The Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation made a single, very large unrestricted grant in the reporting period, directing all recorded giving to Dechomai Asset Trust. This pattern suggests the foundation uses its charitable vehicle to fund an affiliated asset/trust (likely for onward grantmaking or long-term stewardship) rather than making multiple program-specific awards to external nonprofits.
A single $19.1 million unrestricted grant to Dechomai Asset Trust defines the Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation’s recent filing and points to a family philanthropy that uses an organizational vehicle for charitable capital management as much as direct operating support. That one award accounts for nearly all recorded giving in the period, with the rest of the docket showing a much smaller pattern of targeted scholarships and community grants. The foundation’s named scholarship work is especially visible in higher education. Utah Valley University received multiple gifts tied to the Woodbury School of Business, the School of Education, and the Women’s Success Center, while Brigham Young University received several endowments and scholarships connected to business, psychology, performing arts, and performance missionary support. Outside higher education, the foundation also funded a Humanitarian Aid Fund through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and made general support grants to health-related and community organizations. The grant record suggests a family foundation that combines long-horizon asset transfers with a set of purpose-built awards for students, schools, and select community needs.
Higher education is a major theme in the grant record. Utah Valley University Foundation Inc. received $50,000 for a scholarship fund in the School of Business, another $50,000 for an endowed scholarship fund in the School of Education, and $20,000 for The Megan Benedict Scholarship Fund. The same scholarship name appears again in 2024 and 2025, showing repeated support across years. Brigham Young University also appears multiple times, including $50,000 for the Performance Missionary Endowed Scholarship Fund and $50,000 for a scholarship fund in psychology. The foundation also funds school-based needs closer to the K-12 level. Timpview High received $20,000 for basketball locker room improvements and display televisions, and Fox Hollow Elementary School received $15,000 in general support. Community and humanitarian giving is present as well, including $50,000 to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its Humanitarian Aid Fund.
The foundation’s reported grant sizes cluster around modest scholarship-level awards, with a typical range of $4,250 at the 25th percentile, $8,000 at the median, and $12,800 at the 75th percentile. That sits alongside an unusually large outlier in the same filing, indicating a split between very large asset transfers and smaller programmatic gifts. The recent record shows repeated giving to some recipients across multiple years, especially Utah Valley University Foundation Inc. and West Virginia University, which appear in several entries with the same scholarship naming pattern. The foundation is a family foundation, and it funds individuals as well as organizations. Its record here shows grants rather than program-related investments, and the recent awards are direct grants.
$19.6M
$233K
$461K
$19.6M
Most grants fall between $4K and $13K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$13K
About 75% of grants go to recipients in UT.
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Extremely concentrated: one single, large unrestricted grant to a single recipient (likely an affiliated trust), indicating consolidation of assets or internal restructuring rather than distributed grantmaking to multiple external grantees.
Notable grantees: Dechomai Asset Trust
The foundation gives most often in Utah, with 75% of its grants going to recipients in its HQ state. Provo, Orem, and Salt Lake City appear repeatedly in the recent grants list, alongside Lehi. Outside Utah, the record includes Jacksonville, Florida for Dechomai Asset Trust; Washington, D.C. for Lupus Foundation of America Inc; Miami, Florida for Parkinsons Foundation Inc; Chicago, Illinois for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Associati; and Morgantown, West Virginia for West Virginia University. All listed recipient grants in the country distribution are in the United States.
The record is centered on higher education scholarships and school-related support. Utah Valley University Foundation Inc. and Brigham Young University receive multiple named scholarship gifts, while Timpview High and Fox Hollow Elementary School also appear in the grants list. There are also general support grants to health and community organizations.
Yes. Utah Valley University Foundation Inc. appears in multiple years with different scholarship funds, and West Virginia University appears in several entries across 2023 and 2025 with the same Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund naming pattern. The filing shows a recurring relationship rather than one-off awards only.
The foundation’s typical grant size is $4,250 at the 25th percentile, $8,000 at the median, and $12,800 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes much larger awards, including a $19.1 million unrestricted grant, so the distribution is highly uneven.
