About Miner Foundation
The Miner Foundation appears to make large, targeted grants to both philanthropic intermediaries and mission-driven health education organizations. Recent giving is concentrated and unrestricted (general operating) rather than project-based, with a notable emphasis on supporting plant-based medical nutrition advocacy alongside funding routed through a donor-advised fund.
Focus Areas
Support for plant-based medical nutrition and clinician education (The Plantrician Project)Philanthropic intermediary funding via donor-advised fundsUnrestricted/general operating support for grantee organizations
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (unspecified/general)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: very few, large grants in a short period; mix of funding an intermediary vehicle and direct operating support for a single health-focused nonprofit; appears to favor one-off sizable gifts rather than many small awards or long-tail distribution.
Funding Style
unrestricted operating supportgeneral operating funding
About Miner Foundation
The Miner Foundation’s recent giving shows a mix of unrestricted support for local Utah nonprofits and larger grants routed through philanthropic intermediaries, with one $200,000 operating gift to Schwab Donor Advised Fund standing out in the record. The same pattern includes a $105,000 operating grant to The Plantrician Project, reflecting an interest in plant-based medical nutrition and clinician education. Beyond those larger awards, the foundation uses general donations for operating purposes across education, health, arts, and community organizations. Its grantmaking reaches nonprofits as well as donor-advised fund vehicles, and the recorded grants include repeat support for some organizations across multiple years. The foundation’s own program descriptions emphasize talents, self-esteem, ingenuity, work ethic, and health, suggesting a broad but clearly defined set of charitable priorities. In practice, that shows up in grants to schools, youth-serving groups, arts organizations, and health-focused nonprofits, often as flexible support rather than tightly restricted project funding.
What Miner Foundation Funds
Health is a visible part of the foundation’s portfolio. The Miner Foundation gave $105,000 to The Plantrician Project in 2023 and another $20,000 in 2024, both marked as general donations for operating purposes, indicating sustained support for plant-based medical nutrition and clinician education. Education is another recurring area: it awarded $50,000 to DonorsChoose.org in 2024 for general operating purposes, along with $12,000 to Washington County School District in both 2023 and 2024. Arts and culture also appear in the record through $25,000 to Japan Society of Northern California in both 2023 and 2024, plus $7,500 to Plan-B Theatre in 2023 and 2024. Community-based support is present as well, including grants to organizations such as Cherish Families and Youth Futures St George for operating purposes.
How Miner Foundation Gives
Typical awards are small to mid-sized, with a p25 of $2,500, a median of $4,750, and a p75 of $5,000. The recent record also includes a few much larger grants, which makes the distribution more compressed at the lower end than the headline awards might suggest. Giving appears to repeat across years: several recipients appear in both 2023 and 2024, including The Plantrician Project, Washington County School District, Plan-B Theatre, and Youth Futures St George. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF, and its grants are commonly described as general donations for operating purposes, with some programmatic language in the active grant descriptions. Unsolicited requests are accepted through the foundation’s grant request process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$297K
Total Assets
$10.6M
Total Revenue
$529K
Total Expenses
$405K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $5K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
Local17 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Miner Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Miner Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 429 | $2.3M | 98.6% |
| 2 | Japan | 6 |
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