AUCH represents and supports Utah’s health centers by providing training and technical assistance to improve the quality of and access to comprehensive healthcare services throughout the state.
Association for Utah Community Health uses member grants to support Utah health centers across the state, with repeated awards to the same clinics over multiple years. The largest recent grant in the file is $164,660 to Carbon Medical Services Association in East Carbon, and other large awards went to Wayne Community Health Center in Bicknell, Bear Lake Community Health Center in Garden City, and Utah Navajo Health Systems in Montezuma Creek. That pattern points to a funder working through a statewide health-center network rather than a single-site program. Its grantmaking aligns with AUCH’s role representing and supporting Utah’s health centers through training and technical assistance. The grants connect to member-led work in primary care access, preventive care, behavioral health, workforce capacity, data infrastructure, and quality improvement. Several recipients appear more than once across 2023, 2024, and 2025, suggesting ongoing support to core community health center partners. The recent record also includes awards to Utah Partners for Health, Mountainlands Community Health Center, Midtown Community Health Center, and Wasatch Homeless Health Care, showing a mix of rural and urban health-center recipients within a local Utah scope.
A major thread in the portfolio is health-center capacity. AUCH gave $164,660 to Carbon Medical Services Association in East Carbon, $131,120 to Southwest Utah Community Health Center in St. George, and $129,363 to Mountainlands Community Health Center in Provo, all through member grants that support local clinic infrastructure. The foundation also backs community access through grants to Utah Navajo Health Systems in Montezuma Creek and Bear Lake Community Health Center in Garden City. Those awards fit a statewide network serving communities outside the Wasatch Front as well as more populated areas. Workforce and operational support show up in repeat funding to Wayne Community Health Center in Bicknell and Midtown Community Health Center in Ogden. The pattern suggests AUCH uses flexible member support to help clinics manage staffing and service-delivery needs alongside direct patient care.
Typical grant size centers around $35,132 at the median, with a lower quartile of $16,228 and an upper quartile of $114,831. That spread shows a mix of smaller support and much larger member awards. The recent list also shows repeat grantmaking: several organizations appear in more than one year, including Community Health Centers Inc., Enterprise Valley Medical Clinic, Mountainlands Community Health Center, Utah Partners for Health, Wasatch Homeless Health Care Inc., and others. The foundation is a local grantmaker with a membership-benefit style pattern rather than a broad open-call philanthropy. Its active programs include funding and research partnership intake, sponsorship opportunities, and nomination-based awards, and several of these accept unsolicited submissions or nominations.
$165K
$8.1M
$6.5M
$6.6M
Most grants fall between $16K and $115K, with a median of $35K.
25th Percentile
$16K
Median
$35K
75th Percentile
$115K
Alan Pruhs
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Grants are overwhelmingly Utah-based: 95% of grants went to recipients in Utah, and the top state by grant count is Utah. The recent grant list clusters in places such as Provo, Midvale, Ogden, St. George, Bicknell, and Montezuma Creek. A smaller share reaches other nearby communities, including East Carbon, Garden City, Cedar City, Green River, and Salt Lake City. One recent grant went outside the state to Creek Valley Health Clinic in Colorado City, Arizona.
Its recent grants go to member health centers and related community health organizations, including Carbon Medical Services Association, Wayne Community Health Center, Bear Lake Community Health Center, Utah Navajo Health Systems, and Midtown Community Health Center. The program descriptions also point to collaborative work with Utah health centers and eligible partner organizations.
The foundation is highly local. Utah is the top state by grant count, and 95% of grants in the dataset went to recipients in Utah. The recent list is concentrated in Utah cities and towns, with only one listed recipient in Arizona.
The typical grant size is $35,132 at the median, with a p25 of $16,228 and a p75 of $114,831. The recent awards range from smaller sponsorship levels around $1,000 to $7,500 in the sponsorship program to much larger member grants over $100,000.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years, including Wayne Community Health Center, Bear Lake Community Health Center, Utah Navajo Health Systems, Mountainlands Community Health Center, Enterprise Valley Medical Clinic, Community Health Centers Inc., Utah Partners for Health, Midtown Community Health Center, Carbon Medical Services Association, and Wasatch Homeless Health Care Inc.
