News and Updates

Longtime Arizona leader Jack Jewett to retire as Flinn Foundation CEO

March 02, 2017

Jack B. Jewett will retire as Flinn Foundation President and CEO at the end of September, concluding more than eight years of service in which the foundation expanded and enhanced its program areas to better serve Arizona. Russell Reynolds Associates,…


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Flinn Foundation Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Stacy Tucker.

Flinn Foundation names Stacy L. Tucker new Chief Financial Officer

March 22, 2016

The Flinn Foundation has named Stacy L. Tucker its new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s investment, financial, accounting, and business activities. Tucker, who joined the Foundation in early March, also is responsible…


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Flinn at Fifty: Origins and Impact

October 30, 2015

“Flinn at Fifty: Origins and Impact” is a video commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Flinn Foundation and the lives of Dr. Robert and Irene Flinn, whose kindness and generosity led to the creation of the Foundation in 1965.


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Flinn Foundation marks 50th anniversary with
$1 million gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

October 29, 2015

The Flinn Foundation has honored the legacy of Dr. Robert S. Flinn at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center with a $1 million gift to establish a cardiology fellowship program in his name. The grant to the Phoenix…


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Bradley W Halvorsen

Flinn Foundation executive’s retirement prompts new leadership appointments

June 23, 2015

After more than five years in a key role at the Flinn Foundation, Executive Vice President Cathy McGonigle has announced her retirement. McGonigle’s departure June 26 will trigger three additional leadership changes at the Foundation. Two of the further staff…


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The Flinn Foundation celebrates 50 years

June 01, 2015

The Flinn Foundation in 2015 is celebrating 50 years since its founding by a generous Phoenix couple as a means to perpetuate their personal goodness and humanity in a way that would benefit the residents of Arizona. Dr. Robert Flinn,…


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Flinn Foundation report outlines current priorities to benefit Arizona

March 07, 2014

The Flinn Foundation’s “Action and Impact” report presents the organization’s current grantmaking priorities and activities that are making an impact across Arizona through the biosciences, civic leadership, arts and culture, and the Flinn Scholars program.


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