Abbett Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
276556709
IRS 990-PF coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Chandler, AZ, USA
Phone
4805404414
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$332,278
Expenses
$562,835

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 7 grants totaling $407,516. The stated grant purposes included branding, marketing support, site recommendation implementations, and digital equipment for the kerr cultural center to provide cultural participation programs, community education, and outreach; kerr matching donation for annual fundraiser; educational outreach for students, staff and community thorugh beyond series; camp level up with funding for gaming summer camp for neurodivergent youth to develop technology skills., asu gammage educational initiatives in support of disney musicals in the schools and school to work., and sponsorship of 2025 charity golf fundraiser. event to fundraise, raise awareness to protect children from and to support those who have been abused., plus 4 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 95% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 74% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 85
  • Cost Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 72; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 15.6; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 85.2% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 40th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 40/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.