Arizona · Private foundation
The Anderson 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.
- $62k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $991k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $62k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $45k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $36k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $38k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $47k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $51k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $52k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley University | $134,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $13,250 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $12,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $9,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Gospel Rescue Mission Inc | $8,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital | $6,750 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,950 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Anderson Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Ginny L Clements Charitable Trust · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Anderson Foundation
- How much does The Anderson Foundation give?
- The Anderson Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $62,185 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Anderson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (50%), Education (29%), International (9%).
- Who are The Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bentley University ($135k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($16k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($13k).
- Does The Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Anderson 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 The Anderson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ginny L Clements Charitable Trust, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc.
- Where is The Anderson Foundation based?
- The Anderson Foundation is based in AZ.
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