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Arizona Tuition Connection Inc

Arizona tuition connection, inc.

$22M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$23M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$22,737,156
Median grant
1
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$22,737,156
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%International School of Arizo: $451k → 11%Tucson Waldorf School: $423k → 15%Christ Lutheran School: $166k → 11%Rancho Solano Preparatory: $415k → 11%Flagstaff Christian School: $138k → 16%Saint Theresa Catholic School: $140k → 11%Pusch Ridge Christian Academy: $110k → 15%Fusion Academy-Scottsdale: $121k → 11%Salpointe Catholic High Schoo: $259k → 15%Valley Christian Schools: $202k → 11%International School of Tucso: $250k → 15%Lamplighter Chabad Day School: $143k → 15%Saint Thomas the Apostle: $316k → 11%Casas Christian School: $92k → 15%Cheder Lubavitch Arizona: $91k → 11%Golladay School: $380k → 11%Northwest Christian School: $308k → 11%Imago Dei Middle School: $349k → 15%Abbie School: $164k → 15%Saint Michaels School: $108k → 15%Herberger Young Scholars Acad: $98k → 11%Montessori International Scho: $155k → 11%Seton Catholic Preparatory: $272k → 11%The Gregory School: $529k → 15%Castlehill Country Day School: $140k → 15%Valiant College Preparatory: $1.4M → 11%Desert Garden Montessori Scho: $181k → 11%Phoenix Country Day School: $320k → 11%Bella Vista College Preparato: $177k → 11%Saint Marys Catholic High Sc: $264k → 11%Gilbert Christian School: $882k → 11%Creo School: $543k → 11%CASH GRANTS - AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST: $22.7M → 11%CASH GRANTS-SEE ATTACHMENT: $13.2M → 11%Saint John XXIII: $157k → 11%The Inspiration Academy: $331k → 11%Palm Valley Montessori: $573k → 11%New Way Academy: $203k → 11%Trinity Lutheran School: $107k → 11%Brophy College Preparatory: $909k → 11%Xavier College Preparatory: $756k → 11%Scottsdale Christian Academy: $501k → 11%All Saints Episcopal Day Sch: $404k → 11%St Francis Xavier Elementary: $327k → 11%Notre Dame Preparatory High: $1.7M → 11%Guidepost Montessori at Goody: $305k → 11%Montessori in the Park: $100k → 11%Shade Tree Academy: $93k → 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.

2%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$729k · 4 repeat orgs$41M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
130

Total granted

$729k
$18M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-100%
+24%

Still filing today

25%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SF
    St Francis Xavier Elementary
    2× · 2022–2023 · $335k
  • AS
    Abbie School
    2× · 2022–2023 · $204k
  • MI
    MONTESSORI IN THE PARK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $150k · revenue -100%

Funded once

  • ND
    Notre Dame Preparatory High
    one grant, 2023 · $1.7M
  • VC
    VALIANT COLLEGE PREPARATORY
    one grant, 2023 · $1.4M · revenue -55% · 60% of their budget
  • BC
    BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY
    one grant, 2023 · $909k
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
Valley Christian Academy Inc

Christian School grades k-8

Education
2
Trinity Christian School Inc

To partner with parents to provide christ-centered, biblically based, classical education that nurtures the whole child.

Education
3
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
4
Montessori Education Centre Charter School

Commitment to development of the whole child by providing students a well-rounded, individualized education and development experience that is grounded on Montessori principles

Education
5
Academy Charter School

Academy charter school (the "school") was formed in 1993 pursuant to the colorado charter schools act to form and operate a charter school.

Education
6
Agape Christian Academy

Agape christian academy is an educational institution that offers a bible based curriculum in a private school setting. the school offers exceptional educational value to both the students and the community.

Education
7
Pinnacle Christian School

Pinnacle Christian School serves to meet the education needs of families in the greater Parker County area by providing complete, advanced, Bible-based academic K-8th grade instruction taught by highly-qualified teachers on Tuesdays and…

Education
8
Axiom Christian Classical School

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

Education
9
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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10
Ball Charter Schools (Val Vista)

Arizona ball charter schools provides a personalized education to all students emphasizing comprehensive academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment through partnering parents, students and staff.

Education
11
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
12
Montessori Day Public Schools Chartered

Montessori based school with the purpose to provide quality education to students in grades kindergarten through 8th. operates as a charter school under a contract with the arizona state board for charter schools.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Valley Christian Schools; the most unlike its peers is Valiant College Preparatory. 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

35 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. 35 of the 135 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $22,737,156 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNotre Dame Preparatory High: $1,748,462 · OtherVALIANT COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $1,378,700 · Other+105 more: $11,482,486 · Other+105 moreGilbert Christian Schools Inc: $882,165 · EducationGilbert Ch…SCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $501,341 · EducationSCOTTSDALE…INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARIZONA: $451,322 · EducationINTERNATIO…IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL: $348,600 · EducationIMAGO DEI …PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $320,325 · EducationPHOENIX CO…VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $202,355 · EducationDESERT GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $181,025 · EducationMONTESSORI IN THE PARK FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationFLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $138,491 · Education+17 more: $678,108 · Education+17 moreLAUREN'S INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $32,850 · Health
Other$37,346,804Education$3,853,732Health$32,850

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

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
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 VALIANT COLLEGE PREPARATORY ↗
  • Who funds Gilbert Christian Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GREGORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds IMAGO DEI MIDDLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW WAY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds DESERT GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTESSORI IN THE PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗

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 Fo…Arizona Private Schoo…Arizona Community Fou…Moreno Family Foundat…Catholic Community Fo…Virginia G Piper Char…David R Picerne Chari…Catholic Education Ar…Tulsa Community Found…Tw Lewis FoundationThe Hs Lopez Family F…Community Foundation …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

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    How do I get to Arizona Tuition Connection Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Arizona Tuition Connection 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 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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