Arizona · Private foundation
The Eliot Spalding Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $174k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Eliot Spalding Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation For Southern Arizona, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Eliot Spalding Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $174k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Eliot Spalding 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; $7k 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 | 28 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $174k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $167k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $212k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $206k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $176k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $171k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $171k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Family Services Inc | $95,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pima Council on Aging | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $72,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $64,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Literacy Connects | $52,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $44,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Dancing in the Streets Arizona | $40,000 | 8 | 7% |
| St Lukes in the Desert Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon Youth Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Caregiver Training Institute | $36,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Family Services Inc | $95,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pima Council on Aging | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $72,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $64,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Literacy Connects | $52,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $44,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Dancing in the Streets Arizona | $40,000 | 8 | 7% |
| St Lukes in the Desert Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon Youth Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Caregiver Training Institute | $36,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Step Up To Justice | $33,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Gods Vast Resources | $32,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Gospel Rescue Mission Inc | $31,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Interfaith Community Services | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Intermountain Centers for Human Development Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Erik Hite Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Western National Parks Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($699k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Eliot Spalding 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: The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Marshall Foundation · The David and Lura Lovell · Lucille E Williams Foundation · Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation · Fred & Christine Armstrong Foundation · Donald Pitt Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Eliot Spalding Foundation
- How much does The Eliot Spalding Foundation give?
- The Eliot Spalding Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $173,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Eliot Spalding Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Human Services (9%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Eliot Spalding Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Our Family Services Inc ($95k), Pima Council on Aging ($80k), Youth on Their Own ($72k).
- Does The Eliot Spalding Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Eliot Spalding Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Eliot Spalding Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona.
- Where is The Eliot Spalding Foundation based?
- The Eliot Spalding Foundation is based in AZ.
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