Arizona Grants for Nonprofits
Learn about grants for Arizona by browsing our curated list of top Arizona funders below. Members can also research funding opportunities using the search tool for Grant Finder. Become a member.
Giving Trends in Arizona
Grantmaking in Arizona has accelerated since the early 2010s, when Arizona’s population influx began to increase. Home to about 1,200 active grantmakers since 2018, more than $427.9 million in grants have been awarded to Arizona-based organizations. While this number seemed to peak in 2011 and 2014, grantmaking has since plateaued, but holds steady as the state’s government continues to slash human services, basic needs and education funding, among other important issues.
In addition to IP, knowledge about grants for Arizona nonprofits also runs through the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits and the Arizona Grantmakers Forum, which merged in 2022. As well, the Arizona State University Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation provides annual research on this giving space. Grants for health outpace all other areas of funding, perhaps due in part to the state’s aging population and volume of retirees; health is followed by grants for education, human services, arts and culture, and animals and the environment.
That said, Arizona’s top funders are a mix of private, public and community foundations, which have raised Arizona’s grantmaking profile by millions as more people move to the state, but it remains behind neighboring states in the Southwest. Major funders of Arizona grants include Arizona Community Foundation, The Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation, The Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation, the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, MUFG Union Bank Foundation, Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, David and Ruth Coleman Charitable Foundation, Inc. and the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona.
Foundations in Arizona
APS FOUNDATION AND APS CORPORATE GIVING
APS Foundation sticks to STEM education, especially for K-12 teacher development. Meanwhile, APS corporate giving supports many other nonprofit issues in Arizona.
ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Not only does the Arizona Community Foundation manage more than 1,400 charitable funds, it also engages in discretionary grantmaking in arts and culture, community development, education, environment and health.
ARIZONA COYOTES FOUNDATION
This sports team funder supports Arizona communities in the areas of healthcare, education, and cultural arts programs for children and for service men and women. Grant opportunities typically open in July of each year.
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATION
This MLB team funder supports homelessness, indigent healthcare, and child programs in Arizona. It also gives back for education and youth sports in Arizona.
ARIZONA TOGETHER FOR IMPACT
Arizona Together for Impact supports sustained collaborations that bring nonprofits together in Arizona.
CARDINALS CHARITIES
This NFL team funder focuses grantmaking on women, children and minorities in Arizona. Grants are awarded once per year.
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA
This Tucson-based community funder awards regional grants in the fields of animal welfare, arts and culture, community development, education, environment, and health and human services.
FLINN FOUNDATION
This funder supports biosciences in Arizona. However, the Phoenix-based foundation also supports arts and culture organizations with budgets over $2.5 million.
GARCIA FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Garcia Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education and youth, health, and human services.
DIANE & BRUCE HALLE FOUNDATION
The philanthropic vehicle of Discount Tire founder and billionaire Bruce Halle and his wife, this foundation gives most of its grants in Arizona toward fighting homelessness, providing justice, and supporting human services.
H.S. LOPEZ FAMILY FOUNDATION
Funding interests include health, education, and human services. Grants are limited to the Pima County area of Arizona.
DAVID AND LURA LOVELL FOUNDATION
This Tucson, Arizona, funder supports mental health, integrative health and wellness, youth access to the arts, and gender parity. It has been a leader in end-of-life care funding in Arizona.
MARSHALL FOUNDATION
The Marshall Foundation supports education, health and youth causes in Tucson and Pima County, Arizona. Grant applications are reviewed two times per year.
MORENO FAMILY FOUNDATION
The foundation’s Arizona grantmaking focuses on community organizations and youth. The Morenos also fund scholarship outfits for Hispanic students.
BOB AND RENEE PARSONS FOUNDATION
This is the philanthropic vehicle of GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons and his wife Renee. The couple does most of their grantmaking in Phoenix. Priorities include health, education, human services, and veterans.
PHOENIX SUNS CHARITIES
This NBA team funder supports children and families throughout Arizona. Unsolicited applications are accepted, and grants are awarded yearly for health and human services, education, and sports and recreation.
PICOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
This funder supports Southern Arizona groups, mostly around Tucson, in the areas of disadvantaged youth and STEM education. Grant applications are due annually at the end of September.
VIRGINIA G. PIPER CHARITABLE TRUST
The trust supports local nonprofits in six program areas in Phoenix and throughout Maricopa County, Arizona. Children, adolescents and senior citizens are the focus of most Piper grants. This is an accessible funder.
NINA MASON PULLIAM CHARITABLE TEST
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust supports work and economic opportunity, housing, conservation, animals and education.
TRENDS CHARITABLE FUND
The Trends Charitable Fund supports women, children, human services and basic needs in Arizona.
WHITEMAN FOUNDATION AND WHITEMAN 4G FOUNDATION
The Whiteman Foundation supports child welfare, education and health. Its founder created a second foundation, the Whiteman 4G Foundation, which focuses on basic needs for children. Maricopa County, Arizona, is the focus for both foundations.
VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION
This is a health legacy foundation focused on Arizona. Priorities are access to care and coverage, healthy community design, community capacity-building, and community innovation and collaboration.
WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Supports programs promoting social, political and economic change for women and girls. Funding goes to efforts in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties.
YOUNG JEWISH FUNDERS OF ARIZONA
The Young Jewish Funders of Arizona supports basic needs, education, community building and other Jewish causes in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
