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Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc

We drive economic and political empowerment.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Community Improvement$11MEducation$2.0MPhilanthropy$193kArts & Culture$67kHealth$61kInternational$60kHuman Services$31kRecreation & Sports$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$1.2M
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 10 grants below total $541,254 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,629,587 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $3,088,333 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $437k
$23,454
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$170,000
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$135,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$132,300
MEXICAN TABLE LLC$25,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$23,454
CROSIER VILLAGE OF PHOENIX$20,000
UNITED PHOENIX FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC$10,000
FOUR PEAKS LITTLE LEAGUE$10,000
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY$10,000
XICO INC$5,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $10k → 11%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 14%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $6k → 11%ABILITY 360: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 15 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
30

Total granted

$14M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+21%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementInternationalRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +109%
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $647k · revenue +53%
  • NA
    NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2025 · $185k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • CT
    CPLC TEXAS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $562k · revenue +7%
  • CN
    CPLC NEVADA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue ×11
  • NH
    NATIVE HEALTHgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $37k · revenue +93%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
2
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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3
Greater Phoenix Economic Council

The organization's mission is to attract and grow quality businesses and advocate for greater phoenix's competitiveness.

Community Improvement
4
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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5
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc

To promote higher business standards and advancement of common interest of its members, to improve business conditions in the metro phoenix area, to promote economic, social, and cultural development and the role of spanish speaking…

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6
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona

The american civil liberties union of arizona is the state's premier guardian of liberty working through the arizona legislature and communities statewide to defend and preserve individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the…

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7
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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8
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
9
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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10
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
11
Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation

Greater phoenix chamber foundation (gpcf), a 501c3 launched in 2016, leads the charitable and education initiatives of the greater phoenix chamber under the four pillars of education, workforce development, wellness, and research. the…

Philanthropy
12
Aclu Foundation of Arizona

The mission of the aclu foundation of arizona is to defend and preserve, through litigation and public education, individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the constitution and the laws of the united states and arizona.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cplc Action Fund and the most unlike its peers is Wegrow Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPrivate School ScholarshipsFaith-Based Mission Organiz…Performing Arts Organizatio…Jewish Community Organizati…Charter SchoolsProfessional & Trade Associ…Community Health ServicesChild Welfare & Family Supp…Community Arts & Recreation
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%6%<5yr17%14%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr15%14%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr11%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%84%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr15%1%20–35yr10%2%35–55yr11%12%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/50
the rest of the field
16%
3,589/22,031

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
24/37
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CPLC ACTION FUND — $10,670,000 · Community ImprovementCPLC ACTION FUNDCPLC TEXAS INC — $562,298 · Community Improvement+1 more — $125,000 · Community ImprovementUniversity of Arizona Foundation — $1,127,942 · EducationUniversity of A…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $647,100 · EducationARIZONA STATE U…NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $185,000 · EducationNORTHERN ARIZON…+2 more — $36,623 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — $555,954 · OtherARIZONA S…The Pete C Garcia Victoria Foundation INC — $111,250 · OtherThe Pete …CROSIER VILLAGE OF PHOENIX — $80,000 · OtherCROSIER V…NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY — $60,000 · OtherLATINO PRIDE ALLIANCE — $60,000 · Other+26 more — $345,293 · Other+26 moreMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $128,275 · PhilanthropyLULAC INSTITUTE INC — $40,000 · PhilanthropyARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropySouthwest Folklife Alliance Inc — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCULTURAL COALITION INC — $11,300 · Arts & CultureXico Inc — $5,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc — $55,000 · HealthVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $6,000 · HealthPHOENIX SISTER CITIES — $42,500 · InternationalARIZONA-MEXICO COMMISSION — $17,500 · International
Community Improvement$11,357,298Education$1,996,665Other$1,212,497Philanthropy$193,275Arts & Culture$66,800Health$61,000International$60,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCPLC ACTION FUND — $10,670,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation — $1,127,942 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $647,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCPLC TEXAS INC — $562,298 over 1y, 11% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $185,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $128,275 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCPLC NEVADA INC — $125,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetThe Pete C Garcia Victoria Foundation INC — $111,250 over 4y, 32% of budgetCROSIER VILLAGE OF PHOENIX — $80,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX SISTER CITIES — $42,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetLULAC INSTITUTE INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNATIVE HEALTH — $36,667 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe American Legion — $32,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Folklife Alliance Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGrand Canyon University — $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VALLEY REGIONAL CHAMBER — $26,500 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PHOENIX LEADERSHIP INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCULTURAL COALITION INC — $11,300 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPRESCOTT COLLEGE INC — $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FORWARD ARIZONA — $9,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCPLC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — $9,123 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION — $8,525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhoenix Police Reserve Foundation — $6,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY360 INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…The Foundation for Co…Phoenix Suns Charitie…Helios Education Foun…Arizona Diamondbacks …Burton Family Foundat…Thunderbirds CharitiesFlinn FoundationGarcia Family Foundat…Arizona Humanities Co…The Diane and Bruce H…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ32.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Helios Education Foundation · Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc · Burton Family Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Flinn Foundation · Garcia Family Foundation · Arizona Humanities Council Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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