George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

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The dream of George and Dolores Doré Eccles in establishing their Foundation was to improve the quality of life enjoyed by the people of Utah. That purpose remains unchanged today. Each year, the Foundation grants nearly $30 million to assist organizations statewide in making a meaningful difference in the lives of Utahns. That legacy lives on, in part, through KUED.

Over the years, the Foundation’s investment of resources in KUED has been substantial. The Foundation has been a stalwart supporter of KUED’s local production efforts for more than two decades, from arts and performance specials to historical documentaries. Most recently, the Foundation provided support for Maynard Dixon: To the Desert Again, for KUED’s historic Utah World War II Stories series, and has provided annual support for the Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir series, which airs nationally on PBS each December.

The Foundation recently pledged to KUED a very generous $1.2 million matching grant to convert its broadcasting and production resources to digital technology. The funding provides seed money to purchase standard and high-definition digital production equipment, to develop KUED’s multicasting capability, and to support a complete archive transfer of KUED’s rich library of local productions. This transition to digital technology is the largest, most expensive technological challenge in the station’s history.

The end result of this transition will transform the viewing experience for each KUED viewer. It will provide easier-to-access programming, both to viewers and to schools and universities throughout Utah. It will also continue KUED’s long tradition of excellence in telling Utah’s stories through long-form documentaries, a vital educational and information resource unavailable from any other television station in Utah.

The resources the Foundation invests in KUED and in other Utah organizations will renew themselves again and again, creating ever more vibrant communities. Through this philosophy, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles legacy will continue, together . . . weaving dreams into triumphs.

George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation proudly supports the following program(s) and/or projects on KUED:

Utah: A Portrait
A Home of Her Own: The Beehive and Lion Houses
Artists of the West
Brigham Young
Flagship in the Desert
Gathered In Time
Last Lists
Why the Cowboy Sings
Michael Martin Murphey: The Horse Legends
On the Road with J. Golden Kimball
Ririe-Woodbury's Night Story
The Frontier Photographers
The Great Salt Lake: America's Legacy of Wetlands
A Christmas Gloria with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Canadian Brass
In Those Days: The Wasatch Front of the 1930s
Utah in the '50s: Cedar City & St. George
Utah Serenade
Utah in the '50s: Salt Lake City
Healthcare: Facing Barriers
Utah: The Chinese Experience
Wilderness: The Great Debate
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo
Utah in the '50s: Moab
Horses of the American West
Horses of the American West
Wild River: The Colorado
Utah Vietnam Stories: Draw Down
Utah Vietnam War Stories: Turning Point
Remembering Uncle Golden
Red Rock Rondo
Utah's African-American Voices
The Spirit of Fort Douglas
We Shall Remain
Utah World War II Stories - Part II
Maynard Dixon: To The Desert Again
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Brian Stokes Mitchell and Edward Herrmann
River of Stone
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Butch Cassidy and The Outlaw Trail
Utah World War II Stories
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Frederica von Stade and Bryn Terfel
Promontory
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: The King's Singers
Copper Canyon, American Dream
Batallion
Let the Women Vote!
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Sissel
Wallace Stegner
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Renée Fleming and Claire Bloom
Utah: The National Parks
Utah in the '50s: Ogden
Raising Readers

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