The data shows several entry points: research and funding partnership intakes, sponsorship registration forms, and nomination-based awards for the Leadership Summit. Some programs accept unsolicited submissions, and the 2026 annual sponsorship program is first-come, first-serve and opens January 1 each calendar year.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Association for Utah Community Health that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Utah health centers and aligned partners interested in research or quality improvement projects that support care delivery for underserved populations and align with AUCH priorities.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainlands Community Health Center | Provo, UT | $30,066 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Creek Valley Health Clinic | Colorado City, AZ | $28,801 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Community Health Centers Inc | Midvale, UT | $18,931 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Utah Partners for Health | Midvale, UT | $17,232 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Carbon Medical Service Association | East Carbon, UT | $15,999 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Southwest Utah Community Health Center (Family Healthcare) | St George, UT | $13,852 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Utah Navajo Health Systems | Montezuma Creek, UT | $13,500 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Wayne Community Health Center | Bicknell, UT | $12,022 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Midtown Community Health Center | Ogden, UT | $7,500 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah | Cedar City, UT | $7,500 | 2026 | Member grants |
| Community Health Centers Inc | Midvale, UT | $20,830 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Mountainlands Community Health Center | Provo, UT | $19,205 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Enterprise Valley Medical Clinic | Enterprise, UT | $11,284 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Utah Navajo Health Systems | Montezuma Creek, UT | $10,818 | 2025 | Member grants |
| HealthWest Inc | Pocatello, ID | $9,751 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Wayne Community Health Center | Bicknell, UT | $9,029 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Southwest Utah Community Health Center (Family Healthcare) | St George, UT | $8,510 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Carbon Medical Service Association | East Carbon, UT | $7,460 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Midtown Community Health Center | Ogden, UT | $7,000 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Utah Partners for Health | Midvale, UT | $6,095 | 2025 | Member grants |
| Wasatch Homeless Health Care | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,779 | 2025 | Member grants |
| CARBON MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION | EAST CARBON, UT | $164,660 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| SOUTHWEST UTAH COMMUNITY HEALTH CEN | ST GEORGE, UT | $131,120 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| MOUNTAINLANDS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENT | PROVO, UT | $129,363 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| WAYNE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | BICKNELL, UT | $116,799 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| PAIUTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UTAH | CEDAR CITY, UT | $115,821 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| UTAH NAVAJO HEALTH SYSTEMS | MONTEZUMA CREEK, UT | $97,916 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | GARDEN CITY, UT | $85,763 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| MIDTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | OGDEN, UT | $65,536 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| UTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH | MIDVALE, UT | $41,121 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| ENTERPRISE VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC | ENTERPRISE, UT | $29,006 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC | MIDVALE, UT | $27,191 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| CREEK VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC | COLORADO CITY, AZ | $25,236 | 2024 | MMEBER GRANTS |
| GREEN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER | GREEN RIVER, UT | $23,893 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| WASATCH HOMELESS HEALTH CARE INC | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $23,555 | 2024 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| WAYNE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | BICKNELL, UT | $151,225 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | GARDEN CITY, UT | $143,386 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| UTAH NAVAJO HEALTH SYSTEMS | MONTEZUMA CREEK, UT | $141,977 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| MOUNTAINLANDS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENT | PROVO, UT | $124,009 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| SOUTHWEST UTAH COMMUNITY HEALTH CEN | ST GEORGE, UT | $117,421 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| PAIUTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UTAH | CEDAR CITY, UT | $111,862 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| MIDTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | OGDEN, UT | $86,564 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| CARBON MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION | EAST CARBON, UT | $68,961 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| GREEN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER | GREEN RIVER, UT | $61,007 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| ENTERPRISE VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC | ENTERPRISE, UT | $54,443 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC | MIDVALE, UT | $29,142 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| UTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH | MIDVALE, UT | $18,039 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
| WASATCH HOMELESS HEALTH CARE INC | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $15,624 | 2023 | MEMBER GRANTS |
Creek Valley Health Clinic
$28,801Member grants
Carbon Medical Service Association
$15,999Member grants
Southwest Utah Community Health Center (Family Healthcare)
Member grants
Utah Navajo Health Systems
$13,500Member grants
Wayne Community Health Center
$12,022Member grants
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
$7,500Member grants
Enterprise Valley Medical Clinic
$11,284Member grants
Utah Navajo Health Systems
$10,818Member grants
HealthWest Inc
$9,751Member grants
Wayne Community Health Center
$9,029Member grants
Southwest Utah Community Health Center (Family Healthcare)
$8,510Member grants
Carbon Medical Service Association
$7,460Member grants
CARBON MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
$164,660MEMBER GRANTS
SOUTHWEST UTAH COMMUNITY HEALTH CEN
$131,120MEMBER GRANTS
WAYNE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
$116,799MEMBER GRANTS
PAIUTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UTAH
$115,821MEMBER GRANTS
UTAH NAVAJO HEALTH SYSTEMS
$97,916MEMBER GRANTS
BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
$85,763MEMBER GRANTS
ENTERPRISE VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC
$29,006MEMBER GRANTS
CREEK VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC
$25,236MMEBER GRANTS
GREEN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER
$23,893MEMBER GRANTS
WAYNE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
$151,225MEMBER GRANTS
BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
$143,386MEMBER GRANTS
UTAH NAVAJO HEALTH SYSTEMS
$141,977MEMBER GRANTS
SOUTHWEST UTAH COMMUNITY HEALTH CEN
$117,421MEMBER GRANTS
PAIUTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UTAH
$111,862MEMBER GRANTS
CARBON MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
$68,961MEMBER GRANTS
GREEN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER
$61,007MEMBER GRANTS
ENTERPRISE VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC
$54,443MEMBER GRANTS
