Arizona · Private foundation
Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona
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.
- $523k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation For Southern Arizona, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $523,105
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $523,105
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $170k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Symphony Society | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Downtown Tucson Partnership | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tucson Youth Music Center | $24,500 | 2 | 19% |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.
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: The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Stocker Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona
- How much does Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona give?
- Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona reported 1 grants totaling $523,105 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Arts & Culture (23%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Tucson Symphony Society ($27k), Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc ($25k), Downtown Tucson Partnership ($25k).
- Does Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona 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 Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, Donald Pitt Family Foundation, Connie Hillman Family Foundation.
- Where is Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona based?
- Downtown Development Corporation of Tucson Arizona is based in AZ.
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