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The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation Grants is sponsored by The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation focuses on low-income and underserved populations, marginalized communities, and causes often overlooked or underfunded. Their key focus areas include youth & education, health & home, military & first responders, and the American dream.
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Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation | Inside Philanthropy OVERVIEW: The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation is the philanthropic vehicle of GoDaddy and PXG founder Bob Parsons and business executive Renee Parsons. The foundation supports youth and education, health and housing, military personnel and first responders, and organizations that expand access to opportunity.
Grantmaking is concentrated in Arizona—particularly greater Phoenix and Maricopa County—with selective national and international giving. IP TAKE: The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation is a significant Arizona funder with a strong preference for established organizations that can demonstrate measurable results, capable leadership and financial health.
It frequently provides general operating support and multiyear funding, but much of its largest giving goes to organizations with which it has developed long-term relationships. This funder is not completely invitation-only. Qualifying nonprofits may take an online eligibility quiz and submit an unsolicited letter of interest at any time.
The public entry point is nevertheless narrow: organizations must serve Maricopa County, have operated for at least three years, report at least $1 million in budgeted annual revenue, maintain independently audited financial statements and meet several additional organizational requirements. Applicants that appear competitive are contacted within 30 days and invited to submit a full proposal.
The strongest prospects are established organizations with a substantial Maricopa County presence and close alignment with one of the foundation’s four named focus areas. A warm introduction through an existing grantee or Arizona nonprofit network may help an organization become familiar to staff, but the foundation does not state that a referral is required.
Small nonprofits, startups and organizations without a meaningful Maricopa County program are unlikely to qualify through the public process. PROFILE: Established in 2012, the Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation is the foundation of GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons and his wife, Renee . The couple signed the Giving Pledge in 2013.
Parsons grew up “poor as a church mouse” in inner-city Baltimore. He struggled in school but credits his service in the Marine Corps in Vietnam with turning his life around. After the military, Parsons enrolled in the University of Baltimore and studied accounting.
He taught himself programming, eventually starting a software company that sold home accounting tools. He later started Parsons Technology, which was sold to Intuit for $64 million. Three years later, Parsons founded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy, where he served as executive chairman before stepping down in the summer of 2014.
Bob Parsons grew up in Baltimore and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, an experience that strongly influences the foundation’s veterans giving. He later founded Parsons Technology, GoDaddy and PXG. Renee Parsons previously led GoDaddy’s corporate philanthropy and is particularly interested in women, children and education.
She is also a member of Women Moving Millions. The foundation names four formal grantmaking areas: Youth & Education, Health & Home, Military & First Responders, and American Dream . Mental health, disaster response, international giving and animal welfare are important components of its work, but the foundation does not present them as separate application programs.
Grants for Public Health, Mental Health, Housing and Animal Welfare The foundation’s Health & Home program seeks to increase access to medical care and housing. Its stated interests include housing interventions and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness, medical and dental clinics serving uninsured and undocumented people, and wellness programs for underserved populations.
Current and recent grantees include UMOM New Day Centers, Barrow Neurological Foundation, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation, Hushabye Nursery, Native American Connections, Homeless Youth Connection, Sojourner Center, First Place AZ, Brighter Way Institute and Home Matters to Arizona.
The portfolio includes homelessness and housing, domestic violence, maternal and infant health, disability services, community healthcare and behavioral health. Mental health and trauma treatment are significant interests.
The foundation has committed nearly $10 million to Mount Sinai’s Parsons Research Center for Psychedelic Healing , which studies psychedelic-assisted treatments for PTSD and other trauma-related conditions and trains clinicians working with veterans. The center was previously known as the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research. Animal welfare has also become a visible component of Health & Home giving.
In 2025, the foundation announced $1. 3 million for 16 Arizona shelter and rescue organizations, including $500,000 for Arizona Animal Welfare League and $250,000 for Lost Our Home Pet Rescue. The grants supported veterinary access, crisis sheltering, pet retention and programs intended to reduce animal surrender and shelter overcrowding.
Health & Home does not appear to operate a separate application process. Eligible organizations use the foundation’s general eligibility quiz and letter-of-interest pathway. Grants for Higher Education and Work & Opportunity The foundation’s American Dream program supports organizations that remove barriers to opportunity.
While higher education, workforce preparation and entrepreneurship are central interests, the program is broader than a conventional college-access or career-training portfolio. Current and recent partners include Arizona State University, Grand Canyon University, TheDream. US, Local First Arizona, Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates, Aliento, REDF, ONE Community Foundation, the Obama Foundation, the George W.
Bush Institute and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. The foundation’s 2025 partner list also included the Arizona Justice Project, AZ Impact for Good and Women Moving Millions. This program supports educational and economic mobility, workforce advancement, entrepreneurship, immigrant and DREAMer opportunity, civic leadership and selected justice and inclusion efforts.
For example, Local First Arizona has received support for entrepreneurial development, community development, food access and economic opportunity initiatives in Arizona. The American Dream category remains loosely defined. Grantseekers should demonstrate a concrete connection between their work and the removal of educational, economic or social barriers rather than relying on a general argument about opportunity.
