Your Land Your Plan Fund

Your Land Your Plan Fund is sponsored by Community Foundation of Utah (Established by Intermountain Health and Zions Bank). This fund, established by Intermountain Health and Zions Bank, supports local public landowners across Utah (cities, schools, counties) to manage their real estate assets.

Community Foundation of Utah - Your Land Your Plan The Your Land Your Plan Fund empowers cities, schools, counties and other local public landowners statewide to confidently manage their real estate assets. It supports planning projects, community engagement initiatives, and educational programs that unlock the potential of those assets to build healthier economies and communities.

Established by Intermountain Health and Zions Bank, The Your Land Your Plan Fund builds on a strategic cross-sector collaboration between the two Utah-based anchor organizations that began in 2019.

Through this initiative, Intermountain Health and Zions Bank aligned their resources and expertise to support local public landowners across Utah to unlock the financial and economic potential of their real estate assets and improve community wellbeing by addressing the social drivers of health (SDOH).

Anchor Organizations : Public and private institutions whose fate is permanently and inextricably tied to the fate of their local communities, influencing them in significant ways through their large scale and scope. Anchor organizations stay in their geographical areas for generations, even as conditions change.

An anchor organization commitment goes beyond mere financial support for individual projects – it demands a systemic approach, compassionate decision-making, and a long term commitment to work together.

Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) : The conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks (e.g., income and employment, transportation, housing, neighborhoods, education, etc.). The Fund’s first round of open grant opportunities will open on January 15, 2026.

The application portal will accept proposals until April 15, 2026. Funds will be awarded through a competitive process open to all local public landowners in Utah—specifically counties, cities and towns, and K-12 school districts. These one-time grants support public asset-based technical assistance, community planning, and engagement.

You can apply through the portal on the Community Foundation of Utah’s website. For more information and details on the application process, members from the YLYP Advisory Committee will hold a Q&A webinar in January.

Application details posted to CFU website December 1, 2025 Application webinar hosted by YLYP Advisory Committee January 2026 Application portal opens on CFU Website January 15, 2026 Applications portal closes April 15, 2026 YLYP Advisory Committee reviews applications April-May 2026 Grant awards announced June 1, 2026 Awardees submit final report June 1, 2027 Frequently Asked Questions What is the Your Land Your Plan (YLYP) Fund?

A field of interest fund held at the Community Foundation of Utah, founded by Intermountain Health and Zions Bank, focused on supporting public-asset-based planning and engagement. The Your Land Your Plan Fund empowers cities, schools, counties and other local public landowners statewide to confidently manage their real estate assets.

It supports planning projects, community engagement initiatives, and educational programs that unlock the potential of those assets to build healthier economies and communities. What do we mean by smart public asset management?

The professional practice of identifying, assessing, and managing publicly owned real estate assets for best public use, as determined by the communities that own them, considering individual assets as well as the overall asset portfolio. Strategies include selling, leasing, trading, maintaining, preserving, rehabilitating, commercially developing or other use and disposition activities related to asset use.

It can involve commercial endeavors, generating returns that flow back to public budgets to be invested in transportation and utility infrastructure, housing, education, and other critical needs. Can also make land available for community needs including transportation and transportation infrastructure and active transit access, housing, education and employment centers, service facilities, food outlets, open space, and more.

Assumes that public asset portfolio development that doesn't prioritize new public revenue yield is at worst not sustainable and at best short-sighted. Also assumes that addressing multiple social drivers of health (SDOH) in project development is always possible and that targeting only one in isolation (i.e., housing) may not be sustainable. What are the social drivers of health?

The conditions in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Social Drivers of Health: Who is eligible to apply for YLYP Grants? Counties, cities, towns, and K-12 school districts in Utah.

When does the application portal open and close? Where can I find application details and apply? What kind of information should I expect my application to include?

General information on the project and community: population, median household income, housing affordability, unemployment rate of area, and key community challenges related to land use or addressing the SDOH. Details on the intended scope and implementation plan of your project, including core objectives and a description of the public asset(s) involved.

You will also need to document the community need and how your project will advance community wellbeing, fiscal health, or resilience. Prepare to list project timelines, partnerships, outcomes, long term impacts, grant amount requested, and provide a project budget. What is the typical grant size?

$10K–$25K depending on which award category is selected in application. What are the Grant award categories? Mapping & Record Keeping – Communities that are at the beginning of their real estate asset management journey and are working to create a central repository of real asset information (mapping, record cleanup, etc.).

