Jerry W Brock Foundation
Tempe, AZ · EIN 27-4004949. Reported 36 grants totalling $467,600 to 29 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. Jerry W Brock Foundation 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tempe Historic Preservation Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $94,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arizona PBS | Phoenix, AZ | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Buena Vista Ranchos Homeowners Assoc | Mesa, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lost Our Home Pet Rescue | Tempe, AZ | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arizona Sustainability Alliance | Tempe, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Buffalo Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tie Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lily's Pad | Tempe, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prostate on Site Project | Mesa, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Tempe-Trap Nueter & Release | Tempe, AZ | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tempe Community Action Agency | Tempe, AZ | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Christian Church - Little Pantry | Tempe, AZ | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Business & Education Coalition | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tempe St Lukes Hospital | Tempe, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Tempe-Lady Hawk Program | Tempe, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tempe Firefighters Charities | Tempe, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Centers for Habilitation | Tempe, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club | Indianapolis, IN | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tempe Family YMCA | Tempe, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valley of the Sun YMCA | Phoenix, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tempe Veterans Day Parade Committee | Tempe, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Judes Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tempe South Rotary | Tempe, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terrell Isd Excellence Foundation | Terrell, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Bridges | Mesa, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dementia Friendly Tempe | Tempe, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Desert Paws Rescue | Mesa, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian Motorcycle Association | Mena, AR | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
6 of 29 (21%) 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 17%, across 3 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.
- Buena Vista Ranchos Homeowners Assoc
TO HELP FULFILL MISSION OF MAINTAINING SERVICE AND VISION OF COMMUNITY. - Tempe Historic Preservation Foundation
PRESERVING TEMPE'S AT RISK HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND SUPPORTING WORTHY PRESERVATION PROJECTS THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND FUNDRAISING - Arizona PBS
TO HELP CONTINUE CREATION OF CHILDRENS PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN ARIZONA. - The Buffalo Foundation
THE BUFFALO FOUNDATION AIMS TO REACH AS MANY OF THESE PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT THEY CAN BREAK THAT CYCLE OF POVERTY, REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND IN TURN, GIVE BACK TO THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. - Arizona Sustainability Alliance
TO CREATE AND SUPPORT CUTTING-EDGE, PROJECT-BASED SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS IN ARIZONA THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION AND EDUCATION. WE EMPOWER ARIZONA CITIZENS TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARD MORE VERDANT, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. - Lost Our Home Pet Rescue
TO PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE SERVICES TO PETS AND PET PARENTS IN CRISIS. WHETHER IT BE FORECLOSURE, HOMELESSNESS, JOB LOSS, ILLNESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ANY OTHER HARDSHIP, WE ARE THERE TO SERVE PETS AND PET PARENTS IN THE VALLEY WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 12 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $210,500 | $13,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | $72,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 15 | $154,600 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | $30,500 | $2,500 |
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 $7,500. 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 Jerry W Brock Foundation'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: 2150 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ, 85288. 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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