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Garcia Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$2.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$20MEducation$16MHealth$8.1MCommunity Improvement$2.6MHuman Services$2.4MYouth Development$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.2MPublic Benefit$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $295k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+18 grants · $13M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$61M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Human Services Campus Inc$2,700,000
St Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix$2,245,000
University of Arizona Foundation$925,000
Solari Inc$855,000
Arizona State University Foundation$695,000
UMOM New Day Centers Inc$625,000
Community Investment Corp$600,000
Valley Leadership$600,000
Allineducation (AZ Latino Leaders in Education)$440,000
Northern Arizona University Foundation$425,000
Arizona State University Foundation$400,000
Catholic Charities$355,000
ICAN Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods$300,000
Flagstaff Shelter Services$300,000
Live the Solution (Earn to Learn)$300,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.7M) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Saving Amy Inc: $200k → 11%Housing Forward: $300k → 14%Saving Amy Inc: $35k → 11%Saving Amy Inc: $30k → 11%Housing Forward: $300k → 14%Saving Amy Inc: $17k → 11%YMCA of Southern Arizona: $25k → 15%Earn to Learn: $165k → 15%Earn to Learn: $100k → 15%Youth on Their Own: $50k → 15%Maggies Place Inc: $180k → 11%Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $60k → 11%Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $60k → 11%Rowe Family Charitable Foundation Inc: $35k → 11%Maggies Place Inc: $5k → 11%Circle the City: $15k → 11%CIRCLE THE CITY: $10k → 11%Circle the City: $10k → 11%CIRCLE THE CITY: $5k → 11%Circle the City: $5k → 11%Catholic Charities Community Services Inc: $5k → 11%Ability 360 Inc: $135k → 11%Ability 360 Inc: $95k → 11%Ability 360 Inc: $70k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa Inc: $20k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa Inc: $20k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa Inc: $10k → 11%Fresh Start Women's Foundation: $100k → 11%Elaine: $100k → 11%Elaine Inc: $5k → 11%Not My Kid Inc: $100k → 11%Not My Kid Inc: $50k → 11%Not My Kid Inc: $25k → 11%Not My Kid Inc: $25k → 11%Not My Kid Inc: $10k → 11%NOT MY KID INC: $5k → 11%Arizona Housing Coalition: $250k → 11%Arizona Housing Coalition: $50k → 11%Hospice of the Valley: $20k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
KS
DC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47M · 69 repeat orgs$7.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
64

Total granted

$47M
$6.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+29%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HS
    Human Services Campus Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $10M · revenue ×19
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $4.9M · revenue +125%
  • University of Arizona Foundation
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • TF
    TGen Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -15%
  • CO
    CITY OF HOPE
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M
How this is measured

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

04Its 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
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
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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4
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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5
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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6
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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7
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence Inc

The arizona center for afterschool excellence is dedicated to the enhancement of child and youth development and educational achievement through quality afterschool programming.

Education
8
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.

Health
9
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
10
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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11
Foster 360

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

Human Services
12
Arizona Association of Community Health Centers Inc

To promote and facilitate the development and delivery of affordable and accessible primary healthcare for everyone in arizona through advocacy, education and technical assistance.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is ABILITY360 Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gk Legacy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

117 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. 117 of the 147 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
111/117
Grantees still filing
82/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $4,940,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FO…University of Arizona Foundation: $3,815,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Found…LEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN THE: $1,600,000 · EducationLEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN TH…BASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $1,000,000 · EducationBASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INCNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $925,000 · EducationNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY…+12 more: $1,081,500 · Education+12 moreHuman Services Campus Inc: $10,285,000 · Housing & ShelterHuman Services Campus IncUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $1,872,500 · Housing & ShelterUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC+7 more: $980,000 · Housing & Shelter+7 moreSt Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix: $5,230,000 · OtherSt Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoen…TGen Foundation: $1,000,000 · OtherTGen FoundationCITY OF HOPE: $1,000,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPELive the Solution (Earn to Learn): $760,000 · OtherAllineducation (AZ Latino Leaders in Education): $640,000 · OtherARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,125,000 · OtherARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION: $900,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATIONFAMILY PROMISE - GREATER PHOENIX: $660,000 · Other+68 more: $4,800,307 · Other+68 morePhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $2,850,000 · HealthPhoenix Childr…SOLARI INC: $1,355,000 · HealthSOLARI INCNATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC: $1,000,000 · HealthNATIVE AMERICA…THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $501,000 · HealthTHE TRANSLATIO…BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $453,500 · HealthBARROW NEUROLO…+13 more: $740,000 · Health+13 moreHOUSING FORWARD: $600,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA HOUSING COALITION: $300,000 · Human ServicesABILITY360 INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesSAVING AMY INC: $282,000 · Human ServicesLIVE THE SOLUTION DBA EARN TO LEARN: $265,000 · Human ServicesNOTMYKID: $215,000 · Human ServicesMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $185,000 · Human ServicesArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $120,000 · Human ServicesElaine: $105,000 · Human ServicesFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human Services+8 more: $255,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitBE A LEADER FOUNDATION: $660,000 · Public BenefitCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Public BenefitICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS: $925,000 · Youth DevelopmentHomeless Youth Connection Inc: $258,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOSTER ARIZONA: $170,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC: $55,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $25,000 · Youth Development
Education$13,361,500Housing & Shelter$13,137,500Other$16,115,307Health$6,899,500Human Services$2,727,000Public Benefit$1,760,000Youth Development$1,533,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHuman Services Campus Inc: $10,285,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $4,940,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $3,815,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $2,850,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $1,872,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetLEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN THE: $1,600,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetSOLARI INC: $1,355,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,125,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBASIS CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS: $925,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $925,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION: $900,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE - GREATER PHOENIX: $660,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBE A LEADER FOUNDATION: $660,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetHOUSING FORWARD: $600,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $501,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $453,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC: $425,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetSAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA: $375,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetARIZONA HOUSING COALITION: $300,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetABILITY360 INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING AMY INC: $282,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetLIVE THE SOLUTION DBA EARN TO LEARN: $265,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetHomeless Youth Connection Inc: $258,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetARIZONA TENNIS CHARITIES: $240,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE ARIZONA: $225,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $220,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNOTMYKID: $215,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA: $200,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $185,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS DALLAS: $175,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetFOSTER ARIZONA: $170,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $165,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED: $155,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $150,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHope Ignites Phoenix: $145,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetSt Joseph the Worker: $139,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetCONTEXTURE: $125,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT FOUNDATION: $119,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetElaine: $105,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetHOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Diane and Bruce H…Valley of the Sun Uni…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…The Foundation for Co…Burton Family Foundat…BHHS Legacy FoundationPhoenix Suns Charitie…Fiesta Events IncMoreno Family Foundat…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ90.1× affinity64 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 · Thunderbirds Charities · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Valley of the Sun United Way · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Burton Family Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Fiesta Events Inc · Moreno Family Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Garcia Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Garcia Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
32report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Garcia Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Garcia Family Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 147 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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