Arizona · Public charity
University of Arizona Foundation
The University of Arizona Foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.
- $152M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,342,742
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $149,102,432
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations University of Arizona Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $222k 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 | 4 | $152M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $118M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $98M | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $107M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $96M | 42% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $83M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $86M | 45% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $69M | 94% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona | $869,862,435 | 9 | n/a |
| Tucson Unified School District | $2,395,091 | 3 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Initiative for Public Service Law | $547,153 | 2 | 100% |
| Southern Arizona Legal Initiative Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Tohono O'Odham Community College | $335,839 | 4 | 1% |
| Flowers and Bullets | $300,000 | 2 | 72% |
| Banner Health Foundation | $200,394 | 1 | 1% |
| Expect More Arizona | $125,000 | 2 | 7% |
| YWCA of Southern Arizona | $121,206 | 3 | 7% |
Show all 45 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
University of Arizona Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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: Arizona Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Community Food Bank Inc · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona · The David and Lura Lovell · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Social Venture Partners Tucson · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Absolon Foundation · Marshall Foundation
How this is measured
About University of Arizona Foundation
- How much does University of Arizona Foundation give?
- University of Arizona Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $152,467,988 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does University of Arizona Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Health (0%), Crime & Legal (0%).
- Who are University of Arizona Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Arizona ($870M), Tucson Unified School District ($2.4M), American Heart Association Inc ($1.0M).
- Does University of Arizona Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as University of Arizona Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Community Food Bank Inc.
- Where is University of Arizona Foundation based?
- University of Arizona Foundation is based in AZ.
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