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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 FY2025still arriving
69
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$187k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Youth Development$14MRecreation & Sports$595kHealth$186kHuman Services$172kFood & Nutrition$53kCivil Rights$36kHousing & Shelter$8k
02FY2025 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 69 grants below total $1,929,589 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,246,635 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $317,046 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 $10k17 grants · $125k
  • $10k–50k44 grants · $988k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $816k
$16,581
Median grant
2
States reached
$645k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OCJ KIDS$186,813
CHILD CRISIS CENTER$161,430
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SCOTTSDALE INC$100,000
HARVEST COMPASSION CENTER$92,108
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA$80,177
ARIZONA CANCER FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN$73,622
NEW PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH$63,739
ELEVATE PHOENIX$58,142
FOSTERING HEROES FOUNDATION$47,762
ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION$44,554
ARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION$39,418
CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE$39,115
ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS$36,438
AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS$33,666
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$33,632
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 (FY17–25, $5.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS: $45k → 11%AZ ASSOCIATION FOSTER-ADOPTIVE PARENTS: $40k → 11%ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS: $36k → 11%ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS: $32k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE: $39k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE: $37k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE: $35k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE: $31k → 11%CHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE AGENCY: $40k → 11%CHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE AGENCY: $38k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $34k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $34k → 11%CHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE AGENCY: $33k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $64k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $61k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $40k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $34k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $32k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $32k → 11%ONWARD HOPE: $34k → 11%ONWARD HOPE: $32k → 11%FOSTERING HEROES FOUNDATION: $73k → 11%FOSTERING HEROES FOUNDATION: $48k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $238k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $234k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $233k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $231k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $190k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $187k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $165k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $160k → 11%OCJ KIDS: $65k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $316k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $242k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $104k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $87k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $84k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $82k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $70k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $45k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $42k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $40k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $36k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $34k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $34k → 11%GOOD WORKS PROJECT: $38k → 11%GOOD WORKS PROJECT: $32k → 11%DEFENDERS OF CHILDREN: $33k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 75 repeat orgs$478k to everyone else

75 repeat relationships — 55 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
18

Total granted

$17M
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+43%

Still filing today

95%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $278k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEducationOther

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

  • OK
    OCJ KIDS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +155% · 26% of their budget
  • AY
    ASPIRING YOUTH ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +388% · 97% of their budget
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • MU
    MESA UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -41%
  • KI
    Kids in Focus
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • SA
    SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $22k · revenue +50%

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
Child Crisis Arizona

To provide children and youth in arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.

Crime & Legal
2
Arizona's Children Association

The mission of arizona's children association is to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.

Human Services
3
La Paloma Family Services Inc

We build relationships that enhance the development of skills, foster a sense of worth and enhance a belief in each child's individual potential.

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4
Phoenix Children's Hospital

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

Health
5
Foster 360

Foster360 equips former clients of the foster care system to break the cycle of homelessness and abuse.

Human Services
6
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
7
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services

The children's clinics provides a family centered comprehensive medical home to meet the special needs of children and families.

Health
8
Horizon Health and Wellness Inc

Horizon health and wellness inc's mission is to provide strength-based, culturally sensitive integrated health services by partnering with families and individuals to manage challenges and support their recovery. hhw developed an (cont'd…

Health
9
Southern Az Childrens Advocacy Ctr Inc

The mission of the chidrens advocacy center of southern arizona is to provide a safe, compassionate, healing environment for children who have been a victim or witnessed a crime. vision: provide each child with the safety they need to tell…

Crime & Legal
10
El Paso Guidance Center Inc dba El Paso Child Guidance Center

Improving the health and well-being of children and families in a safe environment through mental health services, education and awareness.

