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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-0523149

JNF Foundation

A private foundation in Salt Lake City, UT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $490,731 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $490,731

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $10,548,204
  • Tax year 2024

    $350,866

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $9,339,000
  • Tax year 2023

    $227,602

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $5,813,678
  • Tax year 2022

    $380,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,866,964
  • Tax year 2021

    $503,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,582,455
  • Tax year 2020

    $186,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,327,537

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Charley's Angels FoundationSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $60,000
  2. Africa is Life ChangingDraper, UT

    General Charitable

    $40,000
  3. USARA (Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness)Salt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $40,000
  4. First Step HouseSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $40,000
  5. Raise the FutureDenver, CO

    General Charitable

    $35,000
  6. My Story MattersProvo, UT

    General Charitable

    $30,000
  7. School of Addiction RecoveryOgden, UT

    General Charitable

    $20,000
  8. Healing Sciences FoundationDraper, UT

    General Charitable

    $20,000
  9. Soap 2 HopeSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $20,000
  10. Pillows for PRisionersSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $20,000
  11. Wasatch GardensSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $20,000
  12. Carden Memorial FoundationSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $20,000
  13. Richard W Erickson FoundationSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $15,000
  14. Volunteers of AmericaSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $15,000
  15. The Road HomeSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $15,000
  16. Lionheart Gift FoundationSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $10,000
  17. The Other Side AcademySalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $10,000
  18. American Foundation for Suicide PreventionNew York, NY

    General Charitable

    $10,000
  19. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General Charitable

    $10,000
  20. Utah Food BankS Salt Lake, UT

    General Charitable

    $10,000
  21. Fit to RecoverSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General Charitable

    $10,000
  22. Heroes DefenseIdaho Fals, ID

    General Charitable

    $5,000
  23. Granite Education Foundation IncS Salt Lake, UT

    General Charitable

    $5,000
  24. Shriners Children HospitalSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $2,500
  25. Clementine Ranch FoundationHerriman, UT

    General Charitable

    $2,500
  26. Ruff HavenSalt Lake City, UT

    General Charitable

    $2,500
  27. United Search CorpNew Castle, DE

    General Charitable

    $1,500
  28. The Ability FoundationWest Valley City, UT

    General Charitable

    $1,000
  29. Raise the FutureDenver, CO

    General Charitable

    $731

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Mental health5 grants $110,00042% of the total
  2. Human services6 grants $101,73139% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $25,00010% of the total
  4. Crime and legal aid1 grant $10,0004% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $10,0004% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah26 grants $474,231
  2. New York1 grant $10,000
  3. Idaho1 grant $5,000
  4. Delaware1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Susan WarburtonDirector Hours 20Pay $22,000
  • Kaira BenneeDirector Hours 16Pay $20,000
  • Cameron BenneeDirector Hours 20Pay $40,000
  • Kelly BenneeDirector Hours 2Pay $39,000

The return

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