The Worthington Family Foundation concentrates its support on basic needs and community organizations in the Southwest, with especially strong, repeated backing for a single food bank in Flagstaff. Grants are typically unrestricted operating support and include faith-based Buddhist organizations and local housing initiatives in northern Arizona. Their giving suggests a preference for sustained, flexible funding to a small roster of trusted nonprofits rather than broad, one-off gifts.
Concentrated, repeat funding: few relatively large unrestricted grants with multiple payments to the same core grantee (Flagstaff Family Food Center), supplemented by targeted support to faith-based and local housing groups.
Worthington Family Foundation’s largest recent grant was a $50,000 unrestricted operating grant to Flagstaff Family Food Center in 2025, and that food bank appears repeatedly across the recent record. The foundation’s giving shows a small, steady roster of nonprofit partners rather than a broad set of one-time awards. Food security in Flagstaff and northern Arizona is a clear through line, alongside support for Buddhist organizations and some housing-related work in the region. Recent gifts include multiple unrestricted operating grants to Flagstaff Family Food Center across several years, plus support for Housing Solutions of Northern AZ. The foundation also funded Planned Parenthood in Flagstaff and a Phoenix-based education organization, showing that its regional support is not limited to one service type. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is flexible support to nonprofit institutions, with awards commonly used for general operations rather than restricted projects. That approach is reinforced by the size profile, where grants cluster at levels that can provide meaningful operating support to individual organizations.
Food security is the most visible theme in the recent grants list. The foundation gave $37,500 in 2024 and $25,000 in 2023 to Flagstaff Family Food Center, both for unrestricted operating support. It also added a $20,000 grant to the same organization in 2023, reinforcing that relationship. In housing, the foundation made a $15,000 unrestricted operating grant to Housing Solutions of Northern AZ in Flagstaff. Religious programming is another recurring area: Buddhist Foundation Diamond Way received $24,000 in 2023, and Diamond Way Buddhism USA received $12,500 in 2024. The foundation also supported health access and advocacy with a $10,000 grant to National Network of Abortion Funds in 2024 and a $10,000 grant to Doctors Without Borders in 2025.
Typical awards are modest to mid-sized: the 25th percentile and median are both $10,000, while the 75th percentile is $22,000. The recent record is dominated by unrestricted operating support, indicating a flexible funding style. Some recipients appear in multiple years, especially Flagstaff Family Food Center and Diamond Way Buddhism USA, which points to repeat support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is a private family foundation, with annual grants of $254,000 and total assets of $1,394,282. It funds nonprofit institutions and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $22K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$22K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in AZ.
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Notable grantees: Flagstaff Family Food Center, Buddhist Foundation Diamond Way, Diamond Way Buddhism USA, Housing Solutions of Northern AZ
Grantmaking is regionally focused and concentrated in Arizona. The top state by grant count is AZ, and the recent grants list shows multiple awards in Flagstaff, including food security, housing, and health-related recipients. Phoenix appears as another Arizona recipient city through Great Hearts Foundation. Outside Arizona, the foundation gave to organizations in California, including Walnut and Covina, and to groups in Maryland and Oregon. Every grant in the recent list went to a U.S. recipient.
The recent grants show support for food security, housing, religious programming, health access, and education-related organizations. Flagstaff Family Food Center received multiple unrestricted operating grants, Housing Solutions of Northern AZ received support for housing work, and the foundation also funded Buddhist organizations, Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders, and Great Hearts Foundation.
Yes. The recent grants list shows unrestricted operating support across the record, including repeated grants to Flagstaff Family Food Center and other recipients. The foundation’s philosophy tags also point to unrestricted, general operating, flexible, and core operating support.
Typical awards are centered at $10,000. The grant-size distribution shows a 25th percentile of $10,000, a median of $10,000, and a 75th percentile of $22,000.
Arizona is the top state by grant count. Recent grants include several recipients in Flagstaff, plus awards in Phoenix, while the list also includes organizations in California, Maryland, and Oregon.
Yes. Flagstaff Family Food Center appears in multiple years, with grants of $50,000 in 2025, $37,500 in 2024, $25,000 in 2023, and $20,000 in 2023. Diamond Way Buddhism USA also appears more than once in the recent grants list.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | HAGERSTOWN, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GREAT HEARTS FOUNDATION | PHOENIX, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DIAMOND WAY BUDDHISM USA | COVINA, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $37,500 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DIAMOND WAY BUDDHISM USA | COVINA, CA | $12,500 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS | BEAVERTON, OR | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | HAGERSTOWN, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $25,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BUDDHIST FOUNDATION DIAMOND WAY | WALNUT, CA | $24,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $20,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN AZ | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $15,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BUDDHIST FOUNDATION DIAMOND WAY | WALNUT, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT |
GREAT HEARTS FOUNDATION
$10,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
DIAMOND WAY BUDDHISM USA
$10,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$5,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
DIAMOND WAY BUDDHISM USA
$12,500UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS
$10,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$10,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
BUDDHIST FOUNDATION DIAMOND WAY
$24,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN AZ
$15,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
BUDDHIST FOUNDATION DIAMOND WAY
$5,000UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
