Arizona · Public charity
The Sonoran Institute Inc
The sonoran institute's mission is to connect people and communities with the natural resources that nourish and sustain them. We work at the nexus of commerce, community, and conservation to help people in the north american west build the communities they want to live in while preserving the values which brought them here. We envision…
- $124k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $117k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $69,775
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Sonoran Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 6 | $117k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $68k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $37k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $42k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $40k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Audubon Society | $69,775 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthawk | $45,454 | 2 | 2% |
| Watershed Management Group Inc | $41,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Luis Valley | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Platteville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Ridgway | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Longmont Museum | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pueblo County Dhs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Board Public Utility | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Globe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Audubon Society | $69,775 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthawk | $45,454 | 2 | 2% |
| Watershed Management Group Inc | $41,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Luis Valley | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Platteville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Ridgway | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Longmont Museum | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pueblo County Dhs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Board Public Utility | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Globe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Headwaters Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Larimer County Conservation Corps | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Xavier District of The | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thornton Pd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indio Water Authority | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Del Corazon Consulting | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand County Public Health | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Of Rialto | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Superior | $9,290 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Frederick | $8,138 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Greeley | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Consultants Inc | $7,056 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Denver Colorado | $5,774 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Rico | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sonoran Institute Inc
- How much does The Sonoran Institute Inc give?
- The Sonoran Institute Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $117,203, out of $123,891 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Sonoran Institute Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (39%), Public Benefit (27%), Animals (18%).
- Who are The Sonoran Institute Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tucson Audubon Society ($70k), Lighthawk ($45k), Watershed Management Group Inc ($41k).
- Does The Sonoran Institute Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sonoran Institute Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Sonoran Institute Inc based?
- The Sonoran Institute Inc is based in AZ.
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