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Private foundation (trust)EIN 870481508Est. 1991-11

Janet Q Lawson Foundation

Salt Lake City, UT 841450385

Total Assets

$67.6M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$2.7M

FY 2023

Grants Made

57

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$47K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$1.2M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$3.5M

Total Expenses

$3.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.7M

Distributable Amount

$3.2M

Min. Investment Return

$3.2M

Undistributed Income

$404K

Payout rate 86%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.86%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

57 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $10K to maximum $1.2M, 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

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $3.2M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

149 grants

Utah State University
$2.8M
3 grants
Neighborhood House
$855K
3 grants
University of Utah
$776K
3 grants
Salt Lake Tribune
$200K
1 grant
Utah Symphony Utah Opera
$180K
3 grants
National Philanthropic Trust
$170K
1 grant
Nature Conservancy in Utah
$159K
3 grants
Girl Scouts of Utah
$142K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

149 grants

<$10K
100
grants
$10–50K
34
grants
$50–250K
10
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

13 states

Utah
$6.3M
93% of total
Pennsylvania
$170K
3% of total
Massachusetts
$99K
1% of total
Arizona
$61K
1% of total
Oregon
$35K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$20K
0% of total
California
$14K
0% of total
Georgia
$10K
0% of total
Washington
$10K
0% of total
Hawaii
$10K
0% of total

+3 more states

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