—
11
Arizona Autism United Inc

Our mission is to help as many families as possible with individualized supports. The Organization's vision is to help families statewide with comprehensive support services for all ages. In carrying out its mission, the Organization's…

Human Services
12
Arizona Faith and Families

It is the mission of Arizona Faith and Families to recruit foster and adoptive parents from within the Christian church, to train and license them within a biblical world view, and to equip them to serve their Savior, home, church, and…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Firm Foundation Youth Homes Inc and the most unlike its peers is Jacobs Hope. 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 backsteadyFamily Support & Stabilizat…Children's Health and Welln…Donor-Advised Funds and Cha…Industry Trade AssociationsSenior Residential CareJewish Community Organizati…Labor Union LocalsAnimal Rescue and Shelter S…Community Service Organizat…Performing Arts Organizatio…Healthcare Access & Advocacy
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 23 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%2%<5yr17%11%5–10yr20%27%10–20yr14%31%20–35yr10%21%35–55yr10%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%1%<5yr17%6%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr14%33%20–35yr10%25%35–55yr10%15%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.9% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%1/106
the rest of the field
17%
2,923/16,947

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

100 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. 100 of the 107 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/100
Grantees still filing
68/100
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OCJ KIDS — $1,701,986 · Human ServicesOCJ KIDSArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation — $1,065,447 · Human ServicesArizona Friends of Foster Children F…AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS AASK ARIZONA — $343,348 · Human ServicesAID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS AASK…Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents — $280,841 · Human ServicesSAVING AMY INC — $252,997 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA — $239,081 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $230,866 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE AGENCY INC — $220,010 · Human ServicesRYAN HOUSE — $198,590 · Human Services+17 more — $1,014,154 · Human Services+17 moreASPIRING YOUTH ACADEMY — $1,382,656 · Youth DevelopmentASPIRING YOUTH ACADEMYBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC — $1,261,724 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF G…ELEVATE PHOENIX — $235,177 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE PHOENIXBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA — $122,701 · Youth Development+12 more — $349,281 · Youth Development+12 moreCHILD CRISIS CENTER — $1,000,874 · OtherCHILD CRISIS CENTERECC ENDOWMENT FUND — $580,000 · OtherECC ENDOWMENT FUNDARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION INC — $426,594 · OtherARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION INCSOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED — $243,545 · OtherHope Ignites Phoenix — $230,278 · OtherNORTH PHOENIX KIWANIS FOUNDATION IN — $173,077 · OtherTHE FAMILY SCHOOL — $168,779 · OtherTHE PACE FOUNDATION — $227,541 · OtherUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC — $259,896 · OtherUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INCArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc — $268,006 · OtherArizona Cancer Foundation for Ch…DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $212,414 · Other+30 more — $1,073,244 · Other+30 morePhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation — $633,541 · HealthAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS — $104,224 · HealthJACOBS HOPE — $88,597 · HealthA NEW LEAF — $63,781 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN — $63,000 · Health+8 more — $133,111 · HealthTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE — $503,872 · EducationACCEL — $175,572 · EducationORAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED — $143,445 · EducationMIDTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL — $70,000 · EducationSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC — $553,616 · Recreation & SportsMIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA — $126,844 · Recreation & SportsSWIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION — $91,112 · Recreation & SportsARIZONA GOLF AND LIFE SKILLS INC DBA FIRST TEE - PHOENIX — $31,258 · Recreation & SportsNew Pathways For Youth — $614,480 · Crime & LegalFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA — $33,743 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$5,547,320Youth Development$3,351,539Other$4,864,248Health$1,086,254Education$892,889Recreation & Sports$802,830Crime & Legal$668,223

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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
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.

  • Who funds OCJ KIDS ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRING YOUTH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds New Pathways For Youth ↗
  • Who funds ECC ENDOWMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOSTER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS AASK ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVING AMY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope Ignites Phoenix ↗
  • Who funds THE PACE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds RYAN HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ACCEL ↗
  • Who funds NORTH PHOENIX KIWANIS FOUNDATION IN ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds ONWARD HOPE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ORAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING HEROES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Good Works Project ↗

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.

Thunderbirds CharitiesArizona Community Fou…Phoenix Suns Charitie…Fiesta Events IncJohn F Long Foundatio…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…American Express Foun…Saguaros Childrens Ch…Virginia G Piper Char…The Diane and Bruce H…BHHS Legacy FoundationValley of the Sun Uni…
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

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 Executive Council Charities 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    34report 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

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    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.

    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 107 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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    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home