· Private foundation
Roy P Drachman Foundation
Its FY2026 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k7 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FOX TUCSON THEATRE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAICA | $10,000 |
| FIRST TEE OF TUCSON | $5,000 |
| STEPEHN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOU | $5,000 |
| ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH | $3,000 |
| VIVA PIMA | $3,000 |
| REID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $2,500 |
| THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ARIZONA DAILY STAR SPORTSMEN'S FUND | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY26–26, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 86% 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
- TCTucson Conquistadores Inc7× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +30%
- AAARIZONA AEROSPACE FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +34%
- FTFOX TUCSON THEATRE FOUNDATION4× · 2023–2026 · $40k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- CYConquistadores Youth Golf Programone grant, 2018 · $15k
University of Arizona Foundationone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -11%- VAVETERANS ADMINISTRATIONone grant, 2019 · $2k
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.
Continuing to provide funds and leadership to organizations supporting youth and special needs athletes in Southern Arizona.
Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.
The mission of the presidio san agustin del tucson trust is to promote, preserve and interpret the origins and history of tucson
Cultivate lifelong connections, strengthen commitment to the university and inspire advocacy, engagement and giving.
The Arts Foundation mission is to advance artistic expression, civic participation, and equitable economic growth of our diverse community by supporting, promoting, and advocating for arts and culture in our region.
The Tucson Investigative Reporting Center educates and informs Southern Arizonans about the community challenges & unique culture of our borderlands through independent local journalism.
The Association shall be an educational service scientific and technical organization devoted to the study of and promotion of interest in Astronomy and its related allied sciences.
Support tucson parks foundation, which assists city of tucson parks and recreation department.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 19 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 Tucson Conquistadores Inc ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA AEROSPACE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOX TUCSON THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Conquistadores Youth Golf Fund ↗
- Who funds REID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Arizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
- Who funds TUCSON ALLIANCE FOR AUTISM ↗
- Who funds Hedrick House Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds VIVA PIMA ↗
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Roy P Drachman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roy P Drachman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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