Richard Seth Staley Educational
Phoenix, AZ · EIN 95-3532336. Reported 204 grants totalling $1,774,512 to 55 organizations across tax years 2019-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Richard Seth Staley Educational did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $320,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Humane Studies | Arlington, VA | $643,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Economic Education | Atlanta, GA | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| College Education Scholarshipsgrantsjacob Schreiber-UC Irvine College Ca | Irvine, CA | $44,376 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| UC Irvine College | Irvine, CA | $30,190 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Services Corp | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington Policy Center | Seattle, WA | $28,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Reason Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $25,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Teen Challenge of Southern California | South Gate, CA | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Young America Foundation | Herndon, VA | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Free | Clute, TX | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Azcdl | Tucson, AZ | $15,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Gof | Springfield, VA | $15,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer Disease Research | Clarksberg, MD | $13,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Economic Thinking | Seattle, WA | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Cado Institute | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Colorado Christian University | Lakewood, CO | $11,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Foundation Teaching Economics | Washington, DC | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Grand Canyon University Scholarship Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Institute Economic Research | Great Barrington, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emergent Order Foundation | Austin, TX | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $9,100 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| UC Davis College | Davis, CA | $8,446 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Commonwealth Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Fountation | Harrisburg, PA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Goldwater Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Long Beach, CA | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund | Springfirld, VA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Accuracy in Media | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Moving Pictures Institute | New York, NY | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Institute for Justice | Tempe, AZ | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute | Auburn, AL | $5,600 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Children of the Night | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Federalist Society | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Mackinac Center | Midland, MI | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation | Springfirld, VA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth for Christ | Englewood, CO | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Childhelp USA | Phoenix, AZ | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Restoration Church | Phoenix, AZ | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Capital Research | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Convenant House | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bastiat Society | Johns Island, SC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Hope Cancer Center | Duarte, CA | $2,750 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Education-Travel Grants Various High School Students | Atlanta, GA | $2,300 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Conservative Leadership | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Macular Degeneration Research | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Hfj | Las Vegas, NV | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom Works Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Turning Point USA | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
50 of 55 (91%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 90%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Foundation for Economic Education
GENERAL EDUCARION - PUBLIC - Institute for Humane Studies
GENERAL EDUCATION - PUBLIC - Heritage Foundation
SOCIAL ISSUES - GENERAL EDUCATION - PUBLIC - Accuracy in Media
MEDIA - GENERAL EDUCATION - PUBLIC - Pacific Legal Foundation
GENERAL EDUCATION - PULBIC
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31 | $366,850 | $1,500 |
| 2020 | 47 | $614,026 | $2,000 |
| 2021 | 43 | $304,190 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 42 | $247,446 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 41 | $242,000 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 39% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Richard Seth Staley Educational's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2019-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 4015 West Lupine Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, 85029. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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