Arizona · Private foundation
The Jazzbird 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $553,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $535k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations The Jazzbird Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 30 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $1.7M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $1.8M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $1.6M | 3% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $1.5M | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $4,205,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Roundup River Ranch | $1,846,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Music Serving the Word Ministries | $1,325,003 | 8 | 77% |
| Juan Carlos Ortiz Ministries Inc | $988,000 | 9 | 68% |
| The Majesty Foundation | $816,000 | 9 | 49% |
| Jazz in Arizona Inc | $735,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Luis Palau Association | $720,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $480,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Music Inc | $440,000 | 6 | 69% |
| Minden Opera House Inc | $360,000 | 9 | 20% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $4,205,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Roundup River Ranch | $1,846,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Music Serving the Word Ministries | $1,325,003 | 8 | 77% |
| Juan Carlos Ortiz Ministries Inc | $988,000 | 9 | 68% |
| The Majesty Foundation | $816,000 | 9 | 49% |
| Jazz in Arizona Inc | $735,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Luis Palau Association | $720,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $480,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Music Inc | $440,000 | 6 | 69% |
| Minden Opera House Inc | $360,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $280,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern California School Of Theology | $223,125 | 9 | 0% |
| Young Sounds of Arizona Inc | $180,000 | 9 | 67% |
| Ferrum College | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Eagle River Presbyterian Church | $72,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Third Avenue Charitable Organization | $18,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Hospice of the Valley | $10,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology | $8,000 | 7 | 5% |
| American Guild of Organists | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jazzbird Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jazzbird Foundation
- How much does The Jazzbird Foundation give?
- The Jazzbird Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,587,325 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Jazzbird Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Education (28%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Jazzbird Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($4.2M), Roundup River Ranch ($1.8M), Music Serving the Word Ministries ($1.3M).
- Does The Jazzbird Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jazzbird 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 Jazzbird Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Jazzbird Foundation based?
- The Jazzbird Foundation is based in AZ.
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