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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 FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$523kEducation$402kAnimals$223kHousing & Shelter$115kHealth$60kHuman Services$30kEnvironment$25kCivil Rights$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k25 grants · $467k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $321k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PHOENIX ZOO$61,000
CHILDREN FIRST FOUNDATION$60,000
JEWISH FREE LOAN$50,000
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM$50,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$50,000
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC$50,000
ROSIE'S HOUSE$35,000
SOUTHWEST INDIAN FOUNDATION$25,000
BALLET ARIZONA$25,000
EXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY$25,000
AUDOBON SW OF NATIONAL AUDUBON$25,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$25,000
PHOENIX SYMPHONY$25,000
PHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$25,000
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GABRIEL'S ANGELS: $20k → 11%PHOENIX INDIAN CENTER: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of Twiford Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Twiford Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$726k · 7 repeat orgs$569k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$726k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+26%

Still filing today

86%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $527k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MS
    MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $240k · revenue +44%
  • ME
    MADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $70k · revenue +10% · 25% of their budget
  • BH
    Banner Health Foundation
    4× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • ME
    MADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • UH
    UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • VP
    VERITAS PREPARATORY ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +26%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Phoenix Conservatory of Music

The organization is committed to unleashing the power of music by providing high-quality music education and experiences that are affordable and accessible. its vision is to be a leader in music education with a focus on creative youth…

Arts & Culture
2
Arizona Theatre Company

ATC's mission is to create world-class theatre about what it means to be alive today - inspiring curiosity and creativity, sparking empathy and joy - bringing all Arizonans together.

Arts & Culture
3
Arizona Opera Company

Arizona opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music - cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.

Arts & Culture
4
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
5
The Phoenix Theatre Company and Subsidiary

Phoenix theatre creates exceptional theatrical experiences to articulate messages that inspire hope and understanding.

Arts & Culture
6
Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix art museum creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. this mission is supported by seven strategic pillars:(continued on schedule o)1. be a space…

Arts & Culture
7
Tucson Symphony Society

The mission of the Tucson Symphony is to build and enrich community through the experience of live music of the highest quality.

Arts & Culture
8
International School of Arizona

Our mission is to provide a progressive international education and advanced multilingual academics in a safe, diverse, and nurturing environment. our innovative and individualized approach to learning prepares highly motivated students…

Education
9
Phoenix Performing Arts Inc
Arts & Culture
10
Arizona Educational Foundation Inc

To celebrate excellence and cultivate opportunity in pk-12th grade arizona public education.

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11
Phoenix Girls Chorus Inc

To cultivate, inspire, and empower young women to find their voice through world-class music education and performance.

—
12
Phoenix Performing Arts Center Inc

We are arizona's center stage, engaging the community through diverse experiences that ignite emotion, stimulate conversation, and inspire connections with the arts.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Phoenix Symphony Association; the most unlike its peers is Rosies House a Music Academy for Children Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
10/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $240,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSICMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUMACT ONE: $27,500 · Arts & CultureACT ONEEXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureEXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY INCPHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONBALLET ARIZONA: $25,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARIZONAPHOENIX CHILDRENS CHORUS INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreTHE PHOENIX ZOO: $198,000 · OtherTHE PHOENIX ZOOJEWISH FREE LOAN: $50,000 · OtherJEWISH FREE LOANSOUTHWEST INDIAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST INDIAN FOUNDATIONAUDOBON SW OF NATIONAL AUDUBON: $25,000 · OtherAUDOBON SW OF NATIONAL AUDUBONMADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherMADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $17,200 · OtherVALLEY YOUTH THEATRE: $15,000 · OtherUCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $25,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUESANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: $15,000 · OtherFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $15,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION: $195,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONMADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $70,300 · EducationMADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATI…CHILDREN FIRST FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationCHILDREN FIRST FOUNDATIONPHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationPHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY FOU…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $115,000 · Housing & ShelterBanner Health Foundation: $60,000 · HealthGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPHOENIX INDIAN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $25,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$467,500Other$440,200Education$352,300Housing & Shelter$115,000Health$60,000Human Services$30,000Environment$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $240,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMADISON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $70,300 over 3y, 25% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetACT ONE: $27,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetEXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET ARIZONA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX CHILDRENS CHORUS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMusica Nova Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetIMPRINTS OF HONOR: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetVERITAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Thunderbirds CharitiesArizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…The Foundation for Co…Jewish Community Foun…John F Long Foundatio…The Diane and Bruce H…Burton Family Foundat…American Express Foun…William & Ruth Pendle…The Ottosen Family Fo…Sherman and Linda Sap…
Thunderbirds CharitiesAZ32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Twiford Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Twiford Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Twiford Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Twiford Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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