Arizona · Private foundation
The Virginia M Ullman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $575k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Virginia M Ullman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 9 | $575k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $545k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $555k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $365k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $430k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Art Museum | $465,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Heard Museum | $385,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $250,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Ballet Arizona | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Phoenix Symphony Association | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Therapeutic Harp Foundation | $115,000 | 5 | 36% |
| Jordan Sterling Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Arizona Science Center | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Art Museum | $465,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Heard Museum | $385,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $385,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $250,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Ballet Arizona | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Phoenix Symphony Association | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Therapeutic Harp Foundation | $115,000 | 5 | 36% |
| Jordan Sterling Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Arizona Science Center | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Liberty Wildlife Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Arts | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Historical League Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($480k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Virginia M Ullman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Papp Family Foundation · The Rob Walton Foundation · The Ottosen Family Foundation · L Roy Papp Charitable Trust · Robert H McKee and Mary Ellen McKee Charitable Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Arizona Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Virginia M Ullman Foundation
- How much does The Virginia M Ullman Foundation give?
- The Virginia M Ullman Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $575,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Virginia M Ullman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Animals (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Virginia M Ullman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Phoenix Art Museum ($465k), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($385k), The Heard Museum ($385k).
- Does The Virginia M Ullman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Virginia M Ullman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Virginia M Ullman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, The Papp Family Foundation, The Rob Walton Foundation.
- Where is The Virginia M Ullman Foundation based?
- The Virginia M Ullman Foundation is based in AZ.
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