Open Foundations · Arizona

Dorrance Foundation for Education

Scottsdale, Arizona · EIN 823330439. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.3M across 36 grants in 2024, a median of $4K each.

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$2.3M
paid in 2024
36
grants paid
$4K
median grant
99%
to first-time recipients
$65.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
DORRANCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Address
6263 NORTH SCOTTSDALE RD STE 330, SCOTTSDALE, AZ, 85250
Phone
4803677000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
DORRANCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS ONLINE APPLICATION FORM, SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (FAFSA STUDENT AID REPORT, TRANSCRIPT AND ACT/SAT TEST SCORES), WRITING SAMPLES, AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND A HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR. INITITAL ELIBILITY IS BASED ON PRIMARILY OBJECTIVE CRITERIA FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS: SENIORS IN GOOD STANDING WHO WILL GRADUATE FROM AN ACCREDITED ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL, FIRST GENERATION TO ATTEND COLLEGE,ACCEPTED BY ONE OF ARIZONA'S THREE STATE UNIVERSITIES, DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AGREEMENT TO PARTICPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AGREEMENT TO LIVE ON CAMPUS DURING FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR, AND AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
Submission deadline
DORRANCE SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE APPLICATION: 2/4/2026 Phase II (WRITING SAMPLES): 3/4/2026
Restrictions on awards
The Foundation awards up to 60 scholarships annually to incoming freshmen at Arizona's public universities: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and The University of Arizona. The total educational programmatic value of each scholarship is estimated at more than $100,000. Scholarships are renewed annually based not just on academic standing, but on participation in program events, activities and volunteer service projects.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533219349107358. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

behalf participantgeneration scholarshipsscholarships currentfirst generationcurrent scholarsinterview committeefall firstparticipant dsp

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 36 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Arizona State UniversityAZ$438,000SPRING 2025 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT ASU
2Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$438,000FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT NAU
3University of ArizonaAZ$438,000FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT UA
4Arizona State UniversityAZ$431,870FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 72 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT ASU
5Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$426,000SPRING 2025 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 71 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT NAU
6University of Arizona FoundationAZ$20,000GRANT TO UA FOUNDATOIN, FOR THE STUDY ABROAD DEPARTMENT
7The University of ChicagoIL$12,000FALL 2024 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR DSP UA ALUMNI
8University of ArizonaAZ$12,000FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2 CURRENT SCHOLARS AT UA
9Nau FoundationAZ$10,000GRANT TO NAU FOUNDATION TO FUND NAU IN GREECE SCHOLARSHIPS
10University of Arizona FoundationAZ$10,000For the Department of Religious Studies and Classics
11Arizona State UniversityAZ$6,000FALL 2024 FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1 CURRENT SCHOLAR AT ASU
12University of ArkansasAR$6,000FALL 2024 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR DSP UA ALUMNI
13Tuscon CrusadersAZ$5,500GRANT FOR DSP ALUMNI ORGANIZATION
14Boys and Girls Club of TusconAZ$5,000Grant to Boys and Girls Club of Tucson in Memory of DSP Alumnus
15Phoenix Public Library FoundationAZ$5,000Grant to Phoenix Public Library Foundation in Honor of DSP Alumnus

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202034$1.1M
202124$1.4M
202232$1.8M
20231$2.1M
202436$2.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Arizona83%
Virginia6%
Illinois3%
Arkansas3%
Maine3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Bennett DorrancePRESIDENT · 2024
James HensleyEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Jaquelynn DorranceVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Jason StilesTREASURER · 2024
Kara TrullingerSECRETARY · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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