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Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix

The Catholic Community Foundation is an independent 501c3 and a recognized Canonical entity that encourages compassionate charitable giving to provide sustainable support for those who serve our community.

$3.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
119
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$303k
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.

Religion$9.0MEducation$3.2MHuman Services$1.0MHealth$593kInternational$330kHousing & Shelter$243kCivil Rights$135kPhilanthropy$114kOther$0
02FY2025 · 119 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $200k
  • $10k–50k66 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $303k
$16,713
Median grant
21
States reached
$134M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St John Paul II Catholic High School$303,198
Diocese of Phoenix - Bishop's Office$212,082
Diocese of Phoenix - Vocations Office$163,841
Saint Aidan Parish$150,000
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish$135,876
Society of St Vincent de Paul$126,409
Aid to Women Center$121,889
St Agnes Catholic Church$113,684
Augustine Institute$100,000
Nuestros Pequeos Hermanos (NPH) USA$99,655
Seton Catholic Preparatory High School$95,222
Catholic Charities Community Services$88,306
Xavier College Preparatory$84,500
Mount Claret Retreat Center$81,688
St Theresa Parish$74,753
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 (FY17–25, $792k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Little Sisters of the Poor of the State of Pennsylvania: $10k → 11%Order of Malta Western Association: $154k → 7%ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $23k → 10%His Grace Foundation: $10k → 16%Order of Malta Western Association: $85k → 7%Order of Malta Western Association: $67k → 10%Order of Malta Western Association: $46k → 7%ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $43k → 10%Saving Amy: $25k → 11%Saving Amy: $14k → 11%Good Soles Donation Closet: $5k → 11%Maggie's Place: $16k → 11%Catholic Charities Community Services: $88k → 11%Catholic Charities Community Services: $31k → 11%Catholic Charities Community Services: $12k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITITES COMMUNITY SERVICE: $20k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $9k → 11%Catholic Charities Community Services: $6k → 11%CHILDHELP INC: $20k → 11%Mission of Mercy: $7k → 11%ORDER OF MALTA: $26k → 11%Anthem Cares Through Service: $15k → 11%Anthem Cares Through Service: $10k → 11%ANTHEM CARES THROUGH SERVICE: $7k → 11%San Juan Diego Institute: $5k → 11%BOOST A FOSTER FAMILY INC: $25k → 11%FSL Programs: $13k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 96 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

96 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
55

Total granted

$13M
$816k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+18%

Still filing today

36%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $854k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • SM
    SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA
    6× · 2017–2025 · $444k · revenue +2%
  • DC
    DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX
    6× · 2017–2025 · $422k · revenue +98%
  • Augustine Institute Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $327k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +38%
  • JH
    JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
  • TH
    THE HALCYON MOVEMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0% · 67% of their budget
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.

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St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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2
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver

As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…

Human Services
3
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
4
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
5
Phoenix Seminary Inc

Phoenix seminary's mission is to train men and women for christ-centered ministry for the building of healthy churches in phoenix and the world.

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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8
Society of St Vincent de Paul Tucson

The mission of SSVDP is to promote the spiritual growth of its members through prayer, friendship, and service to others.

Religion
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
11
Arizona's Catholic Tuition Support Organization

Arizona's catholic tuition support organization (ctso) promotes education by providing tuition assistance to k-12 students in private schools using funds generated by the arizona tax credit programs.

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12
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Education Arizona; the most unlike its peers is The Halcyon Movement. 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

85 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. 85 of the 184 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/85
Grantees still filing
45/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $3,159,234 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEST JOHN PAUL II ROMAN CATHOLIC HGH SCHOOL: $745,049 · OtherST JOHN PAUL II ROMAN CATHOLIC HGH SCHOOLST AGNES ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH PHOENIX: $609,256 · OtherMOUNT CLARET ROMAN CATHOLIC RETREAT CENTER PHOENIX: $555,217 · Other+120 more: $6,956,533 · Other+120 moreSOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA: $444,263 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $165,927 · Human ServicesMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $87,248 · Human ServicesSAVING AMY INC: $39,387 · Human ServicesAnthem Cares Through Service: $32,000 · Human Services+9 more: $120,025 · Human ServicesDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $421,689 · ReligionCITY OF THE LORD: $86,375 · ReligionFLORIANI: $50,000 · ReligionNAZARENE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 · ReligionKOLBE MISSION INC: $31,507 · Religion+7 more: $101,917 · ReligionAugustine Institute Inc: $326,636 · EducationInstitute for Better Education: $43,560 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $37,000 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $30,000 · EducationJohn Paul The Great Catholic University: $25,000 · EducationBenedictine College: $25,000 · Education+8 more: $85,330 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,742 · HealthFULL CIRCLE PROGRAM INC: $91,502 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 · HealthAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $30,000 · HealthMISSION OF MERCY ARIZONA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP FUND: $25,300 · HealthLIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC: $18,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital: $15,000 · Health+4 more: $26,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $155,759 · InternationalADVANCE COMMUNITY: $12,500 · InternationalEENU-USA INC: $49,375 · PhilanthropyB Charitable Inc: $43,200 · PhilanthropyMESA UNITED WAY INC: $13,000 · PhilanthropyCONCERTS FOR HOPE: $5,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$12,025,289Human Services$888,850Religion$726,488Education$612,526Health$356,544International$168,259Philanthropy$121,075

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA: $444,263 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $421,689 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $326,636 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAID TO WOMEN CENTER: $248,139 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $165,927 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $155,759 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLIFE TEEN INC: $137,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,742 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFULL CIRCLE PROGRAM INC: $91,502 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $87,248 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCITY OF THE LORD: $86,375 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetHOPE RANCH OF MONTANA: $55,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCROSIER VILLAGE OF PHOENIX: $52,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIANI: $50,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetTHE HALCYON MOVEMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetEENU-USA INC: $49,375 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetInstitute for Better Education: $43,560 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetB Charitable Inc: $43,200 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING AMY INC: $39,387 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnthem Cares Through Service: $32,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetKOLBE MISSION INC: $31,507 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph the Worker: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHope Ignites Phoenix: $29,545 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $26,200 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY ARIZONA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP FUND: $25,300 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetBOOST A FOSTER FAMILY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSOJOURNER CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJohn Paul The Great Catholic University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBenedictine College: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DWELLING PLACE OF NY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetARIZONA LIFE COALITION: $19,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetLIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC: $18,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION ARIZONA: $17,705 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPaz De Cristo Community Center: $17,020 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVERITAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $15,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMINISTRY FOR PRIESTLY SUPPORT: $15,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $13,165 over 1y, 0.0% 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 SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA ↗
  • Who funds DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds Augustine Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds AID TO WOMEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA ↗
  • Who funds LIFE TEEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds MAGGIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF THE LORD ↗

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…Virginia G Piper Char…Catholic Education Ar…Arizona Community Fou…Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Diane and Bruce H…Moreno Family Foundat…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…The Board of VisitorsGarcia Family Foundat…American Express Foun…Knights of Columbus C…
Arizona Leadership Foundation IncAZ55.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Leadership Foundation Inc · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Catholic Education Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Moreno Family Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Board of Visitors · Garcia Family Foundation · American Express Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc

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 Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 184 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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