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Foundations That Fund Education in Arizona

Imperigo has identified 788 funders that made 5,647 grants totaling $1.1B to 703 education organizations in Arizona, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Arizona

Total granted $1.1B
Funders 788
Grants 5,647
Organizations funded 703

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Avondale Learning
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
27. Valley of the Sun United Way
61 grants to 19 organizations · largest $6.7M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$11.9M
28. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix
57 grants to 15 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 6.8% of their giving
$3.3M
29. National Association of State Procurement Officals Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 62.6% of their giving
$1.1M
30. Thunderbirds Charities
70 grants to 24 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$3.1M
31. Legacy Traditional School - NW Tucson
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 85.2% of their giving
$975K
32. Flick Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2023 · 94.7% of their giving
$900K
33. Legacy Traditional School - Maricopa
7 grants to 6 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$895K
34. Arizona State University Research Park Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$750K
35. Phoenix Suns Charities Inc
29 grants to 15 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$1.8M
36. Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $716K · through 2023 · 26.0% of their giving
$716K
37. Orme Primavera Schools Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $177K · through 2024 · 43.7% of their giving
$646K
38. Institute for Mental Health Research
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $364K · through 2023 · 59.4% of their giving
$629K
39. Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$1.2M
40. American Leadership Academy Eagles Boost
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $381K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$501K
41. Legacy Traditional School - West Suprise
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$500K
42. Mining and Minerals Education Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $213K · through 2024 · 58.4% of their giving
$478K
43. Western Center For Journalism
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $450K · through 2020 · 44.4% of their giving
$450K
44. Bethany Christian Schools Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $434K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$434K
45. Rotary Club of Tucson Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 26.8% of their giving
$414K
46. Endaoment Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$2.7M
47. The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
17 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$1.4M
48. Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $594K · through 2023 · 6.6% of their giving
$1.2M
49. Desert Financial Credit Union
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$684K
50. Northern Az Christian School Scholarship Fund
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $179K · through 2022 · 15.7% of their giving
$491K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education work in Arizona, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering education work, with an address in Arizona. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable education funding in Arizona, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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