Grantmakers

Arizona is home to 1,256 active grantmakers, organizations that make grants to other organizations (or individuals) as a key aspect of their charitable mission.

In 2011, Arizona's grantmakers paid an estimated $998 million in total grants. The majority (91%) gave less than $1 million in grants; these smaller grantmakers gave a combined total of $120 million, 12 percent of total grant dollars.

Conversely, a small minority of Arizona's grantmakers awarded the majority of grant dollars. Grantmakers giving $5 million or more represent only two percent of organizations, yet gave 69 percent of grant dollars, a total of $691 million.

To learn more about grantmakers please visit the Grantmakers page.

Single Support Organizations

Single support organizations are also known as supporting organizations or single support foundations. Although they give grant dollars, they are categorized separately due to their exclusivity. In contrast to grantmakers that support multiple nonprofits, the single support organization exists to financially support one designated nonprofit or educational institution.

In 2011 the 496 single support organizations paid $237 million in total grants.

To learn more about single support organizations, please visit the Supporting Organizations page.

This report presents information on two types of organizations: grantmakers, organizations that award grants to multiple nonprofits, and single support organizations, which financially support a single nonprofit organization or educational institution (i.e. a university or hospital foundation). To be considered a grantmaker the organization must report a total grants paid value greater than zero.

This report was last updated in February 2014 containing tax return data as provided by NCCS 2011 core files. Expect a future update to the grantmaking report to be released in early 2015. For more information on sources and methodology please refer to Glossary and Sources.