Funding search · EIN 860348306 · Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Community Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

4,506
grants reported
$297.4M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$18,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Donor-designated gifts to Arizona arts, museums and cultural institutions
  • K-12 and higher education: scholarships, capital projects, student success
  • Human services in Maricopa County: food, housing, homelessness, family crisis
  • Health and medical research, including Barrow, TGen, hospital foundations
  • Faith-based organizations, parishes and religious schools
  • Animal welfare, land conservation and environmental projects

Typical grant

Median grant is $18,500, with the middle half between $10,000 and $42,000. The seven- and eight-figure checks are almost all donor-designated pass-throughs for named funds, artwork transfers, endowments or building campaigns, not competitive awards. Many Arizona nonprofits appear repeatedly across years for 'annual program support,' so recurring giving is common at modest levels.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • THIS AWARD IS DESIGNATED SUPPORT FOR
  • THIS AWARD IS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
  • ANNUAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
  • THIS IS A REQUESTED DISTRIBUTION
  • RECOMMENDED BY AN ANONYMOUS DONOR

Positioning adjacent work

  • Anchor to Arizona: 3,270 of 4,506 grants stayed in state, most in Maricopa County.
  • Ask in the $10,000 to $50,000 band unless a specific donor advisor is backing a capital project.
  • Connect research to funded themes: neurodegeneration at Barrow, TGen genomics, NAU community health workers.
  • Cultivate the donor behind the fund, not the foundation staff; most awards are donor-designated.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation whose 990-PF reflects donor-advised and designated funds, so the largest awards follow individual donors' relationships rather than staff review. Out-of-state grants exist but usually trace back to an Arizona donor's alma mater, church or personal cause.

1 grant matching “women's health · $183,503

  • $183,503

    Planned Parenthood Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for health care for women

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Pen America2 grants · $12.1M
  • Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation2 grants · $10.0M
  • Arizona State University Foundation4 grants · $9.8M
  • Phoenix Art Museum4 grants · $8.4M
  • Mountain View Presbyterian Church1 grant · $8.0M
  • Barrow Neurological Foundation4 grants · $5.6M
  • Arizona Golf Community Foundation2 grants · $4.5M
  • The Heard Museum4 grants · $4.4M
  • Heritage Museums & Gardens2 grants · $3.6M
  • Honorhealth Foundation4 grants · $3.5M

Giving over time

$71.2M
2021
$67.9M
2022
$65.4M
2023
$92.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,506 grants.

  • $10.0M

    Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation · Hyannis, MA · 2021

    Program support

  • $10.0M

    Pen America · New York, NY · 2021

    Program support

  • $8.0M

    Mountain View Presbyterian Church · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2024

    This award is designated support for the odom family foundation fund

  • $7.9M

    Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the granted artwork

  • $3.6M

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $3.5M

    Phoenix Country Day School · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the construction of a new "theater, arts, and music" instruction building.

  • $3.5M

    Heritage Museums & Gardens · Sandwich, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $3.1M

    The Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the restaurant renovation project.

  • $3.0M

    Denison University · Granville, OH · 2024

    This award is designated support for the financial aid grant fund.

  • $2.5M

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the following: $1,000,000.00 - for the robert b. Cialdini professor of social influence fund $500,000.00 - for the robert b. Cialdini visiting professor of social influence fund

  • $2.5M

    Arizona Golf Community Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for evie's pavilion expansion at papago golf course.

  • $2.2M

    African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2.1M

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $2.1M

    Desert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for 5 pieces of artwork

  • $2.1M

    Pen America · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2.1M

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the endowment of neurodegeneration research.

  • $2.1M

    Bard College · Annandale On Hudson, NY · 2024

    This award is designated support for the russian independent media archive's collaboration with pen america and the rima team.

  • $2.0M

    National Public Radio · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2024

    This award is designated support for the life and career design institute.

