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Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$171k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$584kEducation$325kHealth$228kArts & Culture$88kHuman Services$75kPublic Benefit$60kPhilanthropy$29kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Grace Sober Living$50,000
Barrow Neurological Foundation$50,000
Phoenix Theatre Company$25,000
Executive Council Charities$20,000
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundat$10,000
Grand Canyon CouncilBSA$5,000
Assistance League of Phoenix$5,000
Sun Lakes Rotary Foundation$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Fresh Start Womens Foundation$1,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona$1,000
Saddlebrooke Rotary Club Foundation$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Open Hearts: $5k → 11%Fresh Start Womens Foundation: $10k → 11%Fresh Start Womens Foundation: $10k → 11%Fresh Start Womens Foundation: $5k → 11%Fresh Start Womens Foundation: $1k → 11%Childhelp: $25k → 11%Arizona Foundation for Women: $5k → 11%Arizona Foundation for Women: $1k → 11%Honoring America's Veterans: $10k → 11%Assistance League of Phoenix: $5k → 11%Gabriels Angels: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 22 repeat orgs$455k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
38

Total granted

$1.0M
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+4%

Still filing today

55%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AD
    ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $83k · revenue +201%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2020–2023 · $57k · revenue +53%
  • FS
    FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • XC
    XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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2
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
3
The Dons of Arizona
Education
4
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
5
Dream Foundation Arizona
Employment
6
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
7
Arizona Educational Foundation Inc

To celebrate excellence and cultivate opportunity in pk-12th grade arizona public education.

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8
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
9
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
10
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
11
Four Angels Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Solutions for an Independent Arizona

Organization mission solutions for an independent arizona envisions an arizona addresses its most pressing issues. independent arizona will identify, unite, and engage voters who want to elect people who will find common ground to serve…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is First Place Az; the most unlike its peers is Gk Legacy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
24/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boys and Girls Clubs of Phoenix: $441,000 · OtherBoys and Girls Clubs of PhoenixBoys Girls Clubs of the Valley: $105,350 · OtherBoys Girls Clubs of the ValleyMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation: $77,702 · OtherMarine Corps Scholarship FoundationPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundat: $36,800 · OtherHope Ignites Phoenix: $36,000 · Other+35 more: $250,720 · Other+35 moreBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $74,610 · HealthBARROW NEUROLO…American Heart Association Inc: $56,740 · HealthAmerican Heart…Grace Sober Living: $50,000 · HealthGrace Sober Li…THE BOARD OF VISITORS: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC: $83,200 · Arts & CultureTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $50,000 · EducationBridgton Academy: $25,000 · EducationCHECKERED FLAG RUN FOUNDATION: $16,605 · Education+1 more: $1,050 · EducationFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $26,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHONORING AMERICAS VETERANS: $10,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesOpen Hearts Family Wellness: $5,000 · Human ServicesDelivering Dreams of Arizona: $5,000 · Human ServicesSADDLEBROOK ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $23,500 · Public BenefitFIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $2,500 · Public BenefitGK LEGACY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropySAGUAROS CHILDRENS CHARITIES: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$947,572Health$191,850Arts & Culture$108,200Education$92,655Human Services$82,500Public Benefit$41,000Philanthropy$27,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC: $83,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $74,610 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $56,740 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Ignites Phoenix: $36,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBridgton Academy: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGK LEGACY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $23,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOE FOSS INSTITUTE: $21,680 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHECKERED FLAG RUN FOUNDATION: $16,605 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetA FOR ARIZONA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF VISITORS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMARICOPA TRAIL & PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetFIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHONORING AMERICAS VETERANS: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOpen Hearts Family Wellness: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDelivering Dreams of Arizona: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEOGH HEALTH CONNECTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRotary Club of Sun Lakes AZ: $3,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetK2 ADVENTURES FOUNDATION: $3,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSADDLEBROOK ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAGUAROS CHILDRENS CHARITIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIMAGINE PREP SUPERSTITION INC: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Arizona: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys to Men Tucson Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUN LAKES POSSE: $600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY INTERNATIONAL CHANDLER ROTARY CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ARIZONA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArmer Foundation for Kids: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Grace Sober Living ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Hope Ignites Phoenix ↗
  • Who funds FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
  • Who funds Bridgton Academy ↗
  • Who funds GK LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHELP INC ↗
  • Who funds BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds JOE FOSS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds CHECKERED FLAG RUN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A FOR ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF VISITORS ↗
  • Who funds MARICOPA TRAIL & PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HONORING AMERICAS VETERANS ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Open Hearts Family Wellness ↗
  • Who funds Delivering Dreams of Arizona ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PLACE AZ ↗

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.

Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…American Express Foun…Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Foundation for Co…The ThunderbirdsBHHS Legacy FoundationPhoenix Suns Charitie…Arizona Diamondbacks …Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Mother's GraceInterest Ministries
Arizona Community FoundationAZ45.1× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · The Thunderbirds · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Mother's Grace · Interest Ministries

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 65 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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