· Private foundation
Lisherness Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST MARY'S FOOD BANK | $12,000 |
| Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation | $12,000 |
| Iranian American Society of AZ | $11,000 |
| The Simpatico Foundation | $7,000 |
| Arizona Dance Coalition Inc | $5,000 |
| NEW SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS | $5,000 |
| ASU Foundation | $5,000 |
| Ballet Arizona | $4,000 |
| American Heart Association | $3,750 |
| CHILD CRISIS CENTER | $3,500 |
| Scottsdale Center for the Arts | $3,000 |
| Phoenix World Art Collective | $600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE5× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +31%
- MCMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2024 · $23k · revenue +108%
- NSNew School for the Arts7× · 2018–2024 · $18k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- HTHERBERGER THEATER CENTERone grant, 2020 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $2k
- MCMARICOPA COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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.
Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
To celebrate excellence and cultivate opportunity in pk-12th grade arizona public education.
The organization is committed to unleashing the power of music by providing high-quality music education and experiences that are affordable and accessible. its vision is to be a leader in music education with a focus on creative youth…
We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.
Amda is committed to providing an unsurpassed performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. amda seeks to be both the school and the stage, where students are given the support and the freedom to find their voice…
Arizona opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music - cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.
Ballet tucson is dedicated to bringing iconic, world-class dance performances and rising star artists to tucson and to sharing explorative experiences that inspire hope and excitement in our community.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The santa fe institute is a transdisciplinary research community that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical,…
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds New School for the Arts ↗
- Who funds THE SIMPATICO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds BALLET ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION ↗
- Who funds REGGIE SANDERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lisherness Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lisherness Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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