Open Foundations · Utah

Semnani Family Foundation

Salt Lake Cty, Utah · EIN 742639794. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $5.6M across 64 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$5.6M
paid in 2024
64
grants paid
$5K
median grant
85%
to first-time recipients
$132.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KHOSROW SEMNANI
Address
PO BOX 11623, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84147
Phone
8013217725
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MAILED IN THE FORM OF A LETTER.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523169349103597. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 64 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Vanguard Donor Advised FundMA$3,965,750GENERAL CONT
2Utah Community Foundation for Social EntrepreneurshipUT$500,000GENERAL CONT
3Catholic Relief ServicesIA$250,000GENERAL CONT
4Neighborhood House AssociationUT$125,000GENERAL CONT
5National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyUT$110,054GENERAL CONT
6Advancing American Freedom FoundationDC$100,000GENERAL CONT
7Shriners Hospital for ChildrenUT$75,000GENERAL CONT
8Westminster CollegeUT$60,000GENERAL CONT
9Us Friends of AmarUT$50,000GENERAL CONT
10Huntsman Mental Health FoundationUT$20,000GENERAL CONT
11Primary Children's HospitalUT$20,000GENERAL CONT
12Usu Institute for Land Water & AirUT$20,000GENERAL CONT
13Utah Aids FoundationUT$20,000GENERAL CONT
14Utah Heritage & Arts FoundationUT$20,000GENERAL CONT
15Aclu of Utah Foundation IncUT$15,000GENERAL CONT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202057$4.8M
202155$3.5M
202249$5.8M
202353$5.3M
202464$5.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Utah78%
Iowa3%
District of Columbia3%
New York3%
Massachusetts2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ghazaleh SemnaniDIRECTOR · 2024
Khosrow SemnaniDIRECTOR · 2024
Shirin KiaDIRECTOR · 2024
Taymour SemnaniDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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