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Arizona Eastern Star Foundation at a glance

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Arizona Eastern Star Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$195k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$44k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$312kFood & Nutrition$151kHealth$148kHousing & Shelter$92kMembership Benefit$66kReligion$59kEducation$29kRecreation & Sports$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $87k
$3,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$44,200
GRAND CHPT OF ARIZONA OES - SCHOLAR$13,000
RYAN HOUSE$10,000
ARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK$10,000
OPERATION 132$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS BULLHEAD CITY$8,000
MATTHEW 25 PRISON MINISTRY INC$7,000
SOLDIER'S BEST FRIEND$5,100
DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE FOUNDATION$5,000
POWER PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC$5,000
BREAK THE CYCLE JAM 35 INC$5,000
YOUTH ON THEIR OWN$5,000
PRESCOTT AREA SHELTER SERVICES$5,000
AMARANTH DIABETES FOUNDATION$5,000
ALICES PLACE$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $159k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Rainbow Acres: $5k → 14%Alices Place: $4k → 26%Paws With A Cause: $2k → 10%Rory Ann Moore Foundation: $10k → 8%Caring Hands of Pinal County: $3k → 11%ALICES PLACE: $4k → 26%Rory Ann Moore Foundation: $5k → 8%Caring Hands of Pinal County: $2k → 11%Kathryn Heidenreich Adult Center: $2k → 17%Alices Place: $4k → 26%Rory Ann Moore Foundation: $3k → 8%Rory Ann Moore Foundation: $1k → 8%Kathryn Heidenreich Adult Center: $2k → 17%Youth on Their Own: $5k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%Youth on Their Own: $6k → 15%Child and Family Resources: $2k → 17%Youth on Their Own: $2k → 15%Ryan House: $13k → 11%Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center: $2k → 17%Ryan House: $10k → 11%Ryan House: $10k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $10k → 11%Ryan House: $10k → 11%Ryan House: $5k → 11%Ryan House: $5k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $2k → 11%Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc: $5k → 11%POWER PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $5k → 11%Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc: $3k → 11%Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc: $2k → 11%Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc: $2k → 11%HELP IN HEALING HOME FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SOLDIER'S BEST FRIEND: $5k → 11%Soldiers Best Friend: $2k → 11%BILLY'S PLACE: $2k → 11%Sunshine Acres Childrens Home: $2k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NV
OH
CA
UT
KY
WV
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$796k · 45 repeat orgs$220k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
49

Total granted

$796k
$139k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+14%

Still filing today

56%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GC
    GRAND CHAPTER OF ARIZONA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
    4× · 2017–2020 · $109k · revenue +16%
  • AF
    ARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue ×21
  • RH
    RYAN HOUSE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $63k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • GC
    Grand Chapter of Kentucky OES
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +32%
  • PB
    Perry Belmont House
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Azcend

AZCEND nourishes minds and bodies so that neighbors in need experience a brighter future.

Human Services
2
Az Hugs
Human Services
3
La Paloma Family Services Inc

We build relationships that enhance the development of skills, foster a sense of worth and enhance a belief in each child's individual potential.

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4
Against Abuse Inc

To provide services, support, and education to all who experience the effects of family dysfunction and/or violence, past and present.

Human Services
5
Arizona's Children Association

The mission of arizona's children association is to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.

Human Services
6
Impact of Southern Arizona

Impact of southern arizona is a private non-profit volunteer based organization which empowers southern arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life.

Community Improvement
7
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
8
Arizona Safe Baby Haven Foundation

Promotes Safe Haven education and awareness on the existing Safe Haven Law in Arizona to prevent the illegal abandonment of infants across the state.

Human Services
9
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation
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10
Fsl Programs

Our holistic approach prepares and embraces individuals to age independently, safely and with peace of mind.

