Arizona · Public charity
Thunderbird Foundation
The THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION is a charitable arm of the thunderbirds through which monies are disbursed to scholarship programs benefiting amateur athletes, amateur athletic teams or amateur athletic programs and events.
- $491k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $205k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Thunderbird Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 28 | $205k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $172k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $128k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $106k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $85k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $74k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $41k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Silver Belle Championship Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Phoenix Police Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Girls on the Run serving Maricopa & Pinal Counties | $50,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Recreation Association of Madison Meadows & Simis | $40,000 | 4 | 5% |
| The Salvation Army | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Junior Golf Association Inc | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Junior Golf University Dba Ping Junior Interclub | $37,500 | 5 | 24% |
| Cactus Little League Inc | $32,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Arcadia Little League Baseball Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
Show all 45 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thunderbird 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: Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc · Fiesta Events Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · The Thunderbirds · Thunderbirds Charities · American Express Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Thunderbird Foundation
- How much does Thunderbird Foundation give?
- Thunderbird Foundation reported 28 itemized grants totaling $205,000, out of $491,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thunderbird Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (95%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Thunderbird Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arizona Silver Belle Championship Inc ($60k), Phoenix Police Foundation Inc ($50k), Girls on the Run serving Maricopa & Pinal Counties ($50k).
- Does Thunderbird Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thunderbird Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc, Fiesta Events Inc, Arizona Community Foundation.
- Where is Thunderbird Foundation based?
- Thunderbird Foundation is based in AZ.
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