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Phoenix private foundations

There are 1,658 private foundations in the greater Phoenix metro area, including the cities of Phoenix, Casa Grande, Chandler, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Tempe. Combined, these Phoenix metro private foundations employ 105 people, earn more than $831 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $5 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Phoenix

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
1,658
 
$831,061,304
Corporate foundations
 
20
 
$118,653,703
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Sizes of private foundations in Phoenix

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
854
$250k to $1M
 
151
$1M to $5M
 
82
$5M to $25M
 
18
$25M to $100M
 
10
$100M+
 
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Directory of private foundations in Phoenix

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1-20 of 1,658

Dorrance Foundation for Education

The Dorrance Foundation provides scholarships to students at various educational institutions, providing grants to University of Arizona Foundation last year.
Revenue
$23.9m
Assets
$65.0m
Employees
0
EIN
82-3330439
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Hickey Family Foundation

The Hickey Family Foundation supports at-risk youth and medical technology development through grants, focusing on charity and community health initiatives.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$150.7m
Employees
0
EIN
86-6331657
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Steele Foundation

The Steele Foundation is a private foundation located in Phoenix, AZ. Grantees include ASU Foundation. Last year, the Steele Foundation made 44 grants. Trustees are Daniel Cracchiolo, Marianne Cracchiolo Mago, Andy Abraham.
Revenue
$6.0m
Assets
$65.9m
Employees
0
EIN
95-3466880
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust supports organizations that enrich health, well-being, and opportunity for the people of Maricopa County, Arizona.
Revenue
$29.0m
Assets
$429.9m
Employees
23
EIN
86-6247076
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Dorrance Family Foundation

The Dorrance Family Foundation is a family foundation funding education and natural resource conservation, with an emphasis on ocean health in California and Hawai`i.
Revenue
$36.1m
Assets
$111.3m
Employees
0
EIN
86-0691863
IRS type
501(c)(3)

John Sperling Foundation

The John Sperling Foundation is a private foundation that is located in Litchfield Park, AZ. The foundation made 16 grants last year and its grantees include Earthjustice. The foundation is supported by John Sperling Revocable Trust.
Revenue
$8.2m
Assets
$86.2m
Employees
2
EIN
32-0284165
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Simone Charitable Foundation

The Simone Charitable Foundation is a private foundation that made 12 grants last year. Grantees include American Cancer Society Inc. Trustees are Mark Grayson, John Kelly, Curt Christensen. It is located in Scottsdale, AZ.
Revenue
$11.7m
Assets
$115.2m
Employees
3
EIN
82-3971316
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Flinn Foundation

The Flinn Foundation is a privately endowed, philanthropic grantmaking organization that supports the advancement of the biosciences, the Flinn Scholars Program and the arts and culture in Arizona.
Revenue
$19.9m
Assets
$263.1m
Employees
20
EIN
86-0421476
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation

Private foundation in Scottsdale, AZ funding unused bond interest with grants to grantees including Neurotrials LLC; accepts donations.
Revenue
$34.2m
Assets
$315.4m
Employees
0
EIN
27-3322123
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pathways School and Evaluation Center

Pathways School & Evaluation Center is a private foundation that provides education to special needs children from kindergarten to 12th grade. It is located in Gilbert, Arizona.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$707.9k
Employees
0
EIN
46-1600583
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Virginia B and David R Jontes Foundation

The Virginia B Jontes Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants to organizations that provide assistance to abandoned, stray, homeless, or lost pets.
Revenue
$25.2m
Assets
$45.0m
Employees
12
EIN
81-5189833
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum

Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum is a private foundation located in Superior, AZ. It was established in 1924 and is the oldest and largest botanical institution in AZ.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$11.4m
Employees
11
EIN
88-0061520
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn

The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn is a private foundation that primarily funds various dividends that managers show as non-taxable dividends.
Revenue
$28.4m
Assets
$250.1m
Employees
0
EIN
86-0653091
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Timothy T Day Foundation

The Timothy T Day Foundation supports Marines, veterans, and their families, while funding animal welfare, education, social services, and health programs.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$49.2m
Employees
0
EIN
86-0870436
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Moreno Family Foundation

The Moreno Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Phoenix, AZ. Last year, the Foundation made $2,663,000 in annual grants. The Foundation's total assets are $67,678,496.
Revenue
$29.0m
Assets
$143.1m
Employees
0
EIN
86-0918198
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pivotal Foundation

The Pivotal Foundation is a grant making nonprofit located in Phoenix, AZ. Last year it made 44 grants.
Revenue
$14.1m
Assets
$92.5m
Employees
0
EIN
20-3959093
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Picerne Family Charitable Foundation

The Jeanne P and Robert M Picerne Foundation is a private foundation located in Phoenix, AZ that supports The Public Education Foundation. It made 96 grants last year and is supported by Ronald R S Picerne.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$23.9m
Employees
0
EIN
05-0487100
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ahearn Family Foundation

The Ahearn Family Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds charitable organizations. Some of its grantees include the Brookings Institution and other similar organizations. It made 14 grants last year and is located in Phoenix, Arizona.
Revenue
$9.2m
Assets
$13.4m
Employees
0
EIN
13-7582929
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Winifred Stevens Foundation

The Winifred Stevens Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to various nonprofits, including the California Community Foundation. Last year, it made 36 grants. It is located in Tempe, AZ.
Revenue
$17.5m
Assets
$139.1m
Employees
0
EIN
47-5488504
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Garcia Family Foundation

The Garcia Family Foundation is a private foundation that awarded grants in 20 different areas last year.
Revenue
$67.4m
Assets
$61.0m
Employees
0
EIN
31-1490067
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
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