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Senior nutrition programs deliver meals to older Utahns who are homebound or otherwise in need, and this bill would create a new state fund, the Senior Nutrition Private Donation Matching Fund, to encourage local area agencies on aging to raise more private money for these programs. If a local agency raises qualifying cash donations — money that isn't from service recipients, isn't an in-kind gift, and isn't already counted toward existing state matching programs — the state division could distribute matching funds from this new pool, using a formula that considers local senior need, rural service costs, and rural fundraising challenges; donations from public entities could also qualify for matching, but only for the increase over what that entity gave the previous year, and only if given after December 31, 2025. The fund could not include any donations or state appropriations made before July 1, 2025, and the division would be required to report its distribution formula to the Legislature's Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee.