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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-6125059

Tanner Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Salt Lake City, UT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $2.1 million paid in grants.

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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.

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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

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $2,091,280

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,161,596

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,316,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $4,995,727

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,075,200

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $6,097,409

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,410,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $5,288,900

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,494,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,091,075

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,657,233

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $3,263,997

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,881,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,671,931

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,756,199

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,046,592

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Utah Symphony and OperaSalt Lake Cty, UT

    Arts

    $1,500,000
  2. University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT

    Education

    $226,693
  3. Success in Education FoundationSalt Lake Cty, UT

    Education

    $125,000
  4. Tanner Lectures on Human ValuesSalt Lake, UT

    Education

    $104,587
  5. Nature Conservancy of UtahSalt Lake City, UT

    Civic organization

    $100,000
  6. Gifted Music SchoolSLC, UT

    Arts

    $10,000
  7. Northside Hospital FoundationAlpharetta, GA

    Civic organization

    $7,500
  8. The Children's CenterWest Valley City, UT

    Civic organization

    $5,000
  9. South Valley Economic Devel FoundationSandy, UT

    Civic organization

    $5,000
  10. Utah Coalition Against PornographySLC, UT

    Civic organization

    $5,000
  11. Somos FoundationSalt Lake City, UT

    Education

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $1,510,00092% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $125,0008% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah10 grants $2,083,780
  2. Georgia1 grant $7,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Stephen T IrishCHAIR/ TRUST Hours 0Pay $0
  • Scott D SperryTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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