Lodestar Philanthropic Foundation
Private foundation · Phoenix, AZ · EIN 20-4480084 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Lodestar Foundation
177grants reported
$16Kmedian award
$8,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$4.7Mtotal paid
18states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 5 of its 177 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $510K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
4455 E Camelback RD Ste C250
Phoenix, AZ 85018-2894
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Community Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $425,000 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix | Scottsdale, AZ | $250,000 |
| Arizona Community Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $200,000 |
| Keep Our Republic Charitable Fund Consulting Project | Natl Harbor, MD | $160,000 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix | Scottsdale, AZ | $150,000 |
| Core Researching the topic of philanthrocapitalism | Potomac, MD | $150,000 |
| Arizona Community Foundation NPR and Arizona Together for Impact Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $110,000 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Administrative Fund | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix | Scottsdale, AZ | $80,000 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philanthropy Workshop | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 |
| Arizona Justice Project Inc Larry Hammond Justice Fellowship | Phoenix, AZ | $75,000 |
| Civic Ventures The Future of Together | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 |
| Arizona Justice Project Inc Larry Hammond Justice program | Phoenix, AZ | $75,000 |
| Indiana University Foundation The Legacy Library: An Environmental Scan | Indianapolis, IN | $75,000 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New Amer McCain Institute's Partnership with the Athens Democracy Forum | Tempe, AZ | $50,000 |
| Civic Ventures The Future of Together | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Social Venture Partners International Challenge fund | Seattle, WA | $50,000 |
| Social Venture Partners International Challenge fund | Seattle, WA | $50,000 |
| Valley of the Sun United Way For general operations; Central Arizona Shelter Services, Banner Health Foundation and Alzheimer's F | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 |
| Valley of the Sun United Way General Operations and Central Arizona Shelter Services | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 |
| Foundation for National Progress Merger Exploration - Mother Jones Magazine & The Center for Investigative Reporting | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Independent Sector Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement - Integration and Operation Expenses - ISVE to Indepen | Washington, DC | $38,000 |
| Independent Sector Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement - Integration and Operation Expenses - ISVE to Indepen | Washington, DC | $38,000 |
| Calmatters The Markup fund | Sacramento, CA | $37,250 |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation In support of the Pituitary Surgery Research Consortium | Phoenix, AZ | $36,000 |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation Pituitary Surgery Research Consortium | Phoenix, AZ | $36,000 |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation In support of the Pituitary Surgery Research Consortium | Phoenix, AZ | $36,000 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Collaboration between Search for Common Ground and Preemptive Love Coalition | New York, NY | $35,556 |
| Trustees of Princeton University To support research activity on the maintenance of the rule of law currently led by Professor Debora | Princeton, NJ | $35,000 |
| United Philanthropy Forum Charitable Event | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa Strategic Volunteer Engagement Initiative - Champion Initiative | Cedar Falls, IA | $35,000 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Support the collaboration between Atlas Corps and Cultural Vistas | New York, NY | $33,333 |
| Cda Collaborative Learning Projects Inc Support for merger implementation between CDA Collaborative Learning and Local Capacities for Peace | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 |
| Giving Tuesday Inc Support of merger exploration between Giving Tuesday and Philanthropy Together | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New Amer Voices for National Service Fund | Tempe, AZ | $30,000 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Collaboration between The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc and Barrett Art Center | New York, NY | $28,711 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Administrative fund | New York, NY | $28,138 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Administrative fund | New York, NY | $26,846 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Collaboration between Leeway, Inc. and Liberty Community Services, Inc | New York, NY | $26,667 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Collaboration between Association House of Chicago and LUCHA | New York, NY | $26,667 |
| Thoreau Farm Trust Inc Thoreau Farm Trust and The Thoreau Society merger implementation | Concord, MA | $26,500 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc Administrative fund | New York, NY | $25,629 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc ADMINISTRATIVE FUND | New York, NY | $25,216 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New Amer McCain Institute - Human Rights Defenders | Tempe, AZ | $25,000 |
| Contina Impact Support general operating activities of Patriots and Pragmatists | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Administration of the Free Expression Legal Network | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc To support the Massachusetts Funder Collaborative | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Synergos Institute Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Arizona Community Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New Amer McCain Institute Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $25,000 |
| Freedom House Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Policy Impact General Operations for Patriots & Pragmatists | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Represent US Education Fund 2023 American Democracy Summit | Florence, MA | $25,000 |
| Synergos Institute Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washingt | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Defending Democracy Together Institute Support for Ukraine | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Administration of the Free Expression Legal Network | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Synergos Institute Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Seachange Capital Partners Inc ADMINISTRATIVE FUND | New York, NY | $22,305 |
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