Strategy – Communities that know what they own, and are working to create a real estate asset management strategy that serves long term community goals. Projects – Funds for specific real estate development projects (likely used for soft costs, planning, architect, etc.). How many grants will be awarded?

The number of grants depends on the types of applications received. Requests for Mapping & Record Keeping or Strategy typically require smaller amounts, allowing us to fund more projects. Applications for Projects often involve higher costs, which means fewer awards.

Overall, the range could be anywhere from a few awards to several dozen, depending on demand, applications submitted, and the advisory committee’s funding decision. What types of projects are prioritized? The YLYP Fund prioritizes projects that strengthen public land and public real estate stewardship, including efforts that improve asset data, mapping, record-keeping, and governance.

The Fund also supports long-term strategies that help local public landowners make informed, community-centered decisions about how their properties are used over time. Priority is given to projects that address critical community needs such as housing, economic opportunity, and access to services through better use of public assets.

Projects that help translate these assets into durable community value, rather than one-time isolated outcomes, are especially encouraged. How will applications be scored? The Advisory committee will score the applications based on alignment with fund purpose, clarity of request, collaboration, rural/low-income focus, housing and transportation integration, and alignment with local/regional plans.

What is considered a strong application? Has a clear project scope and funding request. Aligns with state goals and programs as well as with local/regional plans.

Collaborates across jurisdictions or between other public landowners. Focuses on or supports rural or underserved communities. When will grant awards be announced?

Who will decide which grant applications receive funding? The YLYP Advisory committee, which consists of representatives from Zions Bank and Intermountain Health, will make the final grant decisions. If awarded, what is expected of us?

Awardees will be asked to provide a brief follow-up update or report describing how grant funds were used and the progress or outcomes of the supported project in June 2027. The YLYP Fund team may also reach out during or after the grant period with questions or requests to better understand lessons learned.

In some cases, we may ask to highlight funded projects through communications or case studies to help inform and improve the program as it evolves. Is there a limit on the number of applications per entity? One per entity per funding cycle.

Will there be future funding rounds? We anticipate that this initial round will serve as a pilot to gauge interest and assess how well the fund meets public landowners’ needs. Our goal is to offer multiple grant opportunities over the fund’s five-year horizon, but this will depend on several factors: Level of interest and number of applications received.

Community needs identified through this round. Availability of future funding. If demand is strong and resources allow, we hope to continue offering additional rounds in the coming years.

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“Up to 60% of a person’s health outcomes begin in the community with social drivers of health like housing, food security, utilities, transportation, and education,” said Rob Allen, Intermountain Health president and CEO. “It is important for townships and counties to have resources to support development that benefits the people living in these communities. This is especially vital for rural areas across the state.

” “Community is at the heart of what we do at Zions Bank. We’re committed to investing our expertise and resources to address community needs, and we’re grateful to have the opportunity to do so through Your Land Your Plan.

” -Nate Callister, President and CEO, Zions Bank Building Momentum: Your Land Your Plan for Utah Cities and Towns In 2022, Intermountain Health and Zions Bank partnered with the Utah League of Cities and Towns to launch the Your Land Your Plan Program .

This program teaches municipalities how to unlock the value of their real estate assets to enhance the well-being of their communities and to improve financial stability within the social drivers of health framework.

The initiative highlighted the need for a comprehensive, statewide program to provide all public landowners with the knowledge, resources, and partnerships necessary to develop innovative real estate solutions that drive economic growth and improve community well-being.

The Your Land Your Plan Fund represents the next phase of this work, providing financial support for programs like the Your Land Your Plan Program that benefit schools and counties as well. The Fund supports other planning projects, community initiatives, partnerships, and programs that drive economic growth, enhance community infrastructure, and promote long-term benefits for communities facing health and socioeconomic disparities.

The Your Land Your Plan Fund benefitting all Utah’s local public landowners was announced in April 2025 at the Utah League of Cities and Towns conference in St. George. The Your Land Your Plan Fund will announce its first round of community grant opportunities in fall 2025.

Donors can make contributions to the fund through the link below. For donations greater than $2,500, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or call 801-559-3005. The Advisory Committee is the grantmaking arm of the Your Land Your Plan Fund. The Advisory Committee is co-chaired by founding members Intermountain Health and Zions Bank.

Members will meet monthly to provide strategic oversight, review and approve funding proposals, appoint new committee members, and evaluate the impact of funded projects across Utah. Advisory Committee Co-Chairs: Nick Fritz , Director of Place Based Investments, Intermountain Health Ryan Cook , Community Engagement Officer, Zions Bank It is important to feel your legacy is in good hands.

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