Arizona · Private foundation
William and Nancy Anixter Family 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $502k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 7 | $29k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $27k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $31k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $26k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $20k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of the Valley | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Halo Helping Animals Live on Inc | $24,500 | 6 | 0% |
| La Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outpost Productions Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Taos School of Music Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of the Valley | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Halo Helping Animals Live on Inc | $24,500 | 6 | 0% |
| La Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outpost Productions Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Taos School of Music Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope for Paws | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Annunciation House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puget Sound Restoration Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Moraine Township | $150 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Nancy Anixter Family 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.
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How this is measured
Compare William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation with peer funders
About William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation
- How much does William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation give?
- William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (19%), Health (19%), Youth Development (17%).
- Who are William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Hospice of the Valley ($28k), Halo Helping Animals Live on Inc ($25k), La Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place ($17k).
- Does William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Nancy Anixter Family 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 William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation based?
- William and Nancy Anixter Family Foundation is based in AZ.
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