Arizona Humanities Council Inc
Phoenix, AZ · EIN 86-0287464. Reported 102 grants totalling $1,296,176 to 73 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Arizona Humanities Council Inc, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A700) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 73 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 31% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $23,171. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff Arts Council | Flagstaff, AZ | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Imprints of Honor | Phoenix, AZ | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sedav Vaaki Museum Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $32,833 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northern Arizona Book Festival Inc | Flagstaff, AZ | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Apache Language Consortium Inc | Bloomington, IN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Borderlands Theater Teatro Fronterizo Inc | Tucson, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rising Youth Theatre | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Hopi Foundation Lomasuminagwtukwsiumani | Kykotsmovi, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Naco Heritage Alliance Inc | Naco, AZ | $28,309 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Theatre Troupe Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Phonetic Spit | Phoenix, AZ | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cultural Coalition Inc | Mesa, AZ | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Museum of Northern Arizona Inc | Flagstaff, AZ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Literary Translators Assn | Tucson, AZ | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sharlot Hall Historical Society of Arizona | Prescott, AZ | $22,211 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tucson Chinese Association Inc | Tucson, AZ | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Vail Preservation Society | Vail, AZ | $21,972 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sedona Arts Center Inc | Sedona, AZ | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aguila Youth Leadership Instituteinc | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-Az | Chandler, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emerson Theater Collaborative Inc | Sedona, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hustle USA | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jazz in Arizona Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Million Dollar Teacher Project | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morning Star Leaders Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reveille Gay Mens Chorus | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sounds Academy | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tigermountain Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tucson Childrens Museum Inc | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Xico Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Tucson, AZ | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Legal Action Network | Phoenix, AZ | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abor - Asu - Center of Muslim Exper | Tempe, AZ | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Inc | New York, NY | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mkuu Inc | Tempe, AZ | $15,087 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amerind Foundation Inc | Dragoon, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arizona Foundation for Women Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arizona Historical Society | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Border Youth Tennis Exchange Inc | Nogales, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| East Valley Jcc | Chandler, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fountain Hills and Lower Verde River Valley Historical Society | Fountain Hls, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival Inc | Grand Canyon, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Heartsy | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Heritage Square Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kore Press Inc | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lake Havasu City Historical Society | Lk Havasu Cty, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pinal County Historical Society Inc | Florence, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sun Cities Area Historical Society Inc | Sun City, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tempe Historical Society | Tempe, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation Inc | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Valley Arts Council | Surprise, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Winslow Historical Society Inc | Winslow, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Willcox Theater and Arts Inc | Willcox, AZ | $14,921 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bisbee Council on the Arts & Humanities | Bisbee, AZ | $12,552 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Various | $11,002 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Gilbert Historical Society Inc | Gilbert, AZ | $10,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mesa Martin Luther King JR Celebration Inc | Mesa, AZ | $10,035 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Language Conservancy | Bloomington, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Monsoon Youth Education Project | Globe, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natural History Institute | Prescott, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sigler Western Museum | Wickenburg, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tucson Museum of Art | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ua-Arizona State Museum | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glen Canyon Conservancy | Page, AZ | $9,720 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cook Native American Ministries Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rising Youth Theatre | Phoenix, AZ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valley Beit Midrash | Scottsdale, AZ | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tucson Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation | Tucson, AZ | $6,945 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Quartzsite Historical Society | Quartzsite, AZ | $6,839 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project Inc | Tucson, AZ | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tucson Desert Art Museum Inc | Tucson, AZ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
22 of 73 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 of 73 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 55 | $880,851 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 15 | $136,750 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $128,002 | $7,750 |
| 2023 | 16 | $150,573 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Arizona. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Arizona.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Arizona Humanities Council Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1242 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, 85004.
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