Utah is the top state by grant count, and 75% of grants go to recipients in Utah. Recent recipient cities in Utah include Orem, Provo, Salt Lake City, and Lehi. The remaining grants in the list go to recipients in other U.S. locations such as Jacksonville, Washington, D.C., Miami, Chicago, and Morgantown.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECHOMAI ASSET TRUST | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $19,116,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted (See General Explanation Attachment) |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $200,000 | 2025 | Woodbury School of Business Hope Scholars Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund |
| OTHER SIDE ACADEMY | SALT LAKE CTY, UT | $30,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | Utah Chapter |
| Timpview High | PROVO, UT | $20,000 | 2025 | To support the Timpview boys basketball plan to build a boys and girls basketball locker room and to purchase two televisions used for displaying ads in the Thunderdome. |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC | OREM, UT | $20,000 | 2025 | The Megan Benedict Scholarships shall be awarded to students involved with the Women's Success Center, with preference given to students enrolled in a program administered by the department of nursing Scholarship Fund |
| Timpview High | PROVO, UT | $13,100 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | MORGANTOWN, WV | $12,500 | 2025 | Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund |
| UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | To benefit Children and families in the Gaza Strip |
| DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABIL | SANDY, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | Presidential Scholarship Fund |
| PARKINSONS FOUNDATION INC | MIAMI, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | Rocky Mountain Chapter |
| CITIES STRONG FOUNDATION | SALT LAKE CTY, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC | CELEBRATION, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION | AMERICAN FORK, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | Emotional Support FUnd |
| LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC | HIGHLAND, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY | OGDEN, UT | $8,000 | 2025 | Savage Family Legacy Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| FRIENDS OF THE COALITION | PROVO, UT | $8,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $7,500 | 2025 | Presidential Scholarship Fund |
| LYMEDISEASE ORG | SAN RAMON, CA | $7,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $7,000 | 2025 | Sam Atoa Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| DARE TO DREAM PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION | PROVO, UT | $4,500 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION | AMERICAN FORK, UT | $4,000 | 2025 | Polaris High School Fund |
| LIVING PLANET INC | DRAPER, UT | $3,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| OUELESSEBOUGOU ALLIANCE | RIVERTON, UT | $2,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| Timpanogos High | OREM, UT | $1,500 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL | AMERICAN FORK, UT | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $50,000 | 2024 | Neal and Sherrie Savage Executive Classroom Fund |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $50,000 | 2024 | Woodbury School of Business Hope Scholars Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | SALT LAKE CTY, UT | $25,000 | 2024 | The Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund in Music |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC | OREM, UT | $20,000 | 2024 | The Megan Benedict Scholarship fund |
| Fox Hollow Elementary School | Lehi, UT | $15,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | MORGANTOWN, WV | $12,500 | 2024 | Savage Family Legacy Scholarship fund |
| LOVELOUD FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC | HIGHLAND, UT | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | Utah Chapter |
| Polaris High School | AMERICAN FORK, UT | $10,000 | 2024 | Administration support |
| MIDDLE EAST CHILDRENS ALLIANCE | BERKELEY, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | Help for Palestinian children |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $10,000 | 2024 | Woodbury School of Business Hope Scholars Scholarship Fund |
| OTHER SIDE ACADEMY | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY | OGDEN, UT | $8,000 | 2024 | Savage Family Legacy Endowed Scholarship Fund |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | OREM, UT | $7,000 | 2024 | To support the endowment for the new scholarship fund in honor of Sam Atoa |
| LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $5,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| PARKINSONS FOUNDATION INC | MIAMI, FL | $5,000 | 2024 | Rocky Mountain Chapter |
| HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | HONOLULU, HI | $5,000 | 2024 | Maui Strong Fund |
| MAUI FOOD BANK INC | WAILUKU, HI | $5,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT | KAPOLEI, HI | $5,000 | 2024 | Kako'o Maui Fund |
| HAITIAN ROOTS | OGDEN, UT | $5,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $5,000 | 2024 | Salt Lake City Rehab Center |
DECHOMAI ASSET TRUST
$19,116,000General & Unrestricted (See General Explanation Attachment)
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$200,000Woodbury School of Business Hope Scholars Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund
OTHER SIDE ACADEMY
$30,000General & Unrestricted
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI
$20,000Utah Chapter
Timpview High
$20,000To support the Timpview boys basketball plan to build a boys and girls basketball locker room and to purchase two televisions used for displaying ads in the Thunderdome.
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
$20,000The Megan Benedict Scholarships shall be awarded to students involved with the Women's Success Center, with preference given to students enrolled in a program administered by the department of nursing Scholarship Fund
Timpview High
$13,100General & Unrestricted
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
$12,500Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
$10,000To benefit Children and families in the Gaza Strip
DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABIL
$10,000General & Unrestricted
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$10,000Presidential Scholarship Fund
PARKINSONS FOUNDATION INC
$10,000Rocky Mountain Chapter
CITIES STRONG FOUNDATION
$10,000General & Unrestricted
EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
$10,000Emotional Support FUnd
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY
$8,000Savage Family Legacy Endowed Scholarship Fund
FRIENDS OF THE COALITION
$8,000General & Unrestricted
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$7,500Presidential Scholarship Fund
LYMEDISEASE ORG
$7,000General & Unrestricted
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$7,000Sam Atoa Endowed Scholarship Fund
DARE TO DREAM PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION
$4,500General & Unrestricted
ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
$4,000Polaris High School Fund
LIVING PLANET INC
$3,000General & Unrestricted
OUELESSEBOUGOU ALLIANCE
$2,000General & Unrestricted
Timpanogos High
$1,500General & Unrestricted
AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL
$1,000General & Unrestricted
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$50,000Neal and Sherrie Savage Executive Classroom Fund
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$50,000Woodbury School of Business Hope Scholars Savage Family Legacy Scholarship Fund
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
$25,000The Neal and Sherrie Savage Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund in Music
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
$20,000The Megan Benedict Scholarship fund
Fox Hollow Elementary School
$15,000General & Unrestricted
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
$12,500Savage Family Legacy Scholarship fund
LOVELOUD FOUNDATION
$10,000General & Unrestricted
GIVE HOPE GUATEMALA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI
$10,000Utah Chapter
Polaris High School
$10,000Administration support
MIDDLE EAST CHILDRENS ALLIANCE
$10,000Help for Palestinian children
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$10,000Woodbury School of Business Hope Scholars Scholarship Fund
OTHER SIDE ACADEMY
$10,000General & Unrestricted
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY
$8,000Savage Family Legacy Endowed Scholarship Fund
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
$7,000To support the endowment for the new scholarship fund in honor of Sam Atoa
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
$5,000General & Unrestricted
PARKINSONS FOUNDATION INC
$5,000Rocky Mountain Chapter
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$5,000Maui Strong Fund
MAUI FOOD BANK INC
$5,000General & Unrestricted
COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT
$5,000Kako'o Maui Fund
HAITIAN ROOTS
$5,000General & Unrestricted
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC
$5,000Salt Lake City Rehab Center