  • $2.0M

    Arizona Golf Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $1.7M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    This award is designated support for the j&g hull donor advised fund on behalf of john & gail m. Hull

  • $1.7M

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $1.7M

    Friends of Notre-Dame De Paris · Etna, NH · 2023

    General support

  • $1.7M

    Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $1.5M

    Rodel Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $1.5M

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $1.5M

    Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $1.4M

    Valley of the Sun United Way · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $1.3M

    Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $1.2M

    The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration · King of Prussia, PA · 2024

    This award is general support for aftds mission.

  • $1.2M

    Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $1.2M

    The Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $1.1M

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the college of agriculture equine program

  • $1.1M

    USA Triathlon Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Robert F Kennedy Human Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1.1M

    American Theatre Wing · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Human Services Campus · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $1.1M

    Phoenix Theatre · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is for the phoenix theater for the naming of the rehearsal hall after the reese family

  • $1.1M

    Phoenix Children'S Hospital Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    This award is designated support for the elberta waterfront community conservation

  • $1.0M

    National Boy Scouts of America Foundation · Irving, TX · 2024

    This award is designated support for the order of the arrow fund

  • $1.0M

    Rodel Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the rodel institute

  • $1.0M

    Naval Postgraduate School Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Turkish Philanthropy Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1.0M

    International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration · King of Prussia, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $1.0M

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2021

    Program support

  • $857,484

    Museum of Art and Light · Manhattan, KS · 2022

    General support

  • $843,666

    Grand Canyon Council · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $836,757

    Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $790,000

    Empower College Prep · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $756,911

    Valley of the Sun United Way · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $724,566

    Society of St Vincent De Paul · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $713,717

    Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network · Mesa, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $706,389

    Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network · Mesa, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $653,000

    Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $645,208

    Phoenix Children'S Hospital Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated for general support - 2024 commitment

  • $640,059

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $628,040

    Brophy College Preparatory · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $625,440

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $613,878

    Valley of the Sun United Way · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $600,500

    Yampa Valley Community Foundation · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022

    General support

  • $600,000

    Operation Fistula · Austin, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $600,000

    Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2023

    General support

  • $600,000

    Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center Foundation · Bellingham, WA · 2021

    Program support

  • $570,252

    Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network · Mesa, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $569,650

    New Life Center · Goodyear, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $568,000

    Desert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $559,333

    Tostan Dignity for All · Washington, DC · 2024

    This award is designated support for identifying and treating fistula in senegal and creating a model that can be replicated in other countries. This grant is to be utilized to scale up implementation in senegal, the ga read all
  • $550,000

    Scottsdale Christian Academy · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the second phase of the master plan, which is the early childhood center.

  • $547,655

    St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $529,055

    Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $524,807

    Phoenix Children'S Hospital Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $521,500

    Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $515,424

    St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated for westside food bank - sun city az

  • $500,000

    Jewish Federation of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024

    This award is for general support

  • $500,000

    University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $500,000

    Lodestar Charitable Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $499,438

    Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network · Mesa, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the trust (training and resources united to stop trafficking) program

  • $484,000

    Local First Arizona Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $479,246

    Phoenix Zoo · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $466,421

    Top Box Foods · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $466,184

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

    This award is for general support

  • $462,475

    Honorhealth Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated for general support of the living well program at desert mission

  • $448,097

    Northern Arizona University Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $442,441

    St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $438,497

    Phoenix Children'S Hospital Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    Program support

  • $435,000

    Hope Church · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $427,000

    Payson Senior Center · Payson, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for remodeling and furnishings

  • $421,300

    Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the "empowered for student success: maricopa college promise and student supports" program.

  • $420,429

    Top Box Foods · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $417,581

    Two Pups Wellness · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $416,000

    Gompers · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $413,875

    National Christian Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2023

    General support

  • $410,600

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2021

    Program support

  • $406,703

    Society of St Vincent De Paul - Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $405,000

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $400,000

    Saints Simon & Jude School · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    This award is designated support for the saints simon & jude cathedral school

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.