Arizona · Public charity
Desert Financial Foundation
To promote the financial health of our community through education, scholarships, grants to non-profit programs, and fundraising efforts.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $27,505
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $791,423
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Desert Financial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.0M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $948k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $999k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $794k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $2,971,483 | 6 | 2% |
| Arizona State University | $393,500 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $123,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Northern Arizona University Foundation | $122,505 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Laptops 4 Learning | $75,102 | 2 | 12% |
| Yavapai College Foundation Inc | $60,750 | 4 | 0% |
| East Valley Institute of Technology Education Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Maricopa County Community College District Foundation | $57,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coconino Community College Foundation | $49,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 22 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($750k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Desert Financial Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Desert Financial Credit Union · Valley of the Sun United Way · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Burton Family Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation · The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn
How this is measured
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About Desert Financial Foundation
- How much does Desert Financial Foundation give?
- Desert Financial Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $1,157,928, out of $1,232,637 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Desert Financial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (74%), Education (24%), Employment (1%).
- Who are Desert Financial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ($3.0M), Arizona State University ($394k), University of Arizona ($124k).
- Does Desert Financial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Desert Financial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Desert Financial Credit Union, Valley of the Sun United Way.
- Where is Desert Financial Foundation based?
- Desert Financial Foundation is based in AZ.
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