Funding search · EIN 866051042 · Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University Foundation for

Name: Arizona State University Foundation for grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

110
grants reported: $642.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community outreach

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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

Direct transfers to Arizona State University operations and programs
ASU affiliates: Enterprise Partners, Alumni Association, ASU Prep, Thunderbird
Newswell and journalism/media ventures tied to ASU
Arizona K-12 and college-access nonprofits, small grants
Phoenix-area civic, legal bar, and leadership associations

Typical grant

The median grant is $25,000 and the middle half runs $8,000 to $107,696, but that describes only the tail. Essentially all the money, over $600 million of $642 million, moves to Arizona State University itself in annual transfers of $130 to $175 million, with ASU Enterprise Partners, Newswell, Thunderbird, and Earth School Educational Foundation taking most of what remains. The same names recur every year: ASU, Enterprise Partners, Alumni Association, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Mayo Clinic, Junior Achievement of Arizona, The Leadership Consortium, Broadway League Foundation.

Their words

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

“PROGRAM SUPPORT”
“ASU”
“Arizona”

Positioning adjacent work

Treat this as ASU's fundraising arm, not an independent funder; route work through an ASU unit or center.
Outside grants cluster at $5,000 to $30,000; ask in that band unless you are an ASU affiliate.
Connect to funded themes: journalism and media, K-12 and college access, global management, digital equity.
Non-ASU academic gifts (Connecticut, Michigan State, Washington, Hawaii) trace to specific researchers; find the ASU faculty tie first.

Worth knowing: This is a university foundation, so giving reflects donor-designated gifts flowing to ASU and its affiliates rather than open grantmaking; 74 of 110 grants stay in Arizona and one recipient takes 95 percent of dollars. Recent years show new ASU-adjacent entities appearing, notably Newswell at $4.1 million in 2024 and Research Collaboratory at ASU repeating since 2022.

Top recipients

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

Arizona State University4 grants · $611.3M
Asu Enterprise Partners4 grants · $16.9M
Newswell1 grant · $4.1M
Earth School Educational Foundation3 grants · $2.7M
Thunderbird School of Global Management4 grants · $1.7M
Asu Alumni Association4 grants · $1.0M
Hawaii Marine Education and Research Center2 grants · $950,000
Asu Preparatory Academy3 grants · $449,533
Research Collaboratory at Asu4 grants · $438,608
Arizona Agricultural Education Ffa Foundation1 grant · $429,573

Giving over time

$140.6M

2021

$138.3M

2022

$170.7M

2023

$192.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 110 grants.

$174.4M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$168.4M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$136.8M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Program support
$131.9M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$12.9M
Asu Enterprise Partners · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$4.1M
Newswell · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$2.9M
Asu Enterprise Partners · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$1.7M
Earth School Educational Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$931,250
Asu Enterprise Partners · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Program support
$792,950
Asu Alumni Association · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Program support
$629,134
Thunderbird School of Global Management · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$577,309
Earth School Educational Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$525,000
Hawaii Marine Education and Research Center · Volcano, HI · 2021
Program support
$497,496
Thunderbird School of Global Management · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support
$429,573
Arizona Agricultural Education Ffa Foundation · Glendale, AZ · 2021
Program support
$425,000
Hawaii Marine Education and Research Center · Volcano, HI · 2022
Program support
$343,024
Thunderbird School of Global Management · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Program support
$334,040
Earth School Educational Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support
$285,804
University Realty Llc · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Program support
$285,000
The Univeristy of Connecticut Foundation · Storss, CT · 2022
Program support
$272,447
Thunderbird School of Global Management · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$272,381
Asu Preparatory Academy · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$207,455
Asu Enterprise Partners · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$150,000
Research Collaboratory at Asu · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$140,850
Asu Alumni Association · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$140,000
Asu Research Enterprise · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$123,945
International Womens Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$112,108
Research Collaboratory at Asu · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$94,458
Education Forward Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Program support
$92,001
Asu Preparatory Academy · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$90,000
Research Collaboratory at Asu · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$89,412
Education Forward Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$86,500
Research Collaboratory at Asu · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Program support
$85,151
Asu Preparatory Academy · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Program support
$75,000
Concordia Summit · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$73,500
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Program support
$66,575
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Program support
$63,535
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Program support
$60,000
Junior Achievement of Arizona · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Community outreach
$56,500
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Program support
$45,350
Asu Alumni Association · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$44,000
Asu Alumni Association · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$43,950
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Program support
$41,500
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Program support
$41,291
Education Forward Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$35,200
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Program support
$35,000
Axia International · Cypress, TX · 2021
Community outreach
$30,500
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Junior Achievement of Arizona · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$30,000
Junior Achievement of Arizona · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$30,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Program support
$26,450
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine · Rochester, MN · 2021
Program support
$25,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Valley Leadership Corporation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Grand Canyon Council Boy Scouts of America · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Program support
$22,000
Asu Enterprise Partners Outreach Hub · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$20,600
Highland Band Boosters · Gilbert, AZ · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support
$20,000
The Leadership Consortium · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Digital Equity Institute · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Program support
$20,000
The Tia Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Community outreach
$17,600
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Program support
$15,400
Highland Band Boosters · Gilbert, AZ · 2021
Community outreach
$15,200
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Program support
$15,000
National Education Equity Lab · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$15,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Program support
$12,595
International Womens Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$12,000
Highland Band Boosters · Gilbert, AZ · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Mexican Cultural Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Phoenix Sister Cities · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The Leadership Consortium · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Digital Equity Institute · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Community outreach
$8,500
Arizona Asian American Bar Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$8,500
Arizona Asian American Bar Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$8,500
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
Program support
$8,240
National Football Foundation · Irving, TX · 2021
Community outreach
$8,000
American Society of International Law · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Northern Football Foundation · Irving, TX · 2023
Program support
$8,000
Sun Devil Mock Trial · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Program support
$8,000
Sun Devil Mock Trial · Mesa, AZ · 2021
Program support
$7,500
Columbia University School of Arts · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Pga Tour · Ponte Verda Beach, FL · 2022
Program support
$7,500
The Leadership Consortium · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$7,500
The National Gem Consortium · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Program support
$7,000
Arizona Forward Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Arizona Black Bar Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$7,000
Gifted Artist Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2022
Program support
$6,500
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Program support
$6,220
Maricopa Community College Rio Salado · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Program support
$6,105
Los Abogados Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$6,000
George Floyd Global Memorial · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$6,000
The Broadway League Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$6,000
The Broadway League Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,875
Arizona Food Marketing Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
$5,560
The Broadway League Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support

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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.