About David and Lura Lovell Foundation
The David and Lura Lovell Foundation concentrates sizable grants in Tucson and Arizona to strengthen youth arts access, community mental health, and integrative health/wellness programs. Their giving favors place‑based service providers and institutions (including the University of Arizona) and also supports gender‑equity work and Jewish community programming. Many grants are large, multi‑year style investments in mission-driven nonprofits rather than many small gifts.
Focus Areas
Youth music and arts access programs in Tucson (e.g., Lead Guitar, Full Spectrum)Community mental health services and school‑based mental health initiatives in Southern ArizonaIntegrative health and wellness programs, including end‑of‑life care tied to university clinical or research partnersGender parity and women's economic/leadership programs in ArizonaSupport for Jewish community services with mental health and cultural programming
Who They Fund
youth (children and teens)women and girls (gender parity focus)
About David and Lura Lovell Foundation
A $582,755 grant to Academic Consortium for Integrative in 2023 points to the David and Lura Lovell Foundation’s long-running support for integrative health and wellness, alongside sizable commitments in youth arts access, mental health, and gender parity. The foundation’s recent awards favor mission-driven nonprofits and institutions that can carry multi-year work, rather than many small gifts. In the recent grants list, Lead Guitar received $400,000 in 2025 and $274,427 in 2025 for youth access to the arts, showing repeated support for the same organization across years. University of Arizona Foundation For in Tucson appears multiple times for integrative health and wellness end-of-life care grants, including $300,000 in 2024 and $168,000 in 2023. The giving pattern also reaches community mental health providers such as United Way of Tucson and Southern A and Liberty Partnership Community Counc, plus gender-parity organizations including Women’s Foundation for the State Of and YMCA of Southern Arizona. The foundation’s portfolio connects place-based work in Arizona with broader national grants tied to its focus areas.
What David and Lura Lovell Foundation Funds
In youth arts access, the foundation backed Lead Guitar in Tucson with $400,000 in 2025, $274,427 in 2025, and $200,000 in 2023, all under youth access to the arts. In mental health, it gave $352,779 in 2023 to United Way of Tucson and Southern A and $275,000 in 2024 to Tucson Jewish Community Center, both in Tucson. Its integrative health and wellness work includes $300,000 in 2024 to University of Arizona Foundation Fo for end-of-life care and $250,000 in 2023 to Contexture for the same area. Gender parity is another recurring line of support, with $290,637 in 2023 to Women’s Foundation for the State Of and $260,000 in 2025 to YMCA of Southern Arizona.
How David and Lura Lovell Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a $15,000 median, with a lower quartile of $2,000 and an upper quartile of $100,000. The recent list shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Lead Guitar, University of Arizona Foundation Fo, Liberty Partnership Community Counc, The Carter Center Inc, and Equality Now. The foundation uses initiative grants, focus-area grants, and capacity-building grants, and the active grant-program descriptions indicate that some initiatives accept unsolicited requests while others are invitation-based. Grantmaking is not limited to one format, but the recent awards include several large, program-specific grants and multi-year style renewals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$0
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$546
Total Expenses
$1K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $100K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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