AWH Foundation

• The filing says the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes grants only to preselected charitable organisations, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered.
• A realistic first step is to find an introduction through an existing contact or board connection, not to send a proposal.
• If an introduction is possible, a request in the range of $3,000 to $25,000 fits its typical pattern, since about 8 in 10 of its grants fell in that band and the median was $10,000, though the largest grant was $50,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
• Its grants span universities, social-service organisations, food banks, youth organisations and arts bodies, and the filing states no narrower programme or criteria, so the work should be described clearly in terms of charitable purpose.
• The filing does not state a geographic focus, but most recorded grant dollars went to Arizona, with Michigan next, and the filing gives no timing or deadline information to plan around.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Arizona Foundation · Charitable
  $50,0002022 tax year
• Hillsdale College · Charitable
  $30,0002022 tax year
• SPL Sports Foundation · Charitable
  $25,0002022 tax year
• Simon Youth Foundation · Charitable
  $25,0002022 tax year
• Lakeland University · Charitable
  $20,0002022 tax year
• Lutheran Services of Southern Arizona · Charitable
  $20,0002022 tax year
• University of Michigan Cancer Center · Charitable
  $20,0002022 tax year
• United Way of Tucson · Charitable
  $15,0002022 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.