Arizona · Private foundation
The Gordon 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2026
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 19
- FY2022 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations The Gordon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 22 | $75k | 18% |
| FY2025 | 19 | $60k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $151k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $60k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Food Bank Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Casa de Los Ninos | $87,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN | $16,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $16,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Interfaith Community Services | $15,375 | 4 | 0% |
| The Primavera Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tucson Symphony Society | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $8,375 | 5 | 0% |
| Literacy Connects | $8,375 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Southern Arizona | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Food Bank Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Casa de Los Ninos | $87,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN | $16,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth on Their Own | $16,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Interfaith Community Services | $15,375 | 4 | 0% |
| The Primavera Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tucson Symphony Society | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Make Way For Books | $8,375 | 5 | 0% |
| Literacy Connects | $8,375 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Southern Arizona | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $4,250 | 5 | 0% |
| El Grupo Youth Cycling | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Tucson Medical Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tucson Botanical Gardens | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kol Ami Synagogue | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Jewish History Museum | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lead Guitar | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sister Jose Women's Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gordon Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · The David and Lura Lovell · John and Helen Murphey Foundation Inc · The Stonewall Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Gordon Foundation
- How much does The Gordon Foundation give?
- The Gordon Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $75,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 19 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2025.
- What does The Gordon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2026, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (33%), Human Services (31%), Health (8%).
- Who are The Gordon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2026: Community Food Bank Inc ($135k), Casa de Los Ninos ($88k), Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN ($17k).
- Does The Gordon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gordon 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 Gordon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona.
- Where is The Gordon Foundation based?
- The Gordon Foundation is based in AZ.
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