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Jerry W Brock Foundation at a glance

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Jerry W Brock Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$29k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$202kArts & Culture$114kHealth$78kAnimals$73kHousing & Shelter$50kCommunity Improvement$43kEnvironment$25kFood & Nutrition$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH - LITTLE PANTRY$10,000
TEMPE ART & MUSIC COALITION INC$10,000
YES FOR TEMPE KIDS PAC$5,000
CARE INC$2,000
TERRELL ISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION$1,000
FRANK KUCH YOUTH FOUNDATION$500
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 (FY20–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $3k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Jerry W Brock Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 84%.

Jerry W Brock Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$380k · 9 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
26

Total granted

$380k
$231k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+19%

Still filing today

44%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TH
    TEMPE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $104k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2021–2023 · $75k
  • TF
    TIE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $73k

Funded once

  • BV
    BUENA VISTA RANCHOS HOMEOWNERS ASSOC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • TC
    TEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +129%
  • AS
    Arizona Sustainability Alliance
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
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
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
3
Social Venture Partners Tucson

Svp tucson is an ever expanding community of engaged philanthropists dedicated to building the capacity, strength and impact of nonprofits in addressing social problems. we accomplish this through: thoughtful and strategic investments and…

Philanthropy
4
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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5
Tucson Values Teachers

To elevate the teaching profession in southern arizona by empowering and celebrating prek-12 teacher excellence through community engagement and investment.

Employment
6
Honorhealth

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

Health
7
The Dons of Arizona
Education
8
Phoenix Children's Hospital

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

Health
9
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
10
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
11
Alliance for Arizona Animal Protection

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

Animals
12
Society of St Vincent de Paul Tucson

The mission of SSVDP is to promote the spiritual growth of its members through prayer, friendship, and service to others.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley; the most unlike its peers is Arizona Sustainability Alliance. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 39 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $104,000 · OtherTEMPE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTIE FOUNDATION: $72,500 · OtherTIE FOUNDATIONBUENA VISTA RANCHOS HOMEOWNERS ASSOC: $50,000 · OtherBUENA VISTA RANCHOS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH - LITTLE PANTRY: $20,500 · OtherPROSTATE ON SITE PROJECT: $20,000 · OtherCITY OF TEMPE-TRAP NUETER & RELEASE: $17,000 · Other+22 more: $74,600 · Other+22 moreLost Our Home Pet Foundation: $55,000 · AnimalsLost Our H…+1 more: $500 · AnimalsBUFFALO FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationARIZONA BUSINESS & EDUCATION COALITION: $10,000 · EducationTERRELL ISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationTEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $12,500 · Community ImprovementArizona Sustainability Alliance: $25,000 · EnvironmentLilys Pad: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CENTERS FOR HABILITATIONTCH: $5,000 · Employment
Other$433,600Animals$55,500Education$47,000Community Improvement$42,500Environment$25,000Youth Development$20,000Employment$5,000

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 budgetLost Our Home Pet Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBUFFALO FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 82% of budgetTEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetArizona Sustainability Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLilys Pad: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA BUSINESS & EDUCATION COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CENTERS FOR HABILITATIONTCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTERRELL ISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT PAWS RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY BRIDGES INC: $500 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 Lost Our Home Pet Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Sustainability Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Lilys Pad ↗
  • Who funds Tempe Community Action Agency Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA BUSINESS & EDUCATION COALITION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTERS FOR HABILITATIONTCH ↗
  • Who funds Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association ↗
  • Who funds TERRELL ISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗
  • Who funds DESERT PAWS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY BRIDGES INC ↗

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…Tempe Diablos Chariti…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Tempe Diablos Charities Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Jerry W Brock Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerry W Brock Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Jerry W Brock Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jerry W Brock 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 39 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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