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Arizona Humanities Council Inc

Our mission is to build a just and civil society by creating opportunities for the public to explore our shared human experiences through discussion, learning and reflection.

$76k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$164kYouth Development$95kEnvironment$50kHuman Services$40kCommunity Improvement$36kRecreation & Sports$32kCrime & Legal$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $66,366, the rows itemized in this filing. The $76,414 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,048 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LATINX KIDLIT BOOK FESTIVAL$10,000
LOS DESCENDIENTES DEL PRESIDIO$10,000
CHILDSPLAY THEATRE$10,000
NORTHERN ARIZONA BOOK FESTIVAL$10,000
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$9,900
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$8,466
PHOENIX HOLOCAUST ASSOCIATION$8,000
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 (FY20–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALIENTO: $10k → 11%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $20k → 26%THE HOPI FOUNDATION - HOPI LEADERSH: $10k → 26%ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $15k → 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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 46 repeat orgs$714k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
61

Total granted

$1.4M
$676k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+24%

Still filing today

87%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth 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

  • IO
    IMPRINTS OF HONOR
    6× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +114%
  • SV
    SEDAV VAAKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $53k · revenue +101% · 56% of their budget
  • FA
    FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • AL
    American Literary Translators Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue +71%
  • SA
    SOUNDS ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +129%
  • MD
    Million Dollar Teacher Projectgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +405% · 34% of their budget
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
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
2
Degrazia Foundation Inc
Unclassified
3
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum
—
4
Mesa Historical Society Inc

Mesa historical society is a public museum dedicated to preserving mesas rich culture and history through collections and exhibits

—
5
Arizona Railroad Historical Society
Arts & Culture
6
Arizona Railway Museum

Acquisition preservation and Restoration of Railroad Artifacts Showing the History of Arizona

—
7
The Bisbee Foundation Inc

Our focus is to work with groups and individuals who are in the arts, humanities, education and historic preservation with goals designed to enhance Bisbees unique place in the history of the Southwest, the contribution made to Bisbees…

—
8
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society

The objectives of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) are: to encourage scholarly pursuits into the history and anthropology of the southwest United States and northwest Mexico; (see Schedule O for full mission…

Arts & Culture
9
Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona

The Arts Foundation mission is to advance artistic expression, civic participation, and equitable economic growth of our diverse community by supporting, promoting, and advocating for arts and culture in our region.

Arts & Culture
10
Mohave County Historical Society

The mohave county historical society maintains a museum in kingman, arizona to collect and display historical objects and to increase and distribute knowledge and appreciation of the history of the area.

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11
Casa Dolores Co Claudia Mclaughlin
Arts & Culture
12
Cala Alliance

CelebracinArtstica de lasAmricas(CALA)Alliancecollaborates with artists and arts organizations to nurture artistic talent, focusing onartistsfrom the Latin American diaspora.Through innovative artist residencies, commissions, community…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arizona Museum of Natural History Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pinal County Historical Society 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

97 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. 97 of the 112 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/97
Grantees still filing
60/97
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMPRINTS OF HONOR: $70,000 · Arts & CultureIMPRINTS OF HONORMuseum of Northern Arizona Inc: $68,500 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Northern Arizona IncRISING YOUTH THEATRE: $64,500 · Arts & CultureRISING YOUTH THEATREFLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBORDERLANDS THEATER TEATRO FRONTERIZO INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK THEATRE TROUPE INC: $37,500 · Arts & Culture+44 more: $761,214 · Arts & Culture+44 moreARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $69,716 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYSEDAV VAAKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $52,833 · OtherSEDAV VAAKI MUSEUM FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $35,000 · OtherVail Preservation Society: $30,569 · OtherMORNING STAR LEADERS INC: $30,000 · OtherAPACHE LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM INC: $30,000 · OtherARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $27,500 · Other+40 more: $534,366 · Other+40 moreNORTHERN ARIZONA BOOKFESTIVAL INC: $41,000 · EducationGEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER: $30,000 · EducationCOSANTI FOUNDATION: $8,665 · EducationCOOK NATIVE AMERICAN MINISTRIES FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationVALLEY BEIT MIDRASH: $7,200 · EducationTHE HOPI FOUNDATION LOMASUMI'NANGWTUKWSIWMANI: $30,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesAliento Education Fund: $10,000 · Human ServicesBORDER YOUTH TENNIS EXCHANGE INC: $32,000 · Recreation & SportsDUNBAR COALITION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsFriends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAGUILA YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMONSOON YOUTH EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBALLET FOLKLORICO QUETZALLI-AZ: $30,000 · HealthNATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,091,714Other$809,984Education$94,865Human Services$55,000Recreation & Sports$52,000Youth Development$40,000Health$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIMPRINTS OF HONOR: $70,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetMuseum of Northern Arizona Inc: $68,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRISING YOUTH THEATRE: $64,500 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetSEDAV VAAKI MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $52,833 over 4y, 56% of budgetFLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC: $50,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA BOOKFESTIVAL INC: $41,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetBORDERLANDS THEATER TEATRO FRONTERIZO INC: $40,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetBLACK THEATRE TROUPE INC: $37,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetPhonetic Spit: $35,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTUCSON CHINESE ASSOCIATION INC: $32,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetBORDER YOUTH TENNIS EXCHANGE INC: $32,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetVail Preservation Society: $30,569 over 3y, 27% of budgetTHE HOPI FOUNDATION LOMASUMI'NANGWTUKWSIWMANI: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetAGUILA YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetBALLET FOLKLORICO QUETZALLI-AZ: $30,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetEMERSON THEATER COLLABORATIVE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetHeritage Square Foundation: $29,968 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetXico Inc: $28,467 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNACO HERITAGE ALLIANCE INC: $28,309 over 2y, 20% of budgetARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $27,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLATINX KIDLIT BOOK FESTIVAL INC: $25,500 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTHE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKore Press Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetThe Amerind Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFountain Hills & Lower Verde River Valley Museum & Historical Society: $25,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetPINAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetCULTURAL COALITION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTUCSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetWillcox Theater and Arts Inc: $24,921 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetAmerican Literary Translators Association: $23,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSHARLOT HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AZ: $22,211 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWEST VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL: $22,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetGILBERT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $20,800 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSEDONA ARTS CENTER INC: $20,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLAKE HAVASU CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20,280 over 2y, 14% of budgetSOUNDS ACADEMY: $20,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMillion Dollar Teacher Project: $20,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJAZZ IN ARIZONA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTigerMountain Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGLEN CANYON CONSERVANCY: $19,720 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TUCSON: $19,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPHOENIX LEGAL ACTION NETWORK: $19,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTUCSON PRESIDIO TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $19,495 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetArchaeology Southwest: $18,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWINSLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetEAST VALLEY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

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…Virginia G Piper Char…Community Foundation …Southwest Foundation …Arts Foundation for T…Burton Family Foundat…Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Foundation for Co…Western States Arts F…Ellis Center for Educ…Helios Education Foun…The Diane and Bruce H…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ69.8× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Southwest Foundation for Education & Historical Preservation · Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona · Burton Family Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Western States Arts Federation · Ellis Center for Educational Excellence · Helios Education Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation

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 Humanities Council Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arizona Humanities Council Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 112 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 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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