Center for Growth and Opportunity
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About Center for Growth and Opportunity
The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University produces ideas that transform lives by exploring how key institutions — business, government, and community — ignite economic growth and increase opportunity for everyone.
Focus Areas
Technology and InnovationEnvironmental StewardshipImmigrationEconomic GrowthPublic Policy ResearchStudent training and development
Who They Fund
students/scholars (scholarship recipients)nonprofit organizations (general operating recipients)technology/innovation centers and programs
Funding Style
general/unrestricted operating supportprogram-specific support (innovation & technology)
About Center for Growth and Opportunity
A $65,000 general-support grant to Omv is the largest recent award on file for the Center for Growth and Opportunity, and it helps show how the foundation backs policy and ideas work through both institutions and student research. The organization’s stated mission is to produce ideas that transform lives by exploring how business, government, and community institutions can ignite economic growth and expand opportunity. Recent grants also include scholarship support for Labrum Scholarship and program support for Alec, pointing to a mix of individual aid and institutional funding. The foundation’s grantmaking sits across economics, public policy research, technology and innovation, environmental stewardship, and immigration. It also funds student training and development, which appears in its fellowship and academic-entrepreneur programs. That combination makes the Center for Growth and Opportunity a funder that supports research production, student development, and policy-oriented organizations at the same time. Its latest 990 year on file is 2024, and the annual grants total is modest relative to its asset base, suggesting a targeted grantmaking profile rather than broad-volume giving.
What Center for Growth and Opportunity Funds
Public policy research is a clear thread in the Center for Growth and Opportunity’s funding. In 2024, it gave $19,000 to Alec for center for innovation and technology programs, aligning with its technology and innovation focus. The foundation also supports economic policy organizations directly: in 2023 it awarded $33,500 to Beacon Center of Tennessee for general support. Student development is another visible area. The foundation provided $30,000 to Labrum Scholarship for scholarship support in 2024, and it lists graduate and undergraduate research fellowship programs as active programs. Environmental stewardship appears in its grantmaking and programs as well, including a 2023 $25,000 general-support grant to Pelican Institute and active work tied to clean energy transition research. Immigration is also among the foundation’s stated focus areas, with research fellows and policy work listed under its program taxonomy.
How Center for Growth and Opportunity Gives
Grant sizes cluster around the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $15,000, a median of $25,000, and a p75 of $27,000. The recent record shows both larger operating gifts and smaller awards, including an $8,000 grant and a $65,000 grant. The foundation appears to support both organizations and individuals, since it funds scholarship recipients as well as nonprofit grantees. Its portfolio also shows repeat support across years for some organizations. Pelican Institute appears in both 2023 and 2024, and several other policy organizations receive general support rather than project-specific awards. The foundation is based in Logan, Utah, but its giving does not concentrate there in the available grant list.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$295K
Total Assets
$4.1M
Total Revenue
$7.2M
Total Expenses
$7.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $27K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$27K
Geographic Reach
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