How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Arizona?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Arizona, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Arizona Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Arizona?

$186M reached 390 arts and culture organizations in Arizona, from 833 funders. 30% came from funders also based in Arizona.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Arizona · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Arizona

$186M reached 390 arts and culture organizations in Arizona, from 833 funders, with no single one dominating.

$186M

granted

390

organizations

30%

from in-state

The short version

833 funders gave $186M to 390 arts and culture organizations in Arizona across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
30% of that came from funders also based in Arizona; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Arizona is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, at $47M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Musical Instrument Museum, at $49M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Arizona

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Arizona, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$47M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$9M 3Arizona Community Foundation$7M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 5Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust$6M 6The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation$4M 7Phoenix Art Museum Endowment Fund Inc$3M 8Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation$3M 9The Rob Walton Foundation$3M 10American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M

Arts and culture organizations in Arizona that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

380 other arts and culture organizations$75M

Musical Instrument Museum$49M Mijente Support Committee$9M Phoenix Art Museum$8M Ballet Arizona$6M Native Renewables Inc$5M

How to find arts and culture funders in Arizona

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Start with the funders already active in Arizona
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Arizona are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Arizona Community Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
70% of arts and culture money in Arizona comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arizona.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Arizona?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Arizona, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Arizona Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Arizona?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Arizona, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Arizona?: $186M reached 390 arts and culture organizations in Arizona, from 833 funders. 30% came from funders also based in Arizona.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.