Human Services
11
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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12
Sunshine Rescue Mission

Since 1957, SRM has provided safe emergency shelter, meals, and clothing to anyone in need. All participants are experiencing homelessness and living below the federal poverty line at intake. Located in Flagstaff, we have three facilities.…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Aask Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Phones Down Just Drive Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 110 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
31/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND CHAPTER OF ARIZONA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR: $109,419 · OtherGRAND CHAPTER OF ARIZONA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STARGrand Chapter of Arizona OES: $55,000 · OtherGrand Chapter of Arizona OESIndividual grant recipient: $44,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $44,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMATTHEW 25 PRISON MINISTRY INC: $30,000 · OtherOPERATION 132: $27,000 · OtherJUSTA CENTER INC: $23,000 · Other+59 more: $250,842 · Other+59 moreRYAN HOUSE: $63,000 · Human ServicesRYAN HOUSERORY ANN MOORE FOUNDATION: $18,500 · Human ServicesRORY ANN MOORE FO…YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $17,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON THEIR OW…POWER PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesPOWER PAWS ASSIST…Alices Place Inc: $12,000 · Human ServicesAlices Place IncSOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $6,600 · Human Services+10 more: $25,000 · Human Services+10 moreARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $80,000 · Food & NutritionARIZONA FOOD BAN…MEALS ON WHEELS-BULLHEAD CITY AZ: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS-…ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD B…LAKE HAVASU MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition+4 more: $9,000 · Food & Nutrition+4 morePrescott Area Shelter Services Inc: $31,000 · Housing & ShelterUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $18,000 · Housing & ShelterTIME OUT INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterSister Jose Women's Center: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK: $10,000 · HealthSQUARE AND COMPASS CHILDREN'S CLINIC: $8,000 · HealthLegacy Connection: $4,500 · HealthDAUGHTERS OF THE NILE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthANGEL MANOR INC: $1,500 · HealthArmer Foundation for Kids: $1,500 · HealthLAUREN'S INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $1,500 · Health+2 more: $1,100 · HealthAMARANTH DIABETES FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Arts & CulturePERRY BELMONT HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & CulturePHONES DOWN JUST DRIVE INC: $5,500 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $5,000 · EducationYAVAPAI COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $2,500 · EducationHumboldt Education Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Education
Other$583,461Human Services$158,600Food & Nutrition$144,000Housing & Shelter$61,500Health$31,100Arts & Culture$20,000Education$17,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRAND CHAPTER OF ARIZONA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR: $109,419 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $80,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRYAN HOUSE: $63,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS-BULLHEAD CITY AZ: $40,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetPrescott Area Shelter Services Inc: $31,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetJUSTA CENTER INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRORY ANN MOORE FOUNDATION: $18,500 over 4y, 47% of budgetAMARANTH DIABETES FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPOWER PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $16,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetAlices Place Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSQUARE AND COMPASS CHILDREN'S CLINIC: $8,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTIME OUT INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $6,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Helping Veterans Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE HAVASU MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetRAINBOW ACRES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Connection: $4,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCARING HANDS OF PINAL COUNTY: $4,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKathryn Heidenreich Adult Center: $3,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNORTHLAND FAMILY HELP CENTER: $3,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDI-DOGS SUPPORTING FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetPEACHS PANTRY: $3,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetDAUGHTERS OF THE NILE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUN CITY POSSE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYAVAPAI COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE MISSIONS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPINE STRAWBERRY FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetANGEL MANOR INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetADVICE AND AID PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetArmer Foundation for Kids: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLAUREN'S INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE ACRES CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILD LANGUAGE CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS AASK ARIZONA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds GRAND CHAPTER OF ARIZONA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds RYAN HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS-BULLHEAD CITY AZ ↗
  • Who funds Prescott Area Shelter Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUSTA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RORY ANN MOORE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMARANTH DIABETES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ON THEIR OWN ↗
  • Who funds POWER PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds Alices Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS CANCER NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SQUARE AND COMPASS CHILDREN'S CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds TIME OUT INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND ↗
  • Who funds Veterans Helping Veterans Inc ↗
  • Who funds PHONES DOWN JUST DRIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Sister Jose Women's Center ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arizona Community Fou…The Albertsons Compan…The Diane and Bruce H…The Foundation for Co…Thunderbirds CharitiesCommunity Foundation …Del E Webb FoundationFiesta Events IncBurton Family Foundat…Arizona Food Bank Net…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…St Mary's Food Bank A…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ42.8× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Thunderbirds Charities · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Del E Webb Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc · Burton Family Foundation · Arizona Food Bank Network · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · St Mary's Food Bank Alliance

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arizona Eastern Star Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arizona Eastern Star Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Arizona Eastern Star Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arizona Eastern Star Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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