Arizona · Nonprofit
PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW
PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17,986 to it, the largest being LOWELL OBSERVATORY ($17,986). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $35M
What Percival Lowell Trust Uw does
Mission
A trust established for the benefit of lowell observatory.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The trust was established for the benefit of lowell observatory to provide funding to conduct astronomical research and sponsor educational programs related to astronomy.
$298,235 spentof which $298,235 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $298,235.
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 2017 to 2018, from $28M to $21M (−24%).
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 PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW’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.
Where its funders are
100% of PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW'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
PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Lowell Observatory · exempt
- Lowell Observatory Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW: 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 PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW?
- PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17,986 to it, the largest being LOWELL OBSERVATORY ($17,986). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $17,986 in grants to PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW?
- LOWELL OBSERVATORY is the largest funder on record, with $17,986 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PERCIVAL LOWELL TRUST UW 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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