Dorrance Foundation for Education
Scottsdale, AZ · EIN 82-3330439. Reported 93 grants totalling $8,045,046 to 39 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Dorrance Foundation for Education did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,866. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,050 and $12,000; the smallest was $31 and the largest $2,086,809. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Paid (see Attached) | Scottsdale, AZ | $2,086,809 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tuscon, AZ | $1,126,572 | 20 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $1,049,124 | 10 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northern Arizona University Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | $1,032,275 | 14 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Arizona | Tuscon, AZ | $890,250 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $879,120 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ | $865,500 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| 3RD Decade Inc | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nau Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tuscon Crusaders | Tucson, AZ | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Tuscon | Tuscon, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phoenix Public Library Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sage Foundation for Health | Tempe, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Society of Saint Vicent De Paul | Scottdale, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George Washington Mount Vernon | Mt Vernon, VA | $4,866 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Montpelier Foundation | Orange, VA | $4,470 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Vernon Ladies Association | Mount Vernon, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patronato San Xavier | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Desert Botanical Garden | Phoenix, AZ | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transition Zone Horticultural Institute | Flagstaff, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beads of Courage | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gabriel Michaud | Pearce, AZ | $1,395 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aramark at Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $1,315 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Desert Botanical Garden | Phoenix, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Country Humane | Flagstaff, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health | Brewer, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre Inc | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Education Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Educational Enrichment Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whiskers N Wishes Sanctuary | Marana, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coconino County Humane Association | Flagstaff, AZ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flagstaff Family Food Center | Flagstaff, AZ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iowa FFA Foundation | Ankeny, IA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Native Womens Scholars | Pinetop, AZ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pima Community College | Tucson, AZ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Agora Foundation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
6 of 39 (15%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 25%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Northern Arizona University
FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT NAU - University of Arizona
FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT UA - Arizona State University
SPRING 2025 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT ASU - University of Arizona Foundation
Fall 2022 Scholarship Award for 49 Students - Northern Arizona University Foundation
Fall 2022 Scholarship Award for 47 Students - Arizona State University Foundation
Spring 2023 Scholarship Award for 41 Students
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $1,434,624 | $4,866 |
| 2022 | 32 | $1,792,928 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | $2,086,809 | $2,086,809 |
| 2024 | 35 | $2,730,685 | $4,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Arizona. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,866. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Arizona.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dorrance Foundation for Education's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 6263 N Scottsdale Rd Suite 330, Scottsdale, AZ, 85250. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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