The Joan & Tim Fenton Foundation was created to improve the lives of others and the world in which we live. The foundation provides support for a wide range of endeavors, from community development and education to health care, and scientific and artistic pursuits.

The foundation has a broad spectrum of philanthropic interests and supports endeavors that:

• Encourage and support the long-term preservation and enhancement of the quality of life of all humankind, especially of families and children;

• Assist the disenfranchised of society, such as but not limited to, abused spouses and children, in order that they receive the full benefits of membership in society and fulfill their potential as human beings;

• Promote medical research and the development of innovative medical technologies for saving lives and alleviating pain, and suffering;

• Promote the development of the arts, including art education in schools, assistance of promising young artists, and support of performing arts organizations;

• Promote community development and security, adequate and affordable housing, and education and job training;

• Promote law and order generally and provide youth with alternatives to gangs, crime, and socially nonproductive behavior;

• Protect and enhance the environment, preserve wild and open spaces, and promote the development of parks and green spaces;

• Promote the development of science, culture, and recreation;

• Promote world peace and unity through a greater understanding, tolerance, and harmony among religious, national, and ethnic groups;

• Advance the programs at private and state universities and colleges that are consistent with the foundation’s charter; and,

• Advance the mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in all its places.

All Foundation applications will be reviewed and screened to ensure that applications are appropriate within the foundation’s charter and are approved and in good standing with IRS 501(c)(3) requirements. Grant applications are reviewed by the foundation’s board of directors on a quarterly basis.

For a grant to be reviewed in the first quarter, it must be received by Dec. 1 of the prior year; the second quarter deadline is March 1; the third quarter deadline is June 1, and the fourth quarter deadline is Sept. 1.