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Daniels Fund awards $5.1 million in
grants and scholarships in Utah in 2023
The Daniels Fund distributed $5.1 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and scholarships to students in Utah in 2023. Throughout its four-state region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, the Daniels Fund provided $67.5 million in grants and scholarships last year. Since the Daniels Fund was established in 2000, grant and scholarship awards total more than $1.1 billion.
“We are honored to carry forward Bill Daniels’ legacy of giving back and positively influence communities through our efforts,” said Hanna Skandera, President & CEO of the Daniels Fund. “I am sure he would be proud of the transformative impact of our grantees and scholars. They're truly making a difference in the lives of people across the four states that meant so much to Bill.”
Guided by Bill Daniels' philanthropic vision, Utah communities have witnessed the positive impact of $3.4 million in grants this past year. The Daniels Fund’s Utah grantmaking strategy focuses primarily on K-12 education, civics education, and youth sports, in addition to the funding areas of aging, disabilities, drug & alcohol addiction, early childhood education, homeless & disadvantaged. More details are available on each of the grant funding priorities at www.danielsfund.org/utah.
Organizations awarded grants in 2023 for programs serving people in Utah include ACE Scholarships, American Legion Utah Boys State Foundation, Common Sense Institute, Family Promise of Ogden, Family Support Center, Fit to Recover, Fullmer Legacy Foundation, Jewish Family Service, Libertas Institute, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Northeastern Utah Friends Against Family Violence, The Other Side Academy, People Helping People, Pinyon Montessori, Special Olympics Utah, Utah Education Fits All, Utah Soccer Alliance Recreation, VELA Education Fund, and YCC Family Crisis Center
Utah students received $1.7 million in scholarships in 2023 through the Daniels Fund’s two distinct scholarship programs. The Daniels Scholarship Program provides college scholarships to high school seniors who demonstrate need, great potential, strong character, and have big dreams. The Boundless Opportunity Scholarship provides funding to participating colleges to offer scholarships to non-traditional students committed to upward mobility.
The Daniels Fund also provided funding for ethics education at the University of Utah through the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative.
The Daniels Fund, established by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, is a private charitable foundation dedicated to making life better for the people of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming through its grants program, scholarship program, and ethics initiative.
Bill Daniels established the Daniels Fund Grants Program to give back to people in the states he loved with specific funding priorities that held a deep personal significance for him. In 2023, the Daniels Fund awarded $54 million in grants to more than 350 highly effective nonprofit partners that are transforming their communities across Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Visit DanielsFund.org to learn more.
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