Wadman Foundation
Ogden, UT · EIN 84-1392243. Reported 123 grants totalling $6,175,917 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Wadman Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,261,933. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of Jesus Christ | Salt Lake City, UT | $3,359,433 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Indian Services | Cottonwood Heights, UT | $1,086,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weber State University | Ogden, UT | $660,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weber Pathways | Ogden, UT | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crossroads of the West Council | Ogden, UT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intermountain Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stella Oaks | North Salt Lake, UT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Community Services | Ogden, UT | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Utah State University | Logan, UT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Enable Utah | Ogden, UT | $46,776 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Ogden, UT | $25,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ogden Valley Land Trust | Huntsville, UT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perpetual Skills Foundation | Huntsville, UT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Downtown Ogden Inc | Ogden, UT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women's Retreat House | Pleasant View, UT | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ortho Cup Foundation | Ogden, UT | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pleasant View City | Ogden, UT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weber School Foundation | Ogden, UT | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ycc | Ogden, UT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giving Hope Charities | Farr West, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Murray, UT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Catholic School | Ogden, UT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weber Morgan Cjc | Ogden, UT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aerospace Heritage Foundation | Hill Air Force Base, UT | $4,608 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation Ogden Valley | Eden, UT | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Ogden | Ogden, UT | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Ogden, UT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cfov | Eden, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Impact | Ogden, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish | Murray, UT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Ogden, UT | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arise International | Miramar, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth Treehouse Museum | Ogden, UT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Huntsville Utah Marathon | Huntsville, UT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Slcc Pace Scholarship | Salt Lake City, UT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wolf Creek Foundation | Eden, UT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys Scouts of America | Ogden, UT | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aloha Diaper Bank | Kaneohe, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Davis Education Foundation | Farmington, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Counciling of Northern Ut | Odgen, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Huntsville Marathon | Huntsville, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Center on Shaken Baby Synd | Farmington, UT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ogden Valley Adaptive Sports | Ogden, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Primary Children's Hospital | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rods Heroes | Lehi, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weber High School | Pleasant View, UT | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heros Foundation | Prineville, OR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| March of Dimes | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ogden School Foundation | Ogden, UT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weber School District | Ogden, UT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain JR High | West Haven, UT | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Willard Elementary | Willard, UT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Ogden JR High | Ogden, UT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ogden Speical Education Preschool | Ogden, UT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Snowcrestjr High | Eden, UT | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
32 of 61 (52%) 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 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- American Indian Services
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS - Weber State University
ENCHANCE & FACILITATE RESEARCH - Weber Pathways
TRAILS AND PATHWAYS FOR PUBLIC - Crossroads of the West Council
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS - Enable Utah
DISABILITY SERVICES AND SUPPORT ORG - Huntsman Cancer Foundation
CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $1,499,650 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $1,071,750 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $1,973,900 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 23 | $1,630,617 | $2,000 |
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. 100% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Utah.
- 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.
- 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 Wadman Foundation'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: 2920 S 925 W, Ogden, UT, 84401. 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.
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