Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University
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About Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University
The ASU Foundation builds partnerships and relationships, uniting ideas, people, philanthropic support and investments to advance ASU's goals for inclusion, student success, discovery and local and global impact.
Focus Areas
Higher educationScholarships and fellowshipsResearch and innovationArts and cultureAthleticsCommunity resilienceEnvironment and sustainabilityHealth
Who They Fund
local community members / residentscommunity-based nonprofits / grassroots organizations
Funding Style
program support (project/restricted funding)
About Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University
The largest recent grant in the record went to Arizona State University: $168,356,121 in 2025 for program support. That scale shows how closely Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University is tied to the university and its affiliated units, with repeated support flowing to ASU, ASU Enterprise Partners, ASU Preparatory Academy, and Research Collaboratory at ASU across multiple years. The foundation’s giving also reaches beyond the university proper into education, research, and public-facing programs, including the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Earth School Educational Foundation, and the Hawaii Marine Education and Research Center. Across the recent grants list, the foundation uses program support as its dominant mode. Its portfolio includes education and scholarship-related support, research and innovation, arts and culture, athletics, community resilience, environment and sustainability, and health. Several grants are directed to ASU-related entities in Tempe and Phoenix, while others support outside organizations in Tucson, Honolulu-area Volcano, Washington, DC, and Storrs. That pattern points to a funder built around institutional partnerships, with ASU at the center and a wider set of education and community-oriented recipients around it.
What Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University Funds
In higher education, the foundation supported Arizona State University itself with $136,758,584 in 2023 for program support and $131,853,175 in 2024 for program support. It also funded Thunderbird School of Global Management with $629,134 in 2025 for program support and $343,024 in 2023 for program support, showing sustained attention to university-linked academic units. For research and innovation, it gave $150,000 in 2025 to Research Collaboratory at ASU for program support, after $90,000 in 2024 and $86,500 in 2023 for the same recipient and purpose. The foundation also backed ASU Research Enterprise with $140,000 in 2025 for program support. In education outreach, it made a $1,748,751 grant in 2024 to Earth School Educational Foundation for program support and $94,458 in 2023 plus $89,412 in 2024 to Education Forward Arizona for program support.
How Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University Gives
Typical grants cluster below the largest institutional awards: p25 is $7,500, median grant size is $20,300, and p75 is $92,615. The distribution shows a mix of very large university-level commitments and smaller program-support grants. The recent record also shows repeat funding across years for several recipients, including Arizona State University, ASU Enterprise Partners, Research Collaboratory at ASU, and Thunderbird School of Global Management. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$192.8M
Total Assets
$2.3B
Total Revenue
$452.6M
Total Expenses
$235.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $93K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$93K
Geographic Reach
Regional13 states funded
About 66% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
GRETCHEN BUHLIG
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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