Arizona · Private foundation
Bill and Dianne Mensch 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $180
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,010
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation 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; $10k 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 | 9 | $5k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $120k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $65k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $12k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $17k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $6k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $4k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $26,464 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $13,460 | 3 | 0% |
| Ieee Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix | $9,000 | 9 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Foundation | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Public Radio Arizona | $1,310 | 9 | 0% |
| Computer History Museum | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Durango Arts Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Shirati | $600 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $26,464 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $13,460 | 3 | 0% |
| Ieee Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix | $9,000 | 9 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Foundation | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Public Radio Arizona | $1,310 | 9 | 0% |
| Computer History Museum | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Durango Arts Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Shirati | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Compuseum Inc | $550 | 2 | n/a |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $510 | 5 | 0% |
| Pledge the Pink Foundation | $203 | 2 | 0% |
| National Constitution Center | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tau Beta Pi Association Inc | $125 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Durango Education Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| CaringBridge | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($206k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bill and Dianne Mensch 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.
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How this is measured
About Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation
- How much does Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation give?
- Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $4,710 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (84%), Science & Tech (10%), Health (3%).
- Who are Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($26k), University of Arizona Foundation ($13k), Ieee Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill and Dianne Mensch 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 Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation based?
- Bill and Dianne Mensch Foundation is based in AZ.
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