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Who funds science in Arizona

Arizona's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$109M
granted
59
organizations
36%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of science in Arizona

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

1Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc$20M2Percival Lowell Trust Uw$17M3John Templeton Foundation$6M4American Cancer Society Inc$4M5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M6Helios Education Foundation$3M7Johns Hopkins University$3M8Caris Charitable Trust II Dtd 09162004$2M9Lowell Observatory$2M10National Philanthropic Trust$2M

Science organizations in Arizona that draw the most

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

Lowell Observatory$32MArizona Science Center$16M
49 other science organizations$15M
Wiyn Consortium Inc$13MLsst Inc$8MPlanetary Science Institute$6MNorthern Arizona University Foundation$5M

How to find science funders in Arizona

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Arizona

    The funders giving the most to science in Arizona are Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc, Percival Lowell Trust Uw, John Templeton Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the science 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    64% of science money in Arizona comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arizona.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Arizona?
Start with the funders already giving to science in Arizona, currently Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc, Percival Lowell Trust Uw, John Templeton Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Arizona?
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc gives the most to science organizations in Arizona, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Arizona?
$109M reached 59 science organizations in Arizona, from 307 funders. 36% 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.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.