Arizona · Nonprofit
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (Arizona) receives grants from 721 organizations whose IRS filings report $560,096,745 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($98,572,233). 402 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $453M
- Funders on record
- 721
- Grants received
- $560M
- Net assets
- $1.7B
What Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University does
Mission
The asu foundation for a new american university is a private, nonprofit organization that raises and manages private contributions to support the work of arizona state university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research support - the asu foundation provided more than $81 million in research funding for asu. The asu foundation received more than $53 million of contributions to support asu research in information privacy and security; supply chain management; environment and sustainability; early childhood education, and other areas.
$81,703,073 spentof which $76,025,781 as grants$2,201,289 earned by the program39% of program spendingSpecific university programs - the asu foundation provided more than $45 million in support of sustainability and education activities, entrepreneurial activities, and programming activities. Asu foundation received over $85 million in contributions to support these activities.
$45,406,349 spentof which $42,251,203 as grants$1,223,362 earned by the program22% of program spendingStudent and faculty support - the asu foundation provided over $48 million for asu programs that assist undergraduate and graduate students. Asu foundation received over $194 million of contributions to support faculty recognition and professorships and for student support.
$48,524,509 spentof which $45,152,692 as grants$1,307,374 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe asu foundation provded over $32 million to support the education, research, public service, and other activities of arizona state university. In addition to the more than $850 thousand of program revenue, asu foundation received over $44 million of contributions in support of these activities.
$32,189,548 spentof which $29,952,796 as grants$867,268 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $207,823,479.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.3B to $1.6B (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
80% of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
John W Graham
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 134 funders to 287 funders, grant income rose $24M → $70M.
82 of 721 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $50M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Asu Enterprise Partners). These are real filings, and they are not money ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 721 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 20% · 2019 16% · 2020 10% · 2021 12% · 2022 14% · 2023 14% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
42% of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 41 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183M arriving through sponsors registered in 30 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 25 states
Part of a family of 17 related entities
- Asuf DC LLC · disregarded
- Asuf Venture Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Taylor Trust FBO Asu Foundation · exempt
- Asu Research Enterprise · exempt
- Research Collaboratory at Asu · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY?
- ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (Arizona) receives grants from 721 organizations whose IRS filings report $560,096,745 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($98,572,233). 402 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 721 organizations giving $560,096,745 in grants to ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, 402 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $98,572,233 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 721 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing