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Empire Charitable Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$95k
Granted FY2019
27
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2019 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $72,372, the rows itemized in this filing. The $95,152 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,780 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 · FY2019

  • Under $10k25 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $46k
$350
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
4G Foundation$33,712
ASU Sun Devil Club$12,787
Junior Livestock Auction c/o Robinson Farms$9,800
Fore Griffin Foundation, Inc.$5,500
YMCA Annual Campaign$2,500
Colorado River Fair Jr Livestock Auction$1,848
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association$550
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona (CCFSA)$500
Scott Alan Brown Foundation$500
Elvira Neighborhood Association$500
Barrio Nopal Association$400
Sun Riders Motorcycle Club Inc$400
Gospel Rescue Mission$350
Salvation Army$350
The Shyann Kindness Project$300
02Its 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
Mckenzie Monks Foundation
Health
2
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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3
Phoenix Children's Hospital

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families.

Health
4
Banner Health

Banner health's nonprofit mission is "making health care easier, so life can be better".

Health
5
Honorhealth

Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.

Health
6
The Phoenix Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
7
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
8
The Sunshine Foundation
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9
Shoot Down Kids Cancer Foundation
Health
10
Students Supporting Brain Tumor Research

As an organization, students supporting brain tumor research's(ssbtr)mission is to provide education and leadership development of our youth, furnish a platform for them to play a principle role in effecting positve changes in their…

Health
11
Az Hugs
Human Services
12
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fore Griffin Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
02the grantee network

8 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. 8 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

4G Foundation: $33,712 · Other4G FoundationASU Sun Devil Club: $12,787 · OtherASU Sun Devil ClubJunior Livestock Auction c/o Robinson Farms: $9,800 · OtherJunior Livestock Auction c/o Robinson FarmsYMCA Annual Campaign: $2,500 · Other+18 more: $6,823 · Other+18 moreFore Griffin Foundation Inc: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentSUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $550 · Community ImprovementCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $150 · HealthMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $300 · Food & Nutrition
Other$65,622Youth Development$5,500Community Improvement$550Health$400Food & Nutrition$300

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 budgetFore Griffin Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $550 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSun Riders Motorcycle Club Inc: $400 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHYANN KINDNESS PROJECT INC: $300 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $50 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 Fore Griffin Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Sun Riders Motorcycle Club Inc ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHYANN KINDNESS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC ↗

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 27 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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