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Livingston 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.

$23k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$750
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 27
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$770k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Livingston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving23$23k35%
FY202321$25k29%
FY202227$24k56%
FY202123$34k39%
FY202022$22k45%
FY201920$22k70%
FY201823$33k61%
FY201719$27kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$59kPublic Benefit$34kEducation$21kHealth$21kInternational$12kCommunity Improvement$12kPhilanthropy$9kEnvironment$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NY
MA
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Livingston Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy$31,90071%
Act One$18,05770%
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$7,78560%
Junior League of Phoenix Inc$7,50371%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$7,50060%
Seton Catholic Preparatory$7,5001n/a
Theater Works Inc$5,50030%
CALA Alliance$5,06651%
Dignity Health Foundation$5,00010%
Arizona Opera Company$4,38830%
Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc$4,00012%
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation$4,00040%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,75020%
Phoenix Art Museum$3,75030%
Xico Inc$3,70520%
Partners in Action Inc$3,01320%
Celebrity Fight Night Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Brevard Achievement Center Inc$3,00020%
Phoenix Symphony Association$2,98510%
Ballet Arizona$2,50030%
Valley Bloom$2,40020%
Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations$2,14550%
Tempe Community Council Inc$2,00010%
Crossroads Inc$2,00010%
Lakeshore Music Inc$2,00021%
Mulligans Manor$1,8001n/a
Tempe Community Action Agency Inc$1,55710%
Kids in Focus$1,50020%
Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc$1,39530%
St Joseph the Worker$1,03030%
Teach for America Inc$1,00010%
New City Barrio Nuevo Phoenix$1,0001n/a
Feldman Family Foundation$1,00011%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center$1,0001n/a
Junior League of Dallas Inc$86520%
Phoenix Children's Hospital$75020%
The Odyssey Preparatory Academy Inc$75020%
Arizona Women's Board$60010%
Flux Factory Inc$51210%
Valley Leadership Corporation$50010%
National Wildlife Federation$50010%
Valley of the Sun United Way$50010%
Higher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc$50010%
Childhelp Inc$50010%
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum$42720%
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego$39620%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$25010%
Circle the City$25010%
Bee Happy 4 Odin$25015%
Two Pups Wellness Fund$2501n/a
Arizona Foundation for Women Inc$25010%
The George W Bush Foundation$20010%
State of Arizona$1541n/a
Museum of the Bible$10010%
Buffalo Foundation$1001n/a
Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation$10010%
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc$8010%
Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc$7010%
Musical Instrument Museum$4010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Livingston Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy: $31,900 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAct One: $18,057 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDesert Botanical Garden Inc: $7,785 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Phoenix Inc: $7,503 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTheater Works Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCALA Alliance: $5,066 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDignity Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Opera Company: $4,388 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Art Museum: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetXico Inc: $3,705 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPartners in Action Inc: $3,013 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCelebrity Fight Night Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrevard Achievement Center Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Symphony Association: $2,985 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Arizona: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetValley Bloom: $2,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPhoenix Committee on Foreign Relations: $2,145 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTempe Community Council Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCrossroads Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLakeshore Music Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $1,557 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids in Focus: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetScottsdale Museum of the West Inc: $1,395 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph the Worker: $1,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeldman Family Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Dallas Inc: $865 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Odyssey Preparatory Academy Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Women's Board: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlux Factory Inc: $512 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetValley Leadership Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHigher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildhelp Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum: $427 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego: $396 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCircle the City: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBee Happy 4 Odin: $250 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetArizona Foundation for Women Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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 FoundationAZ44× affinity24 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 · Moreno Family Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Thunderbirds Charities · Garcia Family Foundation · Margaret T Morris Foundation · American Express Foundation · Burton Family Foundation · L Roy Papp Charitable Trust · The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Livingston Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Livingston 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.

About Livingston Foundation

How much does Livingston Foundation give?
Livingston Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $23,104 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Livingston Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Public Benefit (16%), Education (10%).
Who are Livingston Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy ($32k), Act One ($18k), Desert Botanical Garden Inc ($8k).
Does Livingston Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Livingston 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 Livingston Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Moreno Family Foundation.
Where is Livingston Foundation based?
Livingston Foundation is based in AZ.

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 97 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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