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Arizona Foundation for Women Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Phoenix, AZ EIN: 86-0789956 Website

Our vision is to create an Arizona where women are safe, healthy, and economically independent. We live out our mission by committing to advance the status of arizonas women through research, advocacy, and philanthropy.

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc at a glance

In short: Arizona Foundation for Women Inc gave $25K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in Arizona. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$25,000
-16.7% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-80.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$25,000
+316.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$25,000
Total assets
$1,305,141
+3.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Arizona (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Arizona Foundation for Women Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Career Connectors Network: $25KCareer Connectors Network$25K

The largest 2025 recipient was Career Connectors Network ($25K).

Grant Size Distribution

24 grants across all recorded years

24<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 24 grants of 24 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

PhoenixWinslowGilbertPaysonChandlerLaveenMesaPrescottSun CityTucson

How Arizona Foundation for Women Inc gives

  • Giving fell 46% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60KTotal only2019 5 grants2020 8 grants2021 5 grants2022 5 grants2023 5 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2025) to $47K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Career Connectors Network Chandler, AZInspired LeadHER grant$25,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,305,141$49,431$84,739$25,0001$36,271
2024$1,267,208$186,147$493,867$30,0305$18,357
2023$1,469,547$98,089$164,945$43,9105$-6,193
2022$1,503,356$602,084$548,852$46,5005$91,835
2021$1,474,236$623,906$494,892$40,0008$100,032
2020$1,357,410$163,945$380,574$25,2505$47,631
2019$1,429,824$427,769$390,634$35,640Total only$48,849

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Arizona Foundation for Women Inc

Based on IRS filings

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Phoenix, AZ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $25K. Net investment income was $36K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc is led by Kylie Staples-Kallis, Chair & Secretary since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kylie Staples-Kallis

    Chair & Secretary

    Director → Chair & Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marilyn Seymann

    Director From

    Director → Emeritus, 2022

    Emeritus → Director From, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Frazier Johnson

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Luman

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ginger Perry

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kendis Key Muscheid

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (42)
  • Former: Andrea Whitsett (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Belinda Barclay-White (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Laurie Taylor (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Monica Lindstrom (2019–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Jacalyn Askin (2020–2024) — Finance Committee Chair
  • Former: Annabelle Salcedo (2022–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Lora Golke (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Tracy Desoto (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Amberlee Lapointe (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Camaley Jennings (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Deanna Peterson (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Trixieann Golberg (2024) — Interim CEO
  • Former: Mesha Davis (2019–2023) — CEO
  • Former: Kyla Quintero (2020–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Juliet Burgess (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Alexandra Gill (2023) — Director
  • Former: Anna Maria Chavez (2023) — President
  • Former: Julie Linaman (2023) — Director
  • Former: Kylie Staples (2023) — Director
  • Former: Wendi Sorensen (2023) — Director
  • Former: Maureen Bussoletti (2019–2022) — Co-Chair
  • Former: Michael Strati (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Yvette Roeder (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Shawna Reed (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Steve Seleznow (2020–2022) — President
  • Former: Barbara Schifano (2021–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Brenda Holt (2021–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Rasheryl McCreary (2022) — Director
  • Former: Cynthia Wrasman (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Elisa De La Vara (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Erin Kelly (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jon Eliason (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Mary Wheeler (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Nandini Srinivasan (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Stephanie Roldan (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Susan Thrasher (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Heather Hill (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Sauter (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Kim Hartmann (2019–2020) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Cher Murphy (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jodi Preudhomme (2019) — Director
  • Former: Kathy Kotin (2019) — Vice Chair & Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Arizona Foundation for Women Inc

How much does Arizona Foundation for Women Inc give each year?

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc gave $25K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $30K across 5 grants.

How large is Arizona Foundation for Women Inc?

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc reported $1.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $49K.

What is Arizona Foundation for Women Inc?

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Phoenix, AZ. It holds $1.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Arizona Foundation for Women Inc operate?

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc has awarded grants in Arizona.

What is Arizona Foundation for Women Inc's EIN?

Arizona Foundation for Women Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 86-0789956. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 15, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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