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Arizona Leadership Foundation Inc

Providing tuition scholarships

$17M
Granted FY2017
134
Grants FY2017
1
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 134 grants below total $13,768,579, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,638,990 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,870,411 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 · FY2017

  • Under $10k35 grants · $159k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $5.7M
  • $250k+13 grants · $6.8M
$42,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL$1,574,060
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST$905,800
ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC SCHOOL$691,650
SALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$597,522
SCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$433,606
YUMA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$406,800
IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL$399,500
PUSCH RIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SCHOOL$382,500
OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$341,000
ST AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC SCHOOL$306,500
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL$262,859
BOURGADE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$255,188
TUCSON WALDORF SCHOOL$250,100
TORAH DAY SCHOOL OF PHOENIX$223,500
XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY$210,333
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS: $178k → 15%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 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
Summit Classical Christian School

Summit Classical Christian School is a PreK-12 school that exists to cultivate generations of joyful disciples of Christ by partnering with faithful Christian families to educate their children from a Biblical worldview using classical…

Education
2
Christ Church School Inc

to develop the whole child by providing challenging and creative academic, spiritual, and social experiences.

Education
3
Camp Verde United Christian School

We want our students to know Jesus and be loved. UCS nutures each one to grow their faith and excel academically through Christ-centerd, Bible-based instruction.

Education
4
Axiom Christian Classical School

To provide a comprehensive Christian Classical education to grades 1-12.

Education
5
Covenant Christian School

Covenant Christian School (CCS) is committed to the academic, spiritual, physical, and social growth of our children in a Christ-centered environment. Continued on Schedule O Covenant Christian School cultivates a distinctive generation…

Education
6
Prescott Valley Charter School

To provide a safe, positive environment for all students with a strong focus on academic success, student leadership, parental involvement, and community partnership.

Education
7
Cornerstone Christian School

The school provides a biblically sound education program of high academic standards in a loving environment that meets the need of the whole child: spiritually, academically, physically, and socially.

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8
Turlock Christian Schools Inc

Tcs is an independent christian school that prepares young men and women for college and life by providing challenging opportunities to excel in the vital areas of faith, virtue and knowledge.

—
9
Artesia Classical Academy Inc

In partnership with parents, Artesia Classical Academy equips students to be Christlike disciples and servant-leaders who know and share God's Word.

Education
10
Valley Christian Academy Inc

Christian School grades k-8

Education
11
Uvalde Classical Academy

Uvalde classical academy is a private school committed to the preservation of the integrity of a quality education and the standard of character expected of children representing christ and christian homes. our goal is to establish an…

Education
12
Seattle Classical Christian School

Sccs builds the city of god by forming servant leaders who love goodness, truth, and beauty.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Valley Christian Schools; the most unlike its peers is Tucson Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 133 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/44
Grantees still filing
39/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX: $1,574,060 · OtherST MARY ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIXST JOHN THE EVANGELIST: $905,800 · OtherST JOHN THE EVANGELISTST JOHN VIANNEY ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH GOODYEAR: $691,650 · OtherST JOHN VIANNEY ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH GOODYEARSALPOINTE CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $597,522 · OtherSALPOINTE CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION+97 more: $6,556,342 · Other+97 moreSCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $433,606 · EducationSCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACA…YUMA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL -YUMA ARIZONA: $406,800 · EducationYUMA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOO…IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL: $399,500 · EducationIMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOLPUSCH RIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $382,500 · EducationPUSCH RIDGE CHRISTIAN AC…TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $208,000 · EducationTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMYTucson International School Inc: $176,241 · EducationTucson International Sch…Gilbert Christian Schools Inc: $164,382 · EducationGilbert Christian School…GREEN FIELDS SCHOOL: $125,000 · EducationVALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $118,000 · Education+19 more: $547,301 · Education+19 moreYESHIVA OF PHOENIX: $223,500 · PhilanthropyINTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $178,200 · Human ServicesDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $43,775 · ReligionLAUREN'S INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $36,400 · Health
Other$10,325,374Education$2,961,330Philanthropy$223,500Human Services$178,200Religion$43,775Health$36,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $433,606 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetIMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL: $399,500 over 5y, 20% of budgetPUSCH RIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $382,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetYESHIVA OF PHOENIX: $223,500 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $208,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $178,200 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTucson International School Inc: $176,241 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetNEW WAY ACADEMY: $171,600 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE GREGORY SCHOOL: $171,600 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetDesert Christian Schools Inc: $135,132 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetGREEN FIELDS SCHOOL: $125,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetPHOENIX CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS: $102,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetPHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $87,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARIZONA: $62,400 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $43,775 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Cultural Academy: $39,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetLAUREN'S INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $36,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWEST VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $36,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $35,756 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetKINO LEARNING CENTER DBA KINO SCHOOLS: $33,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetLifeline Christian Mission: $33,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE IDEA SCHOOL: $32,500 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetWickenburg Christian Academy Inc: $27,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetLogos Academy: $25,525 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetACCEL: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPAYSON COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetYESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL OF ARIZONA: $7,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHERENCIA GUADALUPANA ACADEMY: $5,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetWB COLLINS EARLY LEARNING PROJECT: $4,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetEMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KINGMAN: $3,645 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGLENDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $1,300 over 5y, 0.3% 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 SALPOINTE CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds YUMA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL -YUMA ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PUSCH RIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA OF PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Tucson International School Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW WAY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE GREGORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Gilbert Christian Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds SS PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Desert Christian Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREEN FIELDS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS ↗

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 Tuition Conne…Catholic Community Fo…Catholic Education Ar…Arizona Community Fou…Community Foundation …Arizona Private Schoo…Moreno Family Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Virginia G Piper Char…Tw Lewis FoundationArizona Waldorf Schol…The Thunderbirds
Arizona Tuition Connection IncAZ57.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Tuition Connection Inc · Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix · Catholic Education Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Private School Tuition Organization Apsto Inc · Moreno Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Tw Lewis Foundation · Arizona Waldorf Scholarship Foundation · The Thunderbirds

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

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    How do I get to Arizona Leadership Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Arizona Leadership Foundation Inc 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 133 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $41M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2017, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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