Funding search · EIN 860938381 · Phoenix, AZ

Twiford Foundation

Name: Twiford Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship field campaign mind music over camp curassow

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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.

The Phoenix Zoo4 grants · $192,000
Manhattan School of Music4 grants · $180,000
The UCLA Foundation4 grants · $180,000
Rosie'S House4 grants · $105,000
Madison Education Foundation3 grants · $70,300
Children First Foundation1 grant · $60,000
Musical Instrument Museum1 grant · $50,000
Jewish Free Loan1 grant · $50,000
Banner Health Foundation3 grants · $50,000
Act One3 grants · $27,500

Giving over time

$132,500

2022

$196,300

2023

$230,000

2024

$788,200

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$65,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Instrument maintenance fund
$61,000
The Phoenix Zoo · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Secretary bird habitat/ secretary bird balance - curassow feed
$60,000
Children First Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Art teacher for title 1 / art supplies
$50,000
Jewish Free Loan · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
Jfl education program
$50,000
Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY · 2025
Scholarship endowment fund
$50,000
Musical Instrument Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Field trips/memory care
$50,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Scholarship fund
$50,000
Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY · 2024
Scholarship endowment fund
$50,000
The Phoenix Zoo · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Secretary bird habitat
$50,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scholarship fund
$42,500
The Phoenix Zoo · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Blue billed curassow fund & african vulture exhibit
$40,000
Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY · 2023
L. John twiford violin scholarship & glen k. Twiford piano scholarship
$40,000
Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY · 2022
L. John twiford violin scholarship & glen k. Twiford piano scholarship
$38,500
The Phoenix Zoo · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Blue billed curassow fund & african vulture exhibit
$35,000
Rosie'S House · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Mind over matter campaign/ mariachi and school field trips
$25,300
Madison Education Foundation · Madison, NJ · 2023
Stands/lights
$25,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
2026 rising above conference
$25,000
Audobon Sw of National Audubon · Sante Fe, NM · 2025
Burrowing owls
$25,000
Ballet Arizona · Chandler, AZ · 2025
Eroica ballet
$25,000
Desert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Eroica ballet
$25,000
Exit 12 Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
Stories of war
$25,000
Phoenix Public Library Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Emerging readers project
$25,000
Phoenix Symphony · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Health and wellness programs
$25,000
Southwest Indian Foundation · Gallup, NM · 2025
Twiford scholarship
$25,000
Madison Education Foundation · Madison, NJ · 2024
Projector
$25,000
Rosie'S House · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Mind over music campaign/summer camp
$25,000
Rosie'S House · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Mind over music campaign & scholarships for afterschool
$20,000
Banner Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Sophie place project
$20,000
Gabriel'S Angels · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Abc's reading program
$20,000
Madison Education Foundation · Madison, NJ · 2025
Madison district arts funding
$20,000
Phoenix Children'S Chorus · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Community engagement program
$20,000
Rosie'S House · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Mind over music campaign & scholarships for afterschool
$17,200
Barrio Bookmobile · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Bookmobile vehicle upgrades/ bookmobile expenses
$15,000
Act One · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Field trips for public schools
$15,000
Camp Catanese · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Camp catanese
$15,000
Free Arts of Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Resilitent roots program
$15,000
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Camp o'connor
$15,000
Valley Youth Theatre · Port Orange, FL · 2025
Literacy and the arts
$15,000
Banner Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Sophie place project
$15,000
Banner Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Banner hospice music therapy
$15,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Instrument maintenance fund
$10,000
Friends of Public Radio Az · Tempe, AZ · 2025
Spot 127 workshop
$10,000
Imprints of Honor · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
After school character and civics
$10,000
Musicnova · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Educational program
$10,000
Phoenix Indian Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Youth programming
$10,000
Xico · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
International residency program
$10,000
Young Arts Arizona Ltd · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Art of inner freedom
$10,000
Act One · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Field trip funding
$5,000
Musicnova · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Student programming
$2,500
Act One · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Field trip funding

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