Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation

About Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation

A $700,000 general-support grant to Liberty and Light is the largest recent award on record for the Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation, and it reflects a pattern of large, unrestricted gifts to organizations tied to faith-based ministry, recovery, humanitarian aid, and education. The foundation’s recent grants also include $500,000 to The Nazarene Fund and $500,000 to Westminster College, showing that its giving reaches both religious relief work and Utah higher education. Across the latest grants, the foundation consistently uses general support rather than project-specific awards. That approach appears in gifts to World Wide Addiction Recovery, Saprea (younique), Operation Underground Railroad, and Charity Vision International, among others. The mix of recipients points to a portfolio that includes evangelical ministries, substance use disorder recovery, rescue and emergency support, and clean-water or humanitarian programs. A recurring Utah emphasis is visible in the recipient list, but the foundation also backs organizations in other states, including Tennessee, North Carolina, California, and Massachusetts. Its assets and annual grantmaking place it in the category of a substantial private family foundation with broad charitable interests but a relatively focused set of recipient types.

What Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation Funds

Faith-based work appears prominently in the foundation’s recent awards. It gave $500,000 to The Nazarene Fund for general support, $100,000 to Christ Is the Light of the World for general support, and $250,000 to Prager University Foundation for general support. These grants align with support for evangelical ministries and related religious organizations. Recovery and rescue services are another visible theme. The foundation awarded $300,000 to Aerial Recovery for general support and $300,000 to World Wide Addiction Recovery for general support in 2023, followed by $150,000 to World Wide Addiction Recovery in 2024. It also gave $250,000 to Rescue Fund for general support. Education shows up in several forms. Westminster College received $500,000 for general support, while the U of U - Eccles School of Business received $250,000. The foundation also supported the U of U - Department of Athletics and the U of U - College of Fine Arts with $100,000 grants each.

How Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation Gives