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Marc C and Deborah H Bingham

Provo, UT · EIN 47-2303248. Reported 56 grants totalling $2,994,580 to 37 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,500median grant
$2,994,580granted, 2021-2024
37organizations funded
33%of grantees funded again the next year
$44,560assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Marc C and Deborah H Bingham did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $15,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $995,448. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
5 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
12 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Eye Care 4 KidsSalt Lake City, UT$995,448112021
Intermountain FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$602,658332023
University ImpactProvo, UT$300,000222022
Holbrook Community CenterLehi, UT$200,000112023
Maliheh Free ClinicSalt Lake City, UT$90,000332023
Uvu FoundationOrem, UT$82,674542024
Utah's Cooperative Wildlife ManagementSalt Lake City, UT$75,000112023
Snow CollegeEphraim, UT$60,000112023
University of Colorado FoundationDenver, CO$60,000112022
Jack a Vickers Prostate Concer FundCastle Rock, CO$50,000112024
Younique FoundationLehi, UT$50,000222022
Slcc FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$46,000332023
Sharing PlaceSalt Lake City, UT$45,000332023
Prader - Willi Syndrome AssociationBrandon, FL$32,300112022
Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, UT$30,000222022
SapreaLehi, UT$30,000112023
Bridle Up HopeAlpine, UT$25,000112023
Mountainland Head StartProvo, UT$25,000222022
Neonatal RescueProvo, UT$25,000112024
Phoenix Children's Hospital FoundatPhoenix, AZ$25,000112022
Atlantis USA FoundationSouth Jordan, UT$20,000112023
Live Your Dream FoundationProvo, UT$20,000222023
Jack a Vickers Prostate Cancer FundCastle Rock, CO$15,000112023
Overt FoundationLehi, UT$15,000112022
Charitble Events CorporationCedar City, UT$10,000112021
FutureindesignPrice, UT$10,000112021
Fight Against Domestic ViolenceMidvale, UT$10,000112023
Kids on the MoveOrem, UT$10,000112023
National Exchange Club FoundationOrem, UT$10,000222022
Fight the New DrugSalt Lake City, UT$5,000112023
Stand 4 KidsDraper, UT$5,000112022
Stand 4 KindDraper, UT$5,000112023
Urban Land Institute FoundationWashington, DC$5,000112023
Seager Memorial ClinicOgden, UT$2,000112024
Utah Police Civilian AssociationSalt Lake City, UT$2,000222022
Utah Police Civilian Associations IncSalt Lake City, UT$1,000112024
Community Foundation of UtahSalt Lake, UT$500112022

12 of 37 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 33%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
11 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Mental Health
4 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Human Services
1 grant
Social Science
1 grant
Public & Societal Benefit
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$1,503,175$17,500
202218$639,850$15,500
202319$770,555$18,000
20245$81,000$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Utah. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Utah
$2.8M
Colorado
$125K
Florida
$32K
Arizona
$25K
District of Columbia
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc10 shared recipientsSorenson Legacy Foundation10 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation8 shared recipientsGeorge S and Dolores Dore8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Utah.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Marc C and Deborah H Bingham's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 180 N University Ave Ste 250, Provo, UT, 84601. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 47-2303248 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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