Arizona · Public charity
Tucson Festival of Books
The TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS is a premier, free-to-attend, family-friendly celebration of literature that engages our community. We present notable recently published authors from all genres to discuss big ideas and express creativity freely.
- $150k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Tucson Festival of Books funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% 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 | 3 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $215k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $165k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $165k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy Connects | $455,067 | 8 | 3% |
| University of Arizona | $266,733 | 8 | n/a |
| Reading Seed Inc | $188,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Make Way For Books | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona Daily Star | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
About Tucson Festival of Books
- How much does Tucson Festival of Books give?
- Tucson Festival of Books reported 3 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Tucson Festival of Books fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Tucson Festival of Books's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Literacy Connects ($455k), University of Arizona ($267k), Reading Seed Inc ($188k).
- Does Tucson Festival of Books fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Tucson Festival of Books based?
- Tucson Festival of Books is based in AZ.
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