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Idealistic Cause Foundation at a glance

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Idealistic Cause Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$530k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$565kHealth$300kFood & Nutrition$285kAnimals$205kYouth Development$135kHousing & Shelter$129kArts & Culture$77kInternational$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $450k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULT$50,000
PROJECT LEMONADE$30,000
ENCIRCLE FAMILIES$30,000
SAVETS$20,000
OUT TO PASTURE ANIMAL SANCTUARY$20,000
SUPERIOR WILDLIFE REHAB CENTER$20,000
CLUB EMU$20,000
ZEBS WISH EQUINE SANCTUARY$20,000
WHAM ARTS$20,000
ESTACADA FOOD BANK$20,000
TREMBLE CLEFS OF ARIZONA$20,000
ARIZONA WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER$20,000
RECORDED RECREATIONAL READNG FOR BL$20,000
KISMET FARMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY$20,000
SOUND EQUINE OPTIONS HORSE RESCUE$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $300k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JOSES CLOSET: $30k → 11%JOSE'S CLOSET INC: $20k → 11%JOSES CLOSET: $20k → 11%JOSES CLOSET: $10k → 11%PROJECT LEMONADE: $30k → 12%MAGI WHEELCHAIR: $5k → 12%ASTER AGING INC: $10k → 11%ASTER AGING INC: $10k → 11%ASTER AGING INC: $10k → 11%ASTER AGING INC: $10k → 11%ENCIRCLE FAMILIES: $30k → 11%EVES PLACE: $25k → 11%EVES PLACE: $15k → 11%EVES PLACE: $15k → 11%CLOUD COVERED STREETS: $20k → 11%GABRIELS ANGELS: $10k → 11%GABRIELS ANGELS: $10k → 11%EVERYBODY MATTERS: $15k → 11%GABRIELS ANGELS: $5k → 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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 28 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
11

Total granted

$1.4M
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
-15%

Still filing today

61%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AS
    AUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $80k · revenue +113%
  • WN
    Waste Not Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +20%
  • JC
    JUSTA CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $55k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • TD
    THE DIAPER BANK OF CENTRAL AZ
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • CC
    CLOUD COVERED STREETS
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -15%
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 Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
2
Az Hugs
Human Services
3
The Dons of Arizona
Education
4
Alliance for Arizona Animal Protection

Prevention of animal cruelty and intervention on behalf of animals being abused.

Animals
5
Laced With Love

To provide resources to children in AZ DCS Custody

Human Services
6
Arizona's Children Association

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

Human Services
7
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
8
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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9
Foster 360

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

Human Services
10
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
—
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
Azcend

AZCEND nourishes minds and bodies so that neighbors in need experience a brighter future.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foster Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Arizona Railroad Historical Society. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 55 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
11/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHOENIX DREAM CENTER: $115,000 · OtherPHOENIX DREAM CENTERANDRE HOUSE: $94,000 · OtherANDRE HOUSEJUSTA CENTER INC: $55,000 · OtherJUSTA CENTER INCIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientARIZONA WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER: $50,000 · OtherARIZONA WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTERWHAM ARTS: $40,000 · OtherSOUND EQUINE OPTIONS HORSE RESCUE: $40,000 · OtherRECORDED RECREATIONAL READNG FOR BL: $40,000 · OtherTHE DIAPER BANK OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $35,000 · OtherLIVE AND LEARN AZ: $35,000 · OtherBOYS TO MEN MENTORING: $35,000 · Other+23 more: $320,000 · Other+23 moreJose's Closet Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesJose's Closet IncEVE'S PLACE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesEVE'S PLACE INCASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC): $40,000 · Human ServicesASTER AGING INC (F…PROJECT LEMONADE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT LEMONADE I…Encircle Families: $30,000 · Human ServicesEncircle FamiliesGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesGABRIELS ANGELS IN…CLOUD COVERED STREETS: $20,000 · Human ServicesCLOUD COVERED STRE…EVERYBODY MATTERS INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesAUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthAUTISM SCIE…Tremble Clefs Arizona: $50,000 · HealthTremble Cle…HULL FOUNDATION AND LEARNING CENTER INC: $40,000 · HealthHULL FOUNDA…DEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthDEMENTIA SO…AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: $125,000 · Community ImprovementZebs Wish Equine Sanctuary: $50,000 · AnimalsALTERED TAILS: $35,000 · AnimalsOUT TO PASTURE ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $20,000 · AnimalsWaste Not Inc: $60,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $40,000 · Food & NutritionREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $50,000 · EducationTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $40,000 · Education
Other$909,000Human Services$300,000Health$180,000Community Improvement$125,000Animals$105,000Food & Nutrition$100,000Education$90,000

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 budgetAJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: $125,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetJose's Closet Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetAUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetWaste Not Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJUSTA CENTER INC: $55,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetEVE'S PLACE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTremble Clefs Arizona: $50,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $50,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetZebs Wish Equine Sanctuary: $50,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetHULL FOUNDATION AND LEARNING CENTER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC): $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALTERED TAILS: $35,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetEncircle Families: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOUT TO PASTURE ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCLOUD COVERED STREETS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEVERYBODY MATTERS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHelens Hope Chest: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIKES FOR HUMANITY PDX: $5,000 over 1y, 6.9% 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 AJO CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ↗
  • Who funds Jose's Closet Inc ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Waste Not Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUSTA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EVE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Tremble Clefs Arizona ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds READ BETTER BE BETTER ↗
  • Who funds Zebs Wish Equine Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds HULL FOUNDATION AND LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOSTER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) ↗
  • Who funds ALTERED TAILS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT LEMONADE INC ↗
  • Who funds Encircle Families ↗
  • Who funds GABRIELS ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds OUT TO PASTURE ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds CLOUD COVERED STREETS ↗

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…Thunderbirds CharitiesValley of the Sun Uni…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…American Express Foun…John F Long Foundatio…BHHS Legacy FoundationVirginia G Piper Char…The Diane and Bruce H…William & Ruth Pendle…Sundt FoundationFiesta Events Inc
Arizona Community FoundationAZ24.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Valley of the Sun United Way · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · John F Long Foundation Inc · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · William & Ruth Pendleton Memorial Fund US Bank National Association · Sundt Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc

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 Idealistic Cause Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Idealistic Cause Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 55 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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