Arizona Local News Foundation
PHOENIX, AZ
$775KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Connect communities with local news and information
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Potoff Private Philanthropy Grants
Private foundation · EIN 83-3784100 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- William C Westcott
- Phone
- (520) 319-1949
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- No prescribed form, applicants must furnish evidence of tax exempt status
- Restrictions
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
Original filing text
- Contact
- WILLIAM C WESTCOTT
- Address
- 2030 E SPEEDWAY BLVD SUITE 208 TUCSON, AZ, 85719
- Phone
- 5203191949
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Application materials
- NO PRESCRIBED FORM, APPLICANTS MUST FURNISH EVIDENCE OF TAX EXEMPT STATUS
- Restrictions
- N/A
Reported organization name: POTOFF PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | $1.6M |
| 2024 | 6 | $1.2M |
Where Potoff Private Philanthropy gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Arizona$2.8M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Arizona Local News Foundation
PHOENIX, AZ
$700KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Connect communities with local news and information
Handi-Dogs Inc Dba Ability Dogs of Arizona
TUCSON, AZ
$300KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Helping individuals train their service dogs
Pima County Superintendent of Schools
TUCSON, AZ
$300KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Pima cycle breaker
Pima County Superintendent of Schools
TUCSON, AZ
$200KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Pima cycle breakers
Showing 5 of the 11 largest grants (11 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Potoff Private Philanthropy's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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