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Executive Council Charities

To raise funds through signature events and an annual campaign, and then provide grants to programs and non-profit organizations focuses on helping youth in arizona overcome obstacles and reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Itemized grants FY2025
54
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.9M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$16,581
Largest grant, FY2025
$186,813
Organizations funded a year
46 to 55
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$645k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Executive Council Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $234k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving68$1.9M19%
FY202454$2.1M17%
FY202355$2.2M9%
FY202251$2.2M16%
FY202147$1.9M11%
FY202050$1.9M14%
FY201952$1.8M17%
FY201846$1.8M28%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$14MRecreation & Sports$595kHealth$186kHuman Services$172kFood & Nutrition$53kCivil Rights$36kHousing & Shelter$8k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ocj Kids$1,701,986926%
Aspiring Youth Academy$1,382,656997%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc$1,261,72493%
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation$1,065,447910%
Child Crisis Center$1,000,8749n/a
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$633,54190%
New Pathways For Youth$614,48092%
Ecc Endowment Fund$580,000584%
Special Olympics Arizona Inc$553,61682%
The Foster Alliance$503,87293%
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All grantees of Executive Council Charities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ocj Kids$1,701,986926%
Aspiring Youth Academy$1,382,656997%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc$1,261,72493%
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation$1,065,447910%
Child Crisis Center$1,000,8749n/a
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$633,54190%
New Pathways For Youth$614,48092%
Ecc Endowment Fund$580,000584%
Special Olympics Arizona Inc$553,61682%
The Foster Alliance$503,87293%
Arizona Burn Foundation Inc$426,59499%
Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Aask Arizona$343,34891%
Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents$280,841810%
Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc$268,00644%
Umom New Day Centers Inc$259,89690%
Saving Amy Inc$252,997713%
Southwest Human Development Incorporated$243,54580%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona$239,08191%
Elevate Phoenix$235,17772%
Catholic Charities Community Services Inc$230,86690%
Hope Ignites Phoenix$230,27883%
The Pace Foundation$227,541849%
Christian Family Care Agency Inc$220,01090%
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix$212,41490%
Ryan House$198,59081%
Accel$175,57280%
North Phoenix Kiwanis Foundation In$173,077514%
The Family School$168,77994%
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona Inc$160,75681%
Onward Hope Incorporated$148,63086%
Oral Educational Opportunities for the Hearing Impaired$143,44582%
Miracle League of Arizona$126,84474%
Thunderbirds Charities$125,00050%
Junior Achievement of Arizona$124,27581%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona$122,70181%
Fostering Heroes Foundation$120,300226%
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc$116,10390%
Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels$104,22443%
Fresh Start Women's Foundation$102,29290%
Good Works Project$97,220336%
Sojourner Center$96,74730%
Mitchell Swaback Charities Inc$92,10813%
Swift Youth Foundation$91,11249%
Jacobs Hope$88,597213%
Future for Kids$86,71563%
Firm Foundation Youth Homes Inc$76,82462%
Ability360 Inc$74,38150%
Hope and a Future Inc$72,95072%
Midtown Primary School$70,00051%
A New Leaf$63,78160%
Foundation for Blind Children$63,00070%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$53,16330%
Center for the Rights of Abused Children$52,46441%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$51,68550%
Arizonans for Children Inc$51,40862%
Advocacy 31nine$36,68043%
Be a Leader Foundation$36,65831%
Salt River Pima-Maricopa$36,0004n/a
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona$33,74340%
Defenders of Children$32,7861n/a
Childrens Cancer Network$32,03841%
Treasure House$31,3421n/a
Arizona Golf and Life Skills Inc Dba First Tee - Phoenix$31,25821%
Scottsdale Arts$31,19020%
Ram Ministries Inc$30,229219%
Mesa United Way Inc$30,00012%
Kids in Focus$29,57219%
Lilys Pad$27,80018%
The Salvation Army$26,8002n/a
Ican Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods$26,00030%
Rae of Light Foundation$25,58525%
The Singletons$22,65232%
MIKID-Mentally Ill Kids in Distress$22,57120%
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center$22,00010%
Foster Arizona$20,00021%
Streetlightusa$20,00020%
Educare Arizona$19,77322%
Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc$18,72620%
Hunkapi Programs Inc$17,00011%
Care Fund$16,98822%
Boys and Girls Club of Bisbee Arizona$16,41622%
Scottsdale Arts$16,4101n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc$15,08320%
Boys & Girls Club of the Colorado River$14,93311%
Crowns of Courage$12,91017%
Friends of the Children - Phoenix$12,5001n/a
Science of Sport$12,00021%
Helens Hope Chest$11,46611%
Junior Golf Association of Arizona Inc$10,00011%
Arizona Sunshine Angels$9,17311%
Hushabye Nursery$9,14511%
One Bag at a Time$8,9581n/a
Child Health and Resilience Mastery Inc$8,4401n/a
House of Refuge Sunnyslope Inc$8,00010%
Miracle House Foundation$7,500126%
Hopekids Inc$7,50010%
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona$7,37510%
Three Butterflies Sids Foundation Team Taylor$6,50013%
Partners for Paiute Neighborhood Center$6,1941n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Round Valley$6,02515%
Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped$5,81310%
