Funding search · EIN 453240491 · Midvale, UT

Sorenson Legacy 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.

900
grants reported
$80.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
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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Top recipients

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  • Crocker Catalyst Foundation3 grants · $14.6M
  • Deseret Trust Company3 grants · $11.1M
  • Intermountain Healthcare Foundation3 grants · $5.4M
  • Elizabeth Academy3 grants · $4.7M
  • Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation3 grants · $3.3M
  • American Heritage Schools2 grants · $2.3M
  • U of U - Scmi Building1 grant · $1.8M
  • U of U - College of Education2 grants · $1.6M
  • Jdrf International1 grant · $1.5M
  • Cancer Research America2 grants · $1.3M

Giving over time

$25.0M
2022
$26.9M
2023
$28.0M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 900 grants.

  • $5.7M

    Crocker Catalyst Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $5.0M

    Deseret Trust Company · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $5.0M

    Crocker Catalyst Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $4.5M

    Deseret Trust Company · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $4.0M

    Crocker Catalyst Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2.1M

    Elizabeth Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.8M

    Intermountain Healthcare Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.8M

    Intermountain Healthcare Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.8M

    Intermountain Healthcare Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.8M

    U of U - Scmi Building · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.6M

    Deseret Trust Company · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.5M

    Elizabeth Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.5M

    Jdrf International · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.5M

    American Heritage Schools · American Fork, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.2M

    Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.1M

    Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · Midvale, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.1M

    Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · Midvale, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Elizabeth Academy · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Brigham Young University - Hawaii · Laie, HI · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $860,000

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $826,200

    U of U - College of Education · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $800,000

    Cancer Research America · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $775,000

    American Heritage Schools · American Fork, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $765,000

    U of U - College of Education · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $666,667

    Community Foundation of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Cancer Research America · Rockville, MD · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Herbert Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $450,000

    Utah Food Bank · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $381,333

    Utah Food Bank · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $360,000

    Utah Food Bank · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $265,000

    The Road Home · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $260,000

    U of U - Tanner Dance · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Anasazi Foundation · Mesa, AZ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Mobile Surgery International · Sandy, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Mully Childrens Family USA · Alpharetta, GA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $230,000

    Zion Canyon Mesa · Springdale, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $210,000

    Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    The Road Home · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    The Road Home · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $175,000

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

    General charitable purposes

  • $175,000

    Utah Youth Village · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $155,000

    Seager Memorial Clinic · Ogden, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Do No Harm · Glen Allen, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Suu - Utah Shakespeare Festival · Cedar City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Utah Youth Village · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    America First Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Bountiful Childrens Foundation (Liahona) · Springville, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Brent and Cheri Andrus Charitable Trust · Park City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Kids On the Move · Orem, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

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

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Youth Futures · Ogden, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $130,000

    South Valley Sanctuary · West Jordan, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Suu - Utah Shakespeare Festival · Cedar City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    The Good Samaritan Foundation · Midvale, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Capsa · Logan, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Operation Smile · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Suu - Utah Shakespeare Festival · Cedar City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $120,000

    Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $120,000

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $115,000

    Kids On the Move · Orem, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $115,000

    American Heart Association · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $110,000

    American National Red Cross · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $110,000

    The Good Samaritan Foundation · Midvale, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Bountiful Childrens Foundation (Liahona) · Springville, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

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

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Center for Women and Children in Crisis · Orem, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Do No Harm · Glen Allen, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Center for Women and Children in Crisis · Orem, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    The Zahra Charity · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $100,000

    Utah State Board of Education · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $95,000

    South Valley Sanctuary · West Jordan, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $92,500

    Dr Dale B Hull Foundation · Sandy, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $90,000

    Children'S Service Society of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $90,000

    Friends of Switchpoint · St George, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $90,000

    Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $85,000

    Salt Lake City Mission · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $85,000

    The Inn Between · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $85,000

    Salt Lake City Mission · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $85,000

    Brigham Young University · Provo, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $85,000

    Salt Lake City Mission · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $84,000

    Eye Care 4 Kids Foundation · Midvale, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $82,000

    Walden School · Provo, UT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $82,000

    Walden School · Provo, UT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $80,000

    Fit To Recover · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

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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.