Funding search · EIN 870666762 · Salt Lake City, UT

Catalyst Foundation

Name: Catalyst Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

61
grants reported: $747,023
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

public radio exhibition music charitbale diplomacy historic home

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Utah Film Center1 grant · $151,895
University of Virginia2 grants · $149,725
Benie Foundation3 grants · $50,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness1 grant · $50,000
Council On Foreign Relations2 grants · $45,000
Salt Lake Arts Academy2 grants · $40,000
Uc San Diego Foundation2 grants · $37,500
Healing Place1 grant · $30,000
La Jolla Institute for Immunology2 grants · $25,000
La Jolla Music Society2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$282,228

2022

$38,000

2023

$173,400

2024

$253,395

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$151,895
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
Free community films and discussions
$119,725
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$50,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Owings Mills, MD · 2025
General charitable purpose
$30,000
Salt Lake Arts Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General charitable purpose
$30,000
Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
General charitable purpose
$30,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General charitable purpose
$27,500
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$25,000
Benie Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$25,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
International diplomacy
$20,000
Benie Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
General charitable purpose
$20,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024
International diplomacy
$20,000
Environmental Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2024
Public film festival
$15,000
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · La Jolla, CA · 2024
General charitable purpose
$15,000
La Jolla Music Society · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Music exhibition
$12,000
Mainly Mozart · San Diego, CA · 2022
Music exhibition
$10,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2025
General charitable purpose
$10,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General
$10,000
Center for Creative Education Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Salt Lake Arts Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General charitable purpose
$10,000
Arthur C Clarke Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$10,000
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · La Jolla, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$8,000
Sun Valley Writers Conference · Ketchum, ID · 2023
General charitable purpose
$6,500
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purpose
$5,000
Arthur C Clarke Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2025
General charitable purpose
$5,000
Institute of World Politics · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable purpose
$5,000
Chevy Chase at Home · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Help seniors live at home
$5,000
Kpbs - San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2024
Public radio
$5,000
Benie Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
General charitable purpose
$5,000
La Jolla Music Society · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Music exhibition
$5,000
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purpose
$5,000
Kued 7 · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Public television
$4,300
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purpose
$2,500
Arthur C Clarke Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General charitable purpose
$2,500
Chevy Chase at Home · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
Help seniors live at home
$2,500
Kpbs - San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public radio
$2,500
Society for Scholarly Publishing · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2022
General charitable purpose
$2,400
Kuer - University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Public radio
$2,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Gen
$2,000
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
$2,000
Hogle Zoo · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General charitable purpose
$1,200
Kuer - University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Public radio
$1,000
Hogle Zoo · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Coronado Times · Coronado, CA · 2024
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Historic preservation
$1,000
Edison Electric Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$1,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
General charitbale purpose
$1,000
Lds Philanthropies · Provo, UT · 2024
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Planet World Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Weta - Fm Tv · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public radio
$1,000
American Film Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Gen
$1,000
Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Historic preservation
$1,000
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
General charitbale purpose
$1,000
Lamb'S Players Theatre · Coronado, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Planet World Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purpose
$1,000
Weta - Fm Tv · Arlington, VA · 2022
Public radio
$503
Ksds - San Diego'S Jazz · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public radio
$500
Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2025
Public radio
$500
Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2024
Public radio
$500
Coronado Times · Coronado, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$500
Lds Philanthropies · Provo, UT · 2022
General charitable purpose

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