Arizona · Public charity
Arizona Media Association
The mission of the Arizona Media Association (AMA) is to invest in projects that futureproof Arizona local media and protect its critical role in community connection. The AMA currently represents more than 350 statewide media brands.
- $331k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $250k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,019
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,019
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Arizona Media Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $461k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $83k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $37k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Local News Foundation | $610,198 | 3 | 28% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($377k), not named here.
About Arizona Media Association
- How much does Arizona Media Association give?
- Arizona Media Association reported 1 itemized grants totaling $250,019, out of $330,774 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arizona Media Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Education (31%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Arizona Media Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arizona Local News Foundation ($610k), Desert Botanical Garden Inc ($15k).
- Does Arizona Media Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Arizona Media Association based?
- Arizona Media Association is based in AZ.
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