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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Providing no-cost meeting space to Arizona nonprofits.
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
Bioscience
Navi Nurses founder Jasmine Bhatti: Improving health care for patients — and nurses
By Joanna Yang Yowler, Ph.D.Flinn Foundation On the mainstage at the Flinn Foundation’s inaugural Bioscience Storytellers event, Jasmine Bhatti recounted her experience caregiving for her grandmother — and how it solidified a career in nursing. The founder and CEO of Navi Nurses spoke of the pain she and her fellow health care professionals carried throughout […]
Flinn Scholars
Alumni Voices: Renata Keller
Q: Can you share a little about your current role and what excites you most about your work?
I’m currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. I get to spend my time researching, teaching, and writing about the history of Latin America and the Cold War. I love getting to discover new ways to think about the past and how it affects the world we live in today. I especially like working on a part of the world that is so important to us here in the United States, yet so often neglected in our classrooms and media.
Bioscience
Bio entrepreneur Tony Dietz draws on childhood experiences to create inflatable earplug
The founder of Phoenix-based Paxauris takes the Fluid™ Earplug to market By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Tony Dietz has spent a lot of time in places that are not healthy for your ears: swimming in the ocean off the coast of Australia, diving into pools below military jets, and performing research on a U.S. Navy aircraft […]
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 […]