Grants for Military & Veterans The foundation’s Military and First Responders program reflects Bob Parsons’ Marine Corps service and supports veterans, active-duty military families, first responders and organizations responding to trauma and emergencies.
Major partners include Semper Fi & America’s Fund, the 100 Club of Arizona, Team Rubicon, Headstrong Project, Project Sanctuary, Armed Services YMCA Camp Pendleton, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the George W. Bush Institute and Mount Sinai’s Parsons Research Center for Psychedelic Healing.
The portfolio includes financial and rehabilitative support for wounded and ill service members, PTSD treatment, military-family services, childcare, mental healthcare and assistance for first responders and their families. Marine-related organizations receive substantial support, but the program is not limited to Marines.
Team Rubicon, for example, mobilizes veterans and other volunteers for disaster response, while the 100 Club of Arizona supports public-safety personnel and their families. The foundation’s 2025 impact report describes 13-year relationships with Team Rubicon and Semper Fi & America’s Fund, illustrating the importance it places on sustained partnerships. A separate competitive veterans or first-responder RFP was not identified.
Organizations may use the general LOI process if they meet the foundation’s eligibility requirements, although the largest awards in this area appear to be highly relationship-driven. Grants for Education and Youth The Youth and Education program supports organizations that help children and young people reach their potential and overcome poverty and discrimination.
The portfolio spans early childhood, K-12 education, afterschool learning, arts, youth development, college access, workforce preparation, foster youth, LGBTQ+ youth and services for children facing illness or family instability.
Grantees include Make-A-Wish Arizona, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Art Heals Arizona—formerly Free Arts—one•n•ten, FosterEd, Homeless Youth Connection, Junior Achievement of Arizona, Make Way for Books, Earn to Learn, Elevate Phoenix, Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates and Just Schools. Recent awards illustrate both the scale and variety of this work.
The foundation’s current grants database lists 2026 general operating grants of $1 million each to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley, $540,000 to Art Heals Arizona, and $250,000 each to Child Crisis Arizona and Rosie’s House. It also awarded $500,000 to Junior Achievement of Arizona for financial-literacy and career-readiness programming.
( Past and current grants ) The foundation supports direct services, program expansion, organizational capacity, facilities and general operations. It has also made several long-term investments in major youth organizations, meaning new applicants should clearly distinguish their work from the foundation’s established partnerships.
Grants for Global Development and Disaster Relief International and disaster-related giving are recurring interests, but the foundation does not identify either as a separate formal program. The foundation’s first grant was a $2. 5 million commitment for earthquake-related relief and recovery in Haiti—not relief following Hurricane Sandy.
It has continued supporting Hope for Haiti, including healthcare and education work benefiting Haitian communities. ( Foundation history ) The foundation also supports Team Rubicon ’s veteran-led disaster-response operations and has funded relief following events including the Maui wildfires. These awards appear to be proactive or made through established partners rather than through an open rapid-response fund.
The foundation’s grants vary considerably in size. Its 2024 Form 990-PF listed 55 grants, with a median award of $250,000 and a range of $1,000 to $10 million. The foundation reported approximately $26.
1 million in charitable disbursements on its 2024 Form 990-PF. Its separately published 2025 impact report reported $22. 9 million awarded through 57 grants.
These figures cover different reporting periods and may use different methods for counting multiyear commitments and grants paid. Geographic focus: The standard public application pathway requires applicants to provide services in Maricopa County.
The grant record nevertheless includes longstanding national and international partners, universities and organizations connected to the Parsons’ military service, business interests or personal geography. Non-Arizona organizations without a strong strategic relationship or meaningful Maricopa County presence are likely to be less competitive.
Eligibility: Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations with a valid IRS determination letter, a recent Form 990, independently audited financial statements, at least three years of operations and current-year budgeted revenue of at least $1 million. They must serve Maricopa County and satisfy the foundation’s nondiscrimination screening.
( Eligibility quiz ) Application process: Organizations that pass the quiz may submit a letter of interest throughout the year. The foundation says it will contact potentially competitive applicants within 30 days. A formal proposal may then be submitted by invitation through the foundation’s grant portal.
Types of support: The foundation makes general operating, program, capacity-building, capital, scholarship, research and event-support grants. Its 2025 reporting indicates a strong preference for general operating and multiyear support. Best prospects: Strong candidates are established, financially mature nonprofits serving low-income, marginalized or otherwise underserved communities in Maricopa County.
Successful organizations are likely to have experienced leadership, audited financials, measurable outcomes and the ability to absorb a six- or seven-figure grant. Less likely prospects: Organizations under the $1 million revenue threshold, nonprofits younger than three years, groups without audited statements and organizations that do not serve Maricopa County do not qualify through the public process.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations addressing youth & education, health & home, military & first responders, and the American dream. An eligibility quiz and letter of interest are required first. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows transformational gifts; a past grant of $500,000 was awarded for K-12 student programs. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
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