We pursue our mission through grantmaking and programs in four areas:
Bioscience
Building Arizona as a global center for research and commercialization in the biosciences.
Flinn Scholars
Providing world-class undergraduate education in partnership with Arizona’s public universities.
A privately-endowed philanthropic foundation benefiting Arizona.
The Flinn Foundation was established in 1965 by Dr. Robert S. and Irene P. Flinn. Its mission is to improve the quality of life in Arizona to benefit future generations.
To achieve this mission, the Foundation aims to: advance Arizona’s bioscience sector; enhance undergraduate education for high-achieving students at the state’s public universities; elevate the fiscal and creative capacity of the state’s arts and culture organizations; and strengthen civic life and state-level civic leadership in Arizona.
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The Flinn Foundation Educational Conference Center features two meeting rooms available to nonprofit member organizations closely aligned with the Foundation’s specific areas of interest in the biosciences, health care, education, civic leadership, and the arts. More about the Conference Center
NEWS AND UPDATES
Flinn
Empowering women, elevating futures: Ivory Coast communicator caps ASU Humphrey Fellowship at Flinn Foundation
Ivory Coast native Maud Kouadio capped the last six weeks of her time as an ASU Humphrey Fellow at the Flinn Foundation. Kouadio has been in Arizona since August 2024 when she arrived as a Humphrey Fellow. In Ivory Coast, or Côte D’Ivoire, she works as a communications professional and helps lead Empowering Women in […]
Flinn Scholars
Alumni Voices: Mia Armstrong-López
Flinn Scholar Class of 2015 Arizona State University Managing Editor, ASU Media Enterprise Q: Can you share a little about your current role and what excites you most about your work? I’m the managing editor at ASU Media Enterprise, which is a collection of editorially independent news organizations—including Arizona PBS, Issues in Science and Technology, […]
Bioscience
Bringing breakthroughs to life: Flinn invests in new ASU medical engineering division
By Nicole HillFlinn Foundation Imagine a more efficient pacemaker battery, or a tool to quicken surgery time, or a wearable to track your heart as you begin a new workout. Innovations like these are developed by bioengineers every day. Bioengineering bridges medicine and technology to develop practical solutions that solve pressing challenges and improve human […]
Civic Leadership
Flinn Foundation selects 30 Arizonans as 2025 Flinn-Brown Fellows
Thirty Arizonans from across the state — representing a wide range of professionals, ideologies, and lived experiences — have been selected as the 17th cohort of the Flinn-Brown Fellowship, a flagship program of the nonpartisan Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation. United by a shared commitment to public service, they join a […]