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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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.1MEducation$35kEnvironment$21kCommunity Improvement$20kCivil Rights$15kHealth$10kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 43 grants below total $563,157, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,082,214 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $519,057 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 $10k5 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $530k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Borderlands Theater Teatro$25,000
MOCA Tucson$25,000
Southern Arizona Arts and Cul$25,000
Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation$15,000
The Mulivrs Is Illuminated$15,000
Community Performing Arts Ctr$15,000
Saguaro City Music Theatre$15,000
Intl Sonoran Desert Alliance$15,000
American Literary Translators$15,000
Jazz in January Inc$15,000
Lead Guitar$15,000
Yuma Community Theatre$15,000
Live Theatre Workshop$15,000
Tucson Girls Chorus$15,000
The Drop Dance Studio$15,000
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 (FY21–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Sierra Vista Symphony Assoc: $10k → 18%NORTH FOURTH AVENUE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION: $18k → 15%Reach for the Stars: $10k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 42 repeat orgs$949k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
54

Total granted

$1.6M
$772k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
0%

Still filing today

93%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • LT
    Live Theatre Workshop
    4× · 2017–2025 · $88k · revenue +55%
  • AT
    Arizona Theatre Company
    4× · 2017–2024 · $78k · revenue +9%
  • SA
    SCOUNDREL AND SCAMP THEATRE INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $78k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • WS
    WESTERN SHOWCASE LLC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • RT
    RIALTO THEATRE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +520%
  • HC
    HOTEL CONGRESS LLC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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
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
2
Tucson Regional Ballet Inc

Tucson Regional Ballet is a performing company of Regional Dance America Pacific and provides affordable, accessible and quality ballet for Southern Arizona. The hight quality standards required for Regional Dance America provide the staff…

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3
Stray Cat Theatre

Decidedly off the beaten path, Stray Cat is indie theatre at its best: quirky, edgy and irreverent. Stray Cat Theatre scratches the Valley's itch for a visceral, provocative theatre experience for culture-savvy cats who crave something…

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4
Ajo Council for the Fine Arts

The mission of Ajo Council for the Fine Arts is to bring performing, visual, educational and entertaining art activities to Ajo and western Pima County, to provide a venue for local artists to sell their work, and to promote art education…

Arts & Culture
5
Triad Performing Arts of Arizona

Our mission is to provide a truly unique performing arts experience to the West Valley. Through high quality productions in the areas of music, dance, and theatre, we can empower artists of all ages to pursue their dreams in the performing…

Arts & Culture
6
Sedona Symphony

The Sedona Symphony is committed to enriching the quality of life of our Northern Arizona community through the power of live orchestral music that educates, entertains, and inspires. From timeless classics to bold contemporary works, the…

Arts & Culture
7
Phoenix Performing Arts Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Young Artist's Community Ballet in

Promote ballet and the arts in the youth of southern arizona through the production of classical ballet performances.

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9
Phoenix Arts Association

Theatrical perfomances

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10
Tempe Center for the Arts Foundation

Support cultural events at the Tempe Center for the Arts

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11
Ballet Folklorico De Colores

to teach and perform Mexican folk dances

Arts & Culture
12
Stratford Art Works Inc

Stratford Art Works creates, fosters, supports and manages events, activities and cultural programs that connect the arts with audiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Cruz Valley Art Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is La Linea Art Studio. 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

