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Funding search · EIN 203959093 · Phoenix, AZ

Pivotal Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

148
grants reported
$6.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • The Quincy Institute3 grants · $735,000
  • Khan Academy2 grants · $400,000
  • Arizona State University Foundation3 grants · $312,264
  • Defense Priorities Foundation3 grants · $300,000
  • International Crisis Group2 grants · $300,000
  • J Street Education Fund3 grants · $300,000
  • John Hopkins University3 grants · $300,000
  • Carnegie Endowment for Int'L Peace3 grants · $300,000
  • Ballet Arizona3 grants · $280,000
  • Barrow Neurological Foundation3 grants · $271,500

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$2.2M
2023
$2.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 148 grants.

  • $310,000

    The Quincy Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $300,000

    The Quincy Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $200,000

    Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $200,000

    International Crisis Group · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $200,000

    Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $135,500

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $131,000

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $130,000

    Ballet Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $130,000

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $125,000

    The Quincy Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $118,500

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism (Jewish Currents) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Carnegie Endowment for Int'L Peace · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Center for the Future of Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Defense Priorities Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Fresh Start Women'S Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    International Crisis Group · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    John Hopkins University · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    The Henry L Stimson Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    The Society of St Vincent De Paul · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Carnegie Endowment for Int'L Peace · Washington Dc, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Defense Priorities Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Henry L Stimson Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    John Hopkins University · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    National Iranian American Council · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Atlantic Council of the United States · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Ballet Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Brophy College Prep · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Carnegie Endowment for Int'L Peace · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Defense Priorities Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    John Hopkins University · Washington, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $100,000

    National Iranian American Council · Washington, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $75,000

    Pars Equality Center · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $75,000

    Pars Equality Center · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $68,036

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $63,764

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $55,000

    Pars Equality Center · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $55,000

    Fresh Start Womens Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Codeorg · Seattle, WA · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Paaia Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Sandra Day O'Connor Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Ballet Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Codeorg · Seattle, WA · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Sandra Day O'Connor Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Sandra Day O'Connor Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $50,000

    Vox Populi Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $37,500

    Greater Phoenix Economic Council · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $35,900

    Promontory Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $28,625

    Brophy College Prep · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    African Parks · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Center for the Rights of Abused Children · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Swift Youth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism (Jewish Currents) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Center for Rights of Abused Children · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Greater Phoenix Economic Council · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Ia-100 · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Swift Youth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism (Jewish Currents) · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Center for Rights of Abused Children · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Greater Phoenix Economic Council · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    United States Soccer Federation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $25,000

    Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $23,877

    Brophy College Prep · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $20,500

    Arizona Persian Cultural Center · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $20,000

    American Ideas Institute (the American Conservative) · Washington, DC · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $19,000

    Uli Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $17,500

    Promontory Foundation · Park City, UT · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $16,000

    Promontory Foundation · Park City, UT · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $15,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CT · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $12,500

    Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $11,000

    All Saints Episcopal Day School · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Alex Victory'S Legacy · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Arizona Costume Institute (Phoenix Art Museum) · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Banner Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Camp Cantanese Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Grand Canyon Council · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Iranian Scholarship Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Mother'S Grace · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    The Integrity Project Co · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Xico Arte Y Cultura · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    American Ideas Institute (the American Conservative) · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Arizona Science Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Center for Renewing America · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Grace Sober Living Foundation · Glendale, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

  • $10,000

    Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    For the exempt purpose of the organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.