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Arizona Tuition Connection Inc

Arizona tuition connection, inc. Serves families by providing them opportunities to connect them to scholarship funds made available from both private and corporate tax credit donations.

$22M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
130
Organizations funded FY2023
98%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2025
$22,737,156
Largest grant, FY2025
$22,737,156
Organizations funded a year
3 to 130
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$78M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 98% of the organizations Arizona Tuition Connection Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$23M100%
FY2023130$18M98%
FY20225$128k80%
FY20213$193kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$54MReligion$123kHealth$33k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Valiant College Preparatory$1,378,700160%
Brophy College Preparatory$908,7371n/a
Gilbert Christian Schools Inc$882,16514%
Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix$755,9511n/a
The Gregory School$529,42016%
Scottsdale Christian Academy Inc$501,34113%
International School of Arizona$451,32217%
Imago Dei Middle School$348,600115%
Phoenix Country Day School$320,32511%
Northwest Christian School$308,37312%
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All grantees of Arizona Tuition Connection Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Valiant College Preparatory$1,378,700160%
Brophy College Preparatory$908,7371n/a
Gilbert Christian Schools Inc$882,16514%
Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix$755,9511n/a
The Gregory School$529,42016%
Scottsdale Christian Academy Inc$501,34113%
International School of Arizona$451,32217%
Imago Dei Middle School$348,600115%
Phoenix Country Day School$320,32511%
Northwest Christian School$308,37312%
Seton Catholic Preparatory$272,1051n/a
Salpointe Catholic High School$258,8601n/a
New Way Academy$203,12013%
Valley Christian Schools$202,35511%
Desert Garden Montessori School Inc$181,02513%
Christ Church Lutheran$166,0811n/a
Montessori in the Park Foundation$150,00029%
Flagstaff Christian School Inc$138,49115%
Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Inc$109,96011%
Shade Tree Academy$92,9601n/a
Cheder Lubavitch Arizona$91,36013%
Arizona Center for Autism Inc$80,00014%
North Valley Christian Academy$70,45411%
Kino Learning Center Dba Kino Schools$41,31016%
Lauren's Institute for Education$32,85010%
Those That Wait Inc$32,43814%
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Parish Tempe$31,2701n/a
St Gabriel the Archangel Roman Catholic Parish Cave Creek$27,1201n/a
Ville de Marie Academy Inc$25,27511%
Holy Family Academy Inc$22,98512%
Christ Church School Inc$22,54011%
Menachem Mendel Academy$20,92512%
Bourgade Catholic High School$20,8951n/a
Desert Christian Schools Inc$18,79910%
Accel$18,60210%
Jewell School$16,33115%
Veritas Academy of Tucson Incorporated$14,25511%
Little Lamb Community School$13,20511%
Valley Lutheran High School Assoc$12,2601n/a
Wickenburg Christian Academy Inc$7,48310%
Gateway Academy$7,20010%
Arizona Lutheran Academy Federation$6,6451n/a
Ambassador Christian Academy$5,91310%
Hope Christian Academy Inc$5,60011%
Desert View Learning Center$5,50510%

Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($32M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Arizona Tuition Connection Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetValiant College Preparatory: $1,378,700 over 1y, 60% of budgetGilbert Christian Schools Inc: $882,165 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetThe Gregory School: $529,420 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetScottsdale Christian Academy Inc: $501,341 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetInternational School of Arizona: $451,322 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetImago Dei Middle School: $348,600 over 1y, 15% of budgetPhoenix Country Day School: $320,325 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNorthwest Christian School: $308,373 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNew Way Academy: $203,120 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetValley Christian Schools: $202,355 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDesert Garden Montessori School Inc: $181,025 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMontessori in the Park Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetFlagstaff Christian School Inc: $138,491 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetPusch Ridge Christian Academy Inc: $109,960 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCheder Lubavitch Arizona: $91,360 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetArizona Center for Autism Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetNorth Valley Christian Academy: $70,454 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKino Learning Center Dba Kino Schools: $41,310 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetLauren's Institute for Education: $32,850 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThose That Wait Inc: $32,438 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetVille de Marie Academy Inc: $25,275 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHoly Family Academy Inc: $22,985 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChrist Church School Inc: $22,540 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMenachem Mendel Academy: $20,925 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDesert Christian Schools Inc: $18,799 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAccel: $18,602 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewell School: $16,331 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetVeritas Academy of Tucson Incorporated: $14,255 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLittle Lamb Community School: $13,205 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWickenburg Christian Academy Inc: $7,483 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGateway Academy: $7,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmbassador Christian Academy: $5,913 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHope Christian Academy Inc: $5,600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDesert View Learning Center: $5,505 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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 Leadership Foundation IncAZ57.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Leadership Foundation Inc · Arizona Private School Tuition Organization Apsto Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · Moreno Family Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · David R Picerne Charitable Foundation · Catholic Education Arizona · Tulsa Community Foundation · Tw Lewis Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona

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.

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About Arizona Tuition Connection Inc

How much does Arizona Tuition Connection Inc give?
Arizona Tuition Connection Inc reported 1 grants totaling $22,293,326 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 130 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Arizona Tuition Connection Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Religion (0%), Health (0%).
Who are Arizona Tuition Connection Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Valiant College Preparatory ($1.4M), Brophy College Preparatory ($909k), Gilbert Christian Schools Inc ($882k).
Does Arizona Tuition Connection Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arizona Tuition Connection Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Leadership Foundation Inc, Arizona Private School Tuition Organization Apsto Inc, Arizona Community Foundation.
Where is Arizona Tuition Connection Inc based?
Arizona Tuition Connection Inc is based in AZ.

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 135 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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