Arizona · Nonprofit
ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE
ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,777 to it, the largest being ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL FOUNDATION ($55,777). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $843k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Asu Research Enterprise does
Mission
Extend asu's reach to meet its research goals through the cultivation and execution of applied r&d.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Grow Asu Research Enterprise (asure) into a recognized leader in technology innovation through applied research and development in order to strengthen asu's reach, reputation, and impact on the toughest challenges facing national security and global well-being.
$166,345 spentof which $143,945 as grants$796,246 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $166,345.
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 $380k to $25M (+6515%).
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.
0% of ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Rf Shangraw Jr
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $26k → $29k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $170k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University). These are real filings, and they are not money ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE raised.
From the IRS filings of ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
85% of ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Defense$1.2M
- Department of Energy$491k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 16 related entities
- Epixc LLC · disregarded
- Asu Foundation for a New American University · exempt
- Taylor Trust FBO Asu Foundation · exempt
- Research Collaboratory at Asu · exempt
- Asu Enterprise Partners · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE?
- ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,777 to it, the largest being ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL FOUNDATION ($55,777). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $65,777 in grants to ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE?
- ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,777 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASU RESEARCH ENTERPRISE 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 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing