Arizona · Private foundation
Twiford 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.
- $788k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $61,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Twiford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | $738k | 77% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $180k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $131k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $75k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $53k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan School of Music | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Madison Education Foundation | $70,300 | 3 | 25% |
| Banner Health Foundation | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children First Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Musical Instrument Museum | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Act One | $27,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Indian Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Public Library Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan School of Music | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Madison Education Foundation | $70,300 | 3 | 25% |
| Banner Health Foundation | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children First Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Musical Instrument Museum | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Act One | $27,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Indian Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Public Library Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Exit 12 Dance Company Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Phoenix Symphony Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballet Arizona | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Childrens Chorus Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gabriels Angels Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Musica Nova Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Imprints of Honor | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Phoenix Indian Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Public Radio Arizona | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Arts Arizona Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Xico Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Veritas Preparatory Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Twiford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Thunderbirds Charities · Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · John F Long Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Burton Family Foundation · American Express Foundation · William & Ruth Pendleton Memorial Fund US Bank National Association · The Ottosen Family Foundation · Sherman and Linda Saperstein Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About Twiford Foundation
- How much does Twiford Foundation give?
- Twiford Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $788,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Twiford Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (27%), Animals (15%).
- Who are Twiford Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Manhattan School of Music ($240k), Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc ($115k), Madison Education Foundation ($70k).
- Does Twiford Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Twiford 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 Twiford Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thunderbirds Charities, Arizona Community Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust.
- Where is Twiford Foundation based?
- Twiford Foundation is based in AZ.
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