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Private foundation (trust)EIN 456794415Est. 2012-11

James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

Total Assets

$64.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

31

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$83K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$1.6M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.2M

Total Expenses

$3.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.2M

Distributable Amount

$3.8M

Min. Investment Return

$2.9M

Undistributed Income

$3.4M

Payout rate 83%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.83%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

31 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $500 to maximum $1.6M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.6M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

104 grants

The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
$5.9M
6 grants
University of Utah
$794K
5 grants
New Venture Fund
$400K
4 grants
The University of Utah
$250K
1 grant
Utah Sports Commission Foundation
$206K
3 grants
American Ideas Foundation
$200K
1 grant
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
$150K
1 grant
Utah Food Bank
$126K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

104 grants

<$10K
77
grants
$10–50K
5
grants
$50–250K
18
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

16 states

Utah
$7.7M
88% of total
District of Columbia
$402K
5% of total
Wisconsin
$200K
2% of total
Ohio
$150K
2% of total
California
$130K
1% of total
Idaho
$101K
1% of total
New Jersey
$25K
0% of total
New York
$5K
0% of total
Minnesota
$2K
0% of total
Tennessee
$2K
0% of total

+6 more states

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