84 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. 84 of the 109 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/84
Grantees still filing
44/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Live Theatre Workshop: $87,500 · Arts & CultureArizona Theatre Company: $77,500 · Arts & CultureSCOUNDREL AND SCAMP THEATRE INC: $77,500 · Arts & CultureFOX TUCSON THEATRE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureThe Rogue Theatre: $70,000 · Arts & CultureLOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 · Arts & CultureINVISIBLE THEATRE: $59,976 · Arts & CultureTucson Symphony Society: $58,000 · Arts & Culture+53 more: $1,122,682 · Arts & Culture+53 moreWAREHOUSE ARTS MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION: $66,080 · OtherWAREHOUSE ARTS MANAGEMENT ORG…WESTERN SHOWCASE LLC: $50,000 · OtherWESTERN SHOWCASE LLCHOTEL CONGRESS LLC: $50,000 · OtherHOTEL CONGRESS LLCAmerican Literary Translators Association: $45,500 · OtherAmerican Literary Translators…FUNHOUSE MOVEMENT THEATER: $27,000 · OtherLOS DESCENDIENTES DEL PRESIDIO DE T: $27,000 · OtherTUCSON KITCHEN MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION: $26,000 · Other+30 more: $374,324 · Other+30 moreArt State Arizona: $73,000 · PhilanthropyOWL & PANTHER: $23,000 · Human ServicesFourth Avenue Foundation Inc: $18,000 · Human ServicesReach for the Stars: $10,000 · Human ServicesSierra Vista Symphony Association: $10,000 · Human ServicesREVEILLE GAY MENS CHORUS: $27,000 · Civil RightsARIZONA BORDER RIGHTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Civil RightsInternational Indian Treaty Council Inc: $5,000 · Civil RightsINTERNATIONAL SONORAN DESERT ALLIANCE: $15,000 · EnvironmentTUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS: $6,250 · EnvironmentLITERACY CONNECTS: $15,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$1,695,658Other$665,904Philanthropy$73,000Human Services$61,000Civil Rights$42,000Environment$21,250Education$15,000

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 budgetLive Theatre Workshop: $87,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $77,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSCOUNDREL AND SCAMP THEATRE INC: $77,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetFOX TUCSON THEATRE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetArt State Arizona: $73,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetThe Rogue Theatre: $70,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetLOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetINVISIBLE THEATRE: $59,976 over 3y, 15% of budgetTucson Symphony Society: $58,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TUCSON: $55,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $52,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetRIALTO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGROUNDWORKS TUCSON: $45,500 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetAmerican Literary Translators Association: $45,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetTHE DRAWING STUDIO INC: $45,464 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetMany Mouths One Stomach: $41,500 over 3y, 38% of budgetUNSCREWED THEATER: $35,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetDROP DANCE STUDIO INC: $35,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetLEAD GUITAR: $32,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBORDERLANDS THEATER TEATRO FRONTERIZO INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSonoran Art Foundation Inc: $29,663 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTUCSON YOUTH MUSIC CENTER: $28,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetSAFOS DANCE THEATRE INC: $27,720 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetREVEILLE GAY MENS CHORUS: $27,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTUCSON KITCHEN MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION: $26,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetTUCSON ARIZONA BOYS CHORUS: $25,231 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetJAZZ IN JANUARY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe Multivrs Is Illuminated: $25,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetDancing in the Streets Arizona: $25,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE BROADCASTING: $24,994 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOWL & PANTHER: $23,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetArts for All Inc: $21,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTRUE CONCORD VOICES AND ORCHESTRA INC: $21,250 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSouthwest Folklife Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWillcox Theater and Arts Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCentral School Project Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetLA LINEA ART STUDIO: $19,034 over 2y, 15% of budgetSOCIETY FOR BEVEL INTENTIONS INC: $18,500 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetARIZONA REPERTORY SINGERS: $18,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetDouglas Arts and Humanities Association Border Arts Corridor: $17,500 over 1y, 35% of budgetTucson Metropolitan Community Chorus: $15,515 over 1y, 38% of budgetTUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYuma Community Theater Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSplinter Art and Community Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLITERACY CONNECTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSaguaro City Music Theatre: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTucson Girls Chorus Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

Community Foundation …Jewish Community Foun…Arizona Humanities Co…The Hs Lopez Family F…Southwest Foundation …Donald Pitt Family Fo…Margaret E Mooney Fou…The David and Lura Lo…Arizona Community Fou…The Stonewall Foundat…Connie Hillman Family…The Stocker Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ103.9× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Humanities Council Inc · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Southwest Foundation for Education & Historical Preservation · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Margaret E Mooney Foundation · The David and Lura Lovell · Arizona Community Foundation · The Stonewall Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Stocker 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 Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report 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 109 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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