Active Grants

“Active” grants have been awarded, but have not received final payment. Many Flinn Foundation grants are multi-year awards that receive payments at several junctures. In some cases, grants are extended (without additional funding) because the work has not been completed.

This list is not comprehensive. It excludes modest, miscellaneous awards. However, it represents the Foundation’s project-specific grant-making to achieve its strategic goals.

Arizona Bioindustry Association

Amount: $200,000

Award Date: 2025

Duration: 12 months

Program Area: Bioscience

Partnership with two awardees of funding and program services through the Flinn Foundation’s Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Scottsdale-based Anuncia Medical develops treatments for patients with hydrocephalus, a condition when cerebrospinal fluid builds up, causing the brain to swell. Macula Vision Systems of Oro Valley is developing an automated computational microscopy solution to address labor shortages and provide accurate, timely information of clinical lab samples.

Arizona Center for Nature Conservation – Phoenix Zoo

Amount: $100,000

Award Date: 2024

Duration: 36 months

Program Area: Arts and Culture

Support for a project advancing organizational goals in the “post-pandemic” period. This grant, awarded under the Foundation’s arts-and-culture Initiative for Financial and Creative Health, will involve close examination of the organization’s capitalization strategies.

Arizona Commission on the Arts

Amount: $150,000

Award Date: 2024

Duration: 36 months

Program Area: Arts and Culture

Support for the Commission’s Creative Communities initiative, which provides funding to arts and culture organizations within smaller and rural communities.

Arizona Commission on the Arts

Amount: $20,000

Award Date: 2024

Duration: 36 months

Program Area: Arts and Culture

To provide technical assistance related to the Commission’s work with SMU DataArts, a national data hub that helps arts groups measure their health and make decisions.

Arizona Opera

Amount: $300,000

Award Date: 2024

Duration: 36 months

Program Area: Arts and Culture

Support for a project advancing organizational goals in the “post-pandemic” period. This grant, awarded under the Foundation’s arts-and-culture Initiative for Financial and Creative Health, will involve close examination of the organization’s capitalization strategies.

Arizona Science Center

Amount: $100,000

Award Date: 2024

Duration: 36 months

Program Area: Arts and Culture

Support for a project advancing organizational goals in the “post-pandemic” period. This grant, awarded under the Foundation’s arts-and-culture Initiative for Financial and Creative Health, will involve close examination of the organization’s capitalization strategies.

Arizona State University

Amount: $1,800,000

Award Date: 2026

Duration: 24 months

Program Area: Bioscience

To support the development of the Arizona Cancer Data Platform, in partnership with  Arizona Department of Health Services, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, HonorHealth and Valleywise Health. The grant will fund the building and validation of the platform with the flexibility to expand into other high-priority areas in the future.

Arizona State University

Amount: $170,000

Award Date: 2026

Duration: 12 months

Program Area: Flinn Scholars

Support for Flinn Scholars academic group seminar in Finland.

Arizona State University

Amount: $100,000

Award Date: 2026

Duration: 18 months

Program Area: Bioscience

Translational Seed Grant: To support research to help 2.8 million Americans who are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year. The project team has discovered a new molecule that combats any kind of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Arizona State University

Amount: $100,000

Award Date: 2026

Duration: 18 months

Program Area: Bioscience

Translational Seed Grant: Supporting research being done by EpiPrecision AI, which is developing a treatment to prevent seizures in epilepsy patients who do not respond to medication avoid seizures.