Funding search · EIN 861011524 · Scottsdale, AZ

John Dawson Foundation

Name: John Dawson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

50
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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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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.

Top recipients

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

Make-a-Wish Foundation Arizona Chapter3 grants · $375,000
Goldwater Institute3 grants · $300,000
Jazz in Arizona Inc Dba the Nash3 grants · $290,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Valley2 grants · $275,000
Hillsdale College3 grants · $195,000
Arizona Freedom Foundation3 grants · $175,000
Cato Institute3 grants · $150,000
Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission3 grants · $135,000
Arizona Liberty Network2 grants · $100,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$500,000

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation Arizona Chapter · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$150,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$150,000
Jazz in Arizona Inc Dba the Nash · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$125,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Jazz in Arizona Inc Dba the Nash · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation Arizona Chapter · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Mindfulness First · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Charitable purpose
$75,000
Build Our Little Theater · Topeka, KS · 2023
Charitable purpose
$75,000
Phoenix Children'S Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$75,000
Arizona Freedom Foundation · Gilbert, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$60,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Arizona Freedom Foundation · Gilbert, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Arizona Liberty Network · Gilbert, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
East Valley Inst of Technology Foundation · Mesa, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Executive Council Charities · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Fiesta Events · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Arizona Freedom Foundation · Gilbert, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Arizona Liberty Network · Gilbert, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Center for Arizona Policy · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
East Valley Inst of Technology Foundation · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable purpose
$40,000
Jazz in Arizona Inc Dba the Nash · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$35,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Charitable purpose
$35,000
Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$30,000
Beyond Autism · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Libertas Network · Lehi, UT · 2024
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$25,000
American Heart Association · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation Arizona Chapter · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Phoenix Children'S Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$20,000
Arizona Council On Economic Education · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Autism Life & Living · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Teach One To Lead One · Kennesaw, GA · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
US Amateur Weightlifting Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Autism Life & Living · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Beyond Autism · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Executive Council Charity · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Giggling Gwen Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable purpose

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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.