Arizona · Private foundation
Barnes Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $155k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Barnes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 3 | $155k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $381k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $411k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $45k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $45k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $440,922 | 4 | 0% |
| Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Watermark for Kids Inc | $170,522 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turquoise Paw Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Social Justice Sewing Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Al Otro Lado | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reveille Gay Mens Chorus | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| First Place Az | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cahoon Museum of American Art Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $440,922 | 4 | 0% |
| Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Watermark for Kids Inc | $170,522 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turquoise Paw Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Social Justice Sewing Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Al Otro Lado | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reveille Gay Mens Chorus | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| First Place Az | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cahoon Museum of American Art Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Make Way For Books | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Star Valley Medical Center Charitable Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Modern Quilt Guild Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Honnold Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University High School Parents Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barnes Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Barnes Family Foundation
- How much does Barnes Family Foundation give?
- Barnes Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Barnes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Environment (26%), Health (17%).
- Who are Barnes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rochester Institute of Technology ($441k), Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc ($300k), Watermark for Kids Inc ($171k).
- Does Barnes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barnes Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barnes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Barnes Family Foundation based?
- Barnes Family Foundation is based in AZ.
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