Mission Volant Inc$5,6501n/a
Banner Health Foundation$5,50010%
Young Life$5,20010%
Civitan Foundation Inc$5,1751n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Executive Council Charities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 93 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOcj Kids: $1,701,986 over 9y, 26% of budgetAspiring Youth Academy: $1,382,656 over 9y, 97% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc: $1,261,724 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $1,065,447 over 9y, 10% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $633,541 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $614,480 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetEcc Endowment Fund: $580,000 over 5y, 84% of budgetSpecial Olympics Arizona Inc: $553,616 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetThe Foster Alliance: $503,872 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetArizona Burn Foundation Inc: $426,594 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetAid to Adoption of Special Kids Aask Arizona: $343,348 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetArizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents: $280,841 over 8y, 10% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $268,006 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetUmom New Day Centers Inc: $259,896 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSaving Amy Inc: $252,997 over 7y, 13% of budgetSouthwest Human Development Incorporated: $243,545 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona: $239,081 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetElevate Phoenix: $235,177 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCatholic Charities Community Services Inc: $230,866 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHope Ignites Phoenix: $230,278 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetThe Pace Foundation: $227,541 over 8y, 49% of budgetChristian Family Care Agency Inc: $220,010 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetDiocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix: $212,414 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRyan House: $198,590 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAccel: $175,572 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Phoenix Kiwanis Foundation In: $173,077 over 5y, 14% of budgetThe Family School: $168,779 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Services of Arizona Inc: $160,756 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetOnward Hope Incorporated: $148,630 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetOral Educational Opportunities for the Hearing Impaired: $143,445 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMiracle League of Arizona: $126,844 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetThunderbirds Charities: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Arizona: $124,275 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona: $122,701 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetFostering Heroes Foundation: $120,300 over 2y, 26% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service Inc: $116,103 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmanda Hope Rainbow Angels: $104,224 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetFresh Start Women's Foundation: $102,292 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGood Works Project: $97,220 over 3y, 36% of budgetSojourner Center: $96,747 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMitchell Swaback Charities Inc: $92,108 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSwift Youth Foundation: $91,112 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetJacobs Hope: $88,597 over 2y, 13% of budgetFuture for Kids: $86,715 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetFirm Foundation Youth Homes Inc: $76,824 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetAbility360 Inc: $74,381 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHope and a Future Inc: $72,950 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetMidtown Primary School: $70,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 93.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Thunderbirds CharitiesAZ82.4× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thunderbirds Charities · Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Fiesta Events Inc · John F Long Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · Saguaros Childrens Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Valley of the Sun United Way

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.

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How do I get to Executive Council Charities?

Find your warmest path to Executive Council Charities 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.

About Executive Council Charities

How much does Executive Council Charities give?
Executive Council Charities reported 69 itemized grants totaling $1,929,589, out of $2,246,635 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Executive Council Charities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (93%), Recreation & Sports (4%), Health (1%).
Who are Executive Council Charities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ocj Kids ($1.7M), Aspiring Youth Academy ($1.4M), Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc ($1.3M).
Does Executive Council Charities fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Executive Council Charities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thunderbirds Charities, Arizona Community Foundation, Phoenix Suns Charities Inc.
Where is Executive Council Charities based?
Executive Council Charities is based in AZ.

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 107 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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