    Youth Garden Project · Moab, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $15,000

    Planned Parenthood Association · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $15,000

    Utah Food Bank · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $15,000

    Youth Garden Project · Moab, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $15,000

    Youth Garden Project · Moab, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Alf Engen Ski Museum · Park City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (Ace) · Long Island, NY · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Bridgerland Technical College Foundation · Logan, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Escalante, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Moab Free Health Clinic · Moab, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Moab Music Festival · Moab, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Safe Harbor Crisis Center · Layton, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Madeline Choir School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Alf Engen Ski Museum · Park City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Bridgerland Technical College Foundation · Logan, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Intermountain Foundation at Primary Children'S Hospital · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Moab Free Health Clinic · Moab, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Moab Music Festival · Moab, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    New Horizons Crisis Center · Richfield, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Pta Utah Congress Dba South Davis Junior High · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The John D Eccles and Vera E Eccles Family Foundation · Bountiful, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Madeline Choir School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Utah Rivers Council · Sandy, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Ymca of Northern Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Alf Engen Ski Museum · Park City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Bountiful City · Bountiful, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Escalante, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Intermountain Foundation at Primary Children'S Hospital · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Moab Free Health Clinic · Moab, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Moab Music Festival · Moab, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Planned Parenthood Association · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Rainn · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Richard W Erickson Foundation · Kaysville, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Jared Prescott Charitable Trust · Centerville, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Madeline Choir School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The McGillis School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $10,000

    Ymca of Northern Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General Financial Support

  • $9,000

    Boston Book Festival · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $7,500

    Davis Education Foundation · Farmington, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $7,500

    Ducks Unlimited · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $7,500

    Shriner'S Hospital for Children · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General Financial Support

  • $7,300

    Davis Education Foundation · Farmington, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

  • $7,000

    Wasatch Community Gardens · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General Financial Support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.