About Call Foundation
The Call Foundation makes a small number of very large grants to established national and local service organizations, prioritizing immediate human needs and community resilience. Their giving focuses on hunger relief, emergency/disaster response, community-wide service infrastructure, and youth economic education—typically funding well-known intermediaries and service providers rather than grassroots startups. Grants are concentrated and strategic, supporting broad-impact organizations that can deploy funds at scale in Salt Lake City and nationally.
Focus Areas
Hunger relief and food bank support (major grants to Feeding America)Community-wide charitable infrastructure and pooled funding (United Way of Salt Lake)Youth financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs (Junior Achievement Utah)Disaster relief and emergency response (American Red Cross)
Who They Fund
501(c)(3) charitable organizationsnonprofit institutions (general/unspecified)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, large-dollar gifts to a small set of established national and local nonprofits; appears to favor broad-impact intermediaries and service providers over many small or experimental grantees.
About Call Foundation
A $1 million grant to Feeding America anchors The Call Foundation’s public grant record and shows the scale at which it works: large, concentrated awards to established organizations that can move resources quickly. The foundation’s giving pattern points to immediate human needs and community resilience, with food security, emergency response, youth economic education, and broad charitable infrastructure all appearing in its recent record. Rather than spreading support thinly across many small recipients, it has repeatedly backed organizations with operating capacity and regional reach. Two Utah-based grantees illustrate that approach. In 2023, the foundation gave $500,000 each to Junior Achievement Utah Inc and United Way of Salt Lake, both in Salt Lake City. Those awards sit alongside other major support for organizations serving children, families, and community services. The foundation also gave $350,000 to American Red Cross and $294,350 to YWCA Utah, reinforcing a portfolio that emphasizes service delivery, continuity, and resilience. Its active programs also include general grantmaking in early childhood, affordable housing, scholarships, and food security across the West and Midwest, plus a scholarship track for non-traditional adult learners.
What Call Foundation Funds
Food security is one of the clearest themes in the foundation’s grantmaking. The largest recent grant in the data is $1 million to Feeding America for general operations, aligned with its hunger-relief partnership work and regional food-bank support. Youth economic education is another recurring line of support. In 2023, The Call Foundation gave $500,000 to Junior Achievement Utah Inc in Salt Lake City for continuing mission support, pointing to an interest in financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Community infrastructure also shows up through broad operating support. United Way of Salt Lake received $500,000 in 2023, and YWCA Utah received $294,350 the same year, both as continuing mission contributions. The foundation also supports emergency response and housing-related work. American Red Cross received $350,000 in 2023, and Habitat for Humanity Salt Lake Valley received $100,000 in 2025 for general operations.
How Call Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $56,000 at the 75th percentile, but the recent record also includes six-figure and seven-figure awards. That spread suggests a portfolio built around a relatively small number of high-impact grants rather than broad, open-ended distribution. The foundation appears to favor recurring relationships: several organizations show up in multiple years, including the University of Utah, Utah State University, Davis Education Foundation, YWCA Utah, and The Salt Lake Tribune. Its structure and language point to general operating support, unrestricted support, and core-capacity funding for 501(c)(3) organizations and nonprofit institutions. Unsolicited applications are not accepted on most listed programs; one scholarship track and one housing partnership are identified as accepting unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.5M
Total Assets
$82.8M
Total Revenue
$14M
Total Expenses
$3.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $56K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$56K
Geographic Reach
Local16 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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