Arizona · Private foundation
The Grado Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $77k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $692k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations The Grado Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $77k | 88% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $46k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald Reagan High School Band Parents Association | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tucson Church of Christ | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Firefighteraid Fka San Diego Firefighters Benevolent Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Exploratorium | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Burned Out Survivors Fund | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Music For All Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Child Fund | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Soccer League | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald Reagan High School Band Parents Association | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tucson Church of Christ | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Firefighteraid Fka San Diego Firefighters Benevolent Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Exploratorium | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Burned Out Survivors Fund | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Music For All Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Child Fund | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Soccer League | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $1,545 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
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
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About The Grado Foundation
- How much does The Grado Foundation give?
- The Grado Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $77,154 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Grado Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (35%), Human Services (17%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Grado Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Zoological Society of San Diego ($60k), Ronald Reagan High School Band Parents Association ($15k), Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center ($14k).
- Does The Grado Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Grado 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 Grado Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Grado Foundation based?
- The Grado Foundation is based in AZ.
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