Sundt Awards $10,000 In Grants to Salt Lake City Nonprofits

 |  Community Involvement, Press Release
Sundt gives $5,000 to the Children's Center Utah
Funds will be used to support children in need.

 

Salt Lake City, Utah. (September 5, 2023) – The Sundt Foundation recently awarded $10,000 in grants to The Children’s Center Utah and For The Kids.

“These nonprofits are caring for our community, and the Sundt Foundation is pleased to be able to support those efforts,” said Jasen Bennie, the Sundt Foundation’s Salt Lake City region board member. “We hope these grants help bring some relief to families in this area.”

For The Kids received a $5,000 grant to support its mission to provide weekend bags of food for children. The organization delivers bulk bags of food to schools to ensure students have meals throughout the weekend.

The Children’s Center Utah received $5,000 for its mission to provide comprehensive mental health care to families. The nonprofit provides child and family therapy and offers a therapeutic preschool program.

The Sundt Foundation awards quarterly grants to local Salt Lake City charities that support disadvantaged members of the community. Nonprofits are selected through an application and review process led by a committee of local Sundt employee-owners.

About the Sundt Foundation

Sundt’s purpose is to build environments where its clients, employee-owners, and communities prosper. The Sundt Foundation was established in 1999 as a way for employee-owners to give back to the communities in which they live and work. The organization is funded primarily by contributions from Sundt employees, which are matched by the company. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than $12 million in donations. Nonprofit organizations interested in applying for a grant may call (480) 293-3000 or visit www.sundtfoundation.org for more information. Sundt has offices in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Charlotte, N.C., San Antonio, Dallas, and El Paso, Texas; Sacramento, San Diego, and Irvine, California; Vancouver, Washington; and Tampa, Florida.

About Sundt

Sundt Construction, Inc. (www.sundt.com) is one of the country’s largest and most respected general contractors. The 133-year-old firm specializes in transportation, industrial, building, concrete and renewable power work and is owned entirely by its approximately 2,000-plus employees. Sundt is distinguished by its diverse capabilities and experience, unique employee-ownership culture and depth of self-perform expertise in nine major trades. Much of Sundt’s workforce is comprised of skilled craft professionals who, together with the company’s administrative employees, enable Sundt to fulfill its mission to be the most skilled builder in America. Sundt has 13 offices throughout California, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Portland-metro and Utah and is currently ranked the country’s 62nd largest construction company by ENR, the industry’s principal trade magazine.

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