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American Opportunity Foundation

EIN 20-0059842 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I

Given, as filed$293.8k2020–2024 · 16 grants
2020: $44.9k · 2 grants20202021: $40.3k · 4 grants20212022: $88.6k · 6 grants2022$88.6k2023: $50.0k · 2 grants20232024: $70.0k · 2 grants2024$70.0k
Grantees2funded more than once, matching gifts aside
2 of 22of 2
Assets, year end$4.2mtax year 2024
2023: $2.9m20232024: $4.2m2024$4.2m
Board and officers3on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Education$60.0k
Cause not on file$233.8k

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 12 grants · $173.8k

Who it funds most

2 of its 2 grantees were funded in more than one year.

American Opportunity Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 2 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Richard M TaggartPresident/Trustee
Richard P TaggartV President/Trustee
Joy PayneTrustee

Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202523219349315597

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2020: $44.9k · 2 grants20202021: $40.3k · 4 grants20212022: $88.6k · 6 grants2022$88.6k2023: $50.0k · 2 grants20232024: $70.0k · 2 grants2024$70.0k
Tax yearReturnAssets, year endGrants paidCharitable spending
2024Form 990$4.2m—$182.5k
2023Form 990$2.9m—$136.0k

As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.

Its returns6 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2024IRS Form 990, Schedule I202523219349315597IRS batch file
2023IRS Form 990, Schedule I202533219349316968IRS batch file
2023IRS Form 990, Schedule I202511009349301951IRS batch file
2022IRS Form 990, Schedule I202303119349303580IRS batch file
2021IRS Form 990, Schedule I202213199349328831IRS batch file
2020IRS Form 990, Schedule I202133199349326963IRS batch file

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American Opportunity Foundation made 16 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $293.8k as filed.

Grants
16
Total, as filed
$293.8k
Years
2020–2024
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY BYU3$69.2k
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY2$60.0k
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH2$60.0k
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH U OF U2$45.0k
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SLCC2$18.9k
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY USU2$18.8k
UTAH TECH UTAH TECH2$11.0k
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY UVU1$11.0k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
20202$44.9k
20214$40.3k
20226$88.6k
20232$50.0k
20242$70.0k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-200059842. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

What this page does not know

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  • What they say they exist to do
  • What each grant was for
  • What they fund, by theme
  • Balance sheet and financials
  • Who runs it
  • Whether they accept proposals
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  • No website on file
  • Leadership not yet identified
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