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William M & Ann K Grace Foundation

Scottsdale, AZ · EIN 56-2529760. Reported 34 grants totalling $2,072,215 to 23 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,250median grant
$2,072,215granted, 2021-2024
23organizations funded
43%of grantees funded again the next year
$12.5Massets, latest filing

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. William M & Ann K Grace 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,392 and $10,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $630,467. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
15 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Cincinnati Children's HospitalCincinatti, OH$1,682,403442024
Children's Oncology Group FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$277,280222024
Sun Devil ClubTempe, AZ$16,000332023
The Terra FoundationChicago, IL$15,000112022
Phoenix Children's FoundationPhoenix, AZ$12,500112024
University of Arizona FoundationTucson, AZ$10,500112024
McsfAlexandria, VA$10,000112022
Executive Council CharitiesPhoenix, AZ$8,500222024
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$5,606442024
Cancer Support CommunityPhoenix, AZ$5,000112022
New Pathways for YouthPhoenix, AZ$5,000112021
Amanda BrownMaryville, MO$3,896112021
Team RubiconLos Angeles, CA$3,500112021
Foundation for Addie's ResearchAurora, CO$3,000112023
Chaparral High SchoolScottsdale, AZ$2,970222024
Arizona Sports FoundationScottsdale, AZ$2,500112022
Fore the KidsParadise Valley, AZ$2,500112021
Wigged Out IncPhoenix, AZ$2,500112024
Az Fire Basketball ClubChandler, AZ$1,000112023
Gilbert High SchoolGilbert, AZ$1,000112024
M3F 2021 ScholarshipPhoenix, AZ$960112021
Arizona Humane SocietyPhoenix, AZ$500112021
Save the KidsSt Petersburg, FL$100112021

6 of 23 (26%) 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 43%, 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.

Plus 312 grants to individuals totalling $1,348,444 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Medical Research
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant
Education
1 grant
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202112$851,970$3,250
20227$557,192$5,000
20236$351,496$2,725
20249$311,557$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. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Ohio
$1.7M
Pennsylvania
$277K
Arizona
$71K
Illinois
$15K
Virginia
$10K
Connecticut
$6K
Missouri
$4K
California
$4K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 William M & Ann K Grace 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: 6925 E Indian School Rd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85251. 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.

EIN 56-2529760 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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