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Ashton Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$62kPhilanthropy$45kHealth$38kRecreation & Sports$32kAnimals$25kYouth Development$18kEducation$16kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$4,600
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EL RIO HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
SALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP$5,000
TUCSON WILDLIFE CENTER$5,000
YOUTH ON THEIR OWN$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$4,600
UNITED WAY OF TUCSON$4,600
THE HUMANE SOCIETY$4,600
GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION$4,600
ARIZONA DAILY STAR SPORTMAN'S FUND$3,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,400
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$2,000
EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION$1,500
PINETOP COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP$1,500
GOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION$1,000
TU NIDITO CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $62k) 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%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $3k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $2k → 15%YMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $10k → 15%YMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $5k → 15%EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $6k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $3k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $3k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $3k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $3k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $1k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$222k · 23 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$222k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-7%

Still filing today

65%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • YO
    YOUTH ON THEIR OWN
    5× · 2021–2025 · $19k · revenue +39%
  • ER
    EL RIO FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $16k · revenue +413%
  • HS
    Humane Society of Southern Arizona
    4× · 2021–2025 · $15k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • CF
    CATHOLIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • AM
    AMERIND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • 8I
    88-CRIME INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -29%
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
La Paloma Family Services Inc

We build relationships that enhance the development of skills, foster a sense of worth and enhance a belief in each child's individual potential.

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3
Impact of Southern Arizona

Impact of southern arizona is a private non-profit volunteer based organization which empowers southern arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life.

Community Improvement
4
The Dons of Arizona
Education
5
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
6
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
7
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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8
Tempe Community Action Agency Inc

TCAA's mission is to eliminate poverty and advance equitable communities. This mission is achieved through the delivery of comprehensive human services programs designed to improve housing stability, increase food security, improve health…

Community Improvement
9
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation
—
10
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
11
Viva Pima

Volunteers working in the tucson community to help those in need.

Human Services
12
Arizona Youth Partnership

Arizona youth partnership, (azyp), empowers youth to harness their strengths to live healthy and purposeful lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Junior Golf Association of Arizona Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Francis Shelter. 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

22 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. 22 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $17,600 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc: $15,000 · OtherArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund IncST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $11,900 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITALGOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INC: $11,300 · OtherGOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INCTUCSON COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $11,000 · OtherTUCSON COMMUNITY FOOD BANKSALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP: $10,000 · OtherSALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPST LUKES HOME TUCSON: $7,000 · OtherST LUKES HOME TUCSONPINETOP COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP: $4,000 · OtherLPGA-USGA GIRLS GOLF OF TUCSON: $4,000 · OtherThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $4,000 · OtherMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $4,000 · Other+11 more: $12,600 · Other+11 moreYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $19,100 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON THEIR OWNYMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $15,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONAAngel Charity for Children Inc: $13,500 · Human ServicesAngel Charity for Childr…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $9,500 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CH…EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human ServicesEASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDA…United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc: $44,600 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Tucson and…EL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyEL RIO FOUNDATION INCHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $15,100 · AnimalsHumane Soc…Tucson Wildlife Center Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsTucson Wil…Bag It: $4,000 · HealthGOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · HealthTucson Conquistadores Foundation: $6,000 · ReligionFRIENDS OF SABINO CANYON INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$112,400Human Services$61,600Philanthropy$60,600Animals$25,100Health$9,000Religion$6,000Environment$5,000

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 budgetUnited Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc: $44,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $19,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $15,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetYMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTucson Wildlife Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTucson Conquistadores Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF SABINO CANYON INC: $5,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetEASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBag It: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOOTTER-JENSEN FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budget88-CRIME INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Francis Shelter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSABINO CANYON LITTLE LEAGUE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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.

Community Foundation …The Hs Lopez Family F…United Way of Tucson …Jewish Community Foun…Arizona Community Fou…The Roy H Rogers Foun…Connie Hillman Family…The Haugh FoundationRoss and Patty McCall…You Got This Foundati…Fred & Christine Arms…Ginny L Clements Char…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ37.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · The Roy H Rogers Foundation Trust · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Haugh Foundation · Ross and Patty McCallister Foundation · You Got This Foundation · Fred & Christine Armstrong Foundation · Ginny L Clements Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    7report 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.
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    How do I get to Ashton Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ashton Family Foundation 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 36 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-PF 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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