Who funds Grand Canyon University?
Phoenix, Arizona · EIN 47-2507725 · NTEE B40 · 501(c)(3)
169 private foundations paid Grand Canyon University 317 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $16.8M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE B40) places it in education.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2025 - Pathways for tomorrow initiative$9,996,660
- The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - Implement apdp; support to develop the gcu center for character education; embedding em institutionally; support to develop the gcu center…$1,562,250
- T W Lewis Foundation · 2025 - General purpose$455,310
- T W Lewis Foundation · 2024 - General purpose$400,000
- Canyon Institute · 2024 - Canyon rising scholarship program and gcu endowed scholarship grant$347,885
- Canyon Institute · 2022 - Students inspiring students scholarship program ($150,000) gcu endowed scholarship grant ($169,327)$319,327
- Gce Community Fund · 2025 - Program support$190,000
- Gce Community Fund · 2024 - Program support$187,588
- Canyon Institute · 2023 - Gcu endowed scholarship grant$171,300
- Canyon Institute · 2023 - Students inspiring students scholarship program$170,000
- Bridges-Larson Foundation Charitable Tr · 2025 - Education/Scholarship$143,000
- The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - Embedding em institutionally; implement apdp$125,000
- Bridges-Larson Foundation Charitable Tr · 2023 - Education/Scholarship$125,000
- Gce Community Fund · 2023 - Program support$120,000
- Bridges-Larson Foundation Charitable Tr · 2024 - Education/Scholarship$100,000
- Ingram Family Foundation · 2024 - To support private, christian education affordable to students of all socioeconomic levels.$100,000
- Rosztoczy Foundation · 2023 - Scholarship college promise program$87,577
- Rosztoczy Foundation · 2024 - Scholarship college promise program$76,900
- R L Roz Johnson Family Foundation of Arizona · 2025 - Funding for a christian based education including scholarships$75,000
- Darryl and Julie Christner Family Foundation · 2025 - Unrestricted general$75,000
- R L Roz Johnson Family Foundation of Arizona · 2024 - Funding for a christian based education including scholarships$70,000
- R L Roz Johnson Family Foundation of Arizona · 2023 - Funding for a christian based education including scholarships$56,000
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2025 - Pathways for tomorrow initiative$50,000
- Kraft Foundation · 2025 - Local outreach ministries and scholarship programs$50,000
- Flinn Foundation · 2024 - Support for seed grant: sepsis dx - septic shock screening device$50,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Corporation of Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA · 18 shared funders
- Liberty University IncLynchburg, VA · 21 shared funders
- Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE · 17 shared funders
- Baylor UniversityWaco, TX · 20 shared funders
- University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA · 13 shared funders
- Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS · 13 shared funders
- Chapman UniversityOrange, CA · 12 shared funders
- Utah State UniversityLogan, UT · 12 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | 55 | $11.4M |
| 2024 | 125 | 110 | $2.2M |
| 2023 | 102 | 94 | $2.9M |
| 2022 | 14 | 13 | $422K |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | $26K |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 47-2507725
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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