Organization · EIN 86-0111675 · Tucson, AZ · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum?

28 private foundations reported paying Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum $2.09M on returns for tax year 2023.

28 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 28

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation
Tucson, AZ · Preselected only
$1,000,000 CHARITABLE ENTITY SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Priscilla and Michael Baldwin Foundation
Honolulu, HI · Preselected only
$563,312
2 grant lines
ART INSTITUTE OPERATIONS +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Peter & Nancy Salter Family Foundation
Phoenix, AZ · Preselected only
$400,000 RIPARIAN ADVENTURE
Filed as “ARIZONA-SONORAN DESERT MUSEUM”
Same address 0.94 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Flinn Foundation
Phoenix, AZ · Preselected only
$40,000 SUPPORT FOR INITIATIVE FOR FINANCIAL AND CREATIVE HEALTH Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Woodin Laboratory
Cleveland, OH
$20,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
L&M Friedlander Foundation
New City, NY · Preselected only
$10,000 EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Fred & Christine Armstrong Foundation
Tucson, AZ
$9,000 EDUCATION OF SONORAN DESERT WILDLIFE, FLORA, AND SEALIFE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Evim Foundation
Tucson, AZ · Preselected only
$8,000 NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Brown Foundation
Houston, TX
$5,000 Education Programs Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The James Huntington Foundation
Warrenville, IL · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Charis Charitable Foundation
Tucson, AZ · Preselected only
$5,000 INSPIRE HARMONY WITH THE DESERT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Benton J Ir Fbo Az Sonora Museum
Dallas, TX · Preselected only
$4,459 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Haskell Fund
Cleveland, OH
$3,908 OPERATING EXPENSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lenore Hanauer Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$2,000 UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jade Tree Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$2,000 OPERATIONAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lowman Lyon Foundation
Woodburn, OR · Preselected only
$2,000 ANIMAL, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$1,436 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Texas Instruments Foundation
Dallas, TX
$1,100 DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM." Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gwydion Fund for Wild Nature
New York, NY · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
R T Vanderbilt Trust
Norwalk, CT · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $136K to them
  2. Shirley & David Allen Foundation Mercer Island, WA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $5,660 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $42.2K to them
  4. Xcel Energy Foundation Minneapolis, MN
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $21.9K to them
  5. The Hs Lopez Family Foundation Tucson, AZ
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $2.35M to them
  6. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $60.5K to them
  7. Jordan and Jean Nerenberg Family Foundation Tucson, AZ
    Paid 4 of the 25 closest peers · $6,500 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Lincoln Financial Foundation Radnor, PA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $70.4K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Tucson Symphony Society Tucson, AZ
    7 shared funders · 19 funders in all
  2. Arizona Opera Company Phoenix, AZ
    6 shared funders · 18 funders in all
  3. University of Arizona Foundation Tucson, AZ
    7 shared funders · 143 funders in all
  4. Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Tucson, AZ
    3 shared funders · 13 funders in all
  5. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    7 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  6. Casa de Los Ninos Tucson, AZ
    5 shared funders · 19 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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