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Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
141
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$2.0M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$36MEducation$7.7MHuman Services$6.0MHealth$5.2MInternational$4.5MArts & Culture$3.5MReligion$3.2MFood & Nutrition$1.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 141 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $204k
  • $10k–50k71 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+15 grants · $11M
$20,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$171M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS$2,000,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZO$1,989,406
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$1,457,813
TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$1,322,707
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CEN$750,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FDN$603,772
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES$461,000
TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY$399,011
EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER$300,000
THE CONVERSATION US$300,000
GLOBAL INVESTMENT FDN FOR TOMORROW$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HILLEL FOUNDA$274,735
SOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$255,000
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ENDOWMENT ASSO$250,000
ARIZONA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$250,000
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 (FY20–24, $4.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $26k → 6%TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN OF NASSAU CO: $26k → 7%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGE: $7k → 7%RESPECTABILITY: $18k → 8%WAY STATION INC: $13k → 11%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN OF NASSAU CO: $21k → 7%MENORAH PARK CENTER FOR SENIOR LIVI: $6k → 17%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1.3M → 15%THE CHICK MISSION INC: $20k → 17%MENORAH PARK CENTER FOR SENIOR LIVI: $6k → 17%TUCSON JEWIS COMMUNITY CENTER: $528k → 15%MENORAH PARK CENTER FOR SENIOR LIVI: $6k → 17%MENORAH PARK CENTER FOR SENIOR LIVING: $5k → 17%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $295k → 15%MENORAH PARK CENTER FOR SENIOR LIVING: $5k → 17%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $211k → 15%ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $25k → 14%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $349k → 15%MORE THAN A BED: $30k → 15%ST LUKE'S HOME: $115k → 15%GAP MINISTRIES: $25k → 15%ST LUKE'S HOME: $10k → 15%ST LUKE'S HOME: $10k → 15%ST LUKE'S HOME: $8k → 15%PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING: $56k → 15%PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING: $51k → 15%HAVEN TOTES: $10k → 15%PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: $10k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCS: $237k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $181k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $161k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCS: $146k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $82k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SVCS OF SA: $10k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $25k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $56k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $50k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $49k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $45k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $40k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $37k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $21k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $14k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $14k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 15%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

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 124 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

124 repeat relationships: 94 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

124
81

Total granted

$33M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+13%

Still filing today

85%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +54%
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +2%
  • TJ
    TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • I
    IKAR
    one grant, 2023 · $182k
  • BF
    BETTERTOGETHER FOREVERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +58%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -8%
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 Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
6
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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7
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.

—
8
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc; the most unlike its peers is Flowing Wells Educational 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

219 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. 219 of the 257 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
216/219
Grantees still filing
143/219
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $19,000,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAMJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $9,250,032 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONAJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES+17 more: $2,783,768 · Philanthropy+17 moreUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $4,173,163 · EducationUniversity o…TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,686,253 · EducationTUCSON HEBRE…UC LAW SF FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationUC LAW SF FO…GLOBAL INVESTMENT FOUNDATION FOR TOMORROW INC: $450,000 · EducationGLOBAL INVES…THE CONVERSATION US INC: $300,000 · Education+18 more: $886,782 · Education+18 moreSOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE INC: $1,355,000 · OtherSOCIETY TO IMPROVE …Interfaith Community Services: $1,339,800 · OtherInterfaith Communit…HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $908,621 · OtherHILLEL FOUNDATION A…CONGREGATION ANSHEI ISRAEL: $580,534 · OtherKOL AMI SYNAGOGUE: $444,796 · OtherSOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $421,000 · OtherCommunity Food Bank Inc: $801,144 · OtherCommunity Food Bank…EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $650,000 · OtherPROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $1,425,000 · OtherPROTECT DEMOCRACY P…INITIATIVE FOR MEDICINES ACCESS & KNOWLEDGE (I-MAK) INC: $500,000 · Other+72 more: $3,995,631 · Other+72 moreAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $3,137,071 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $506,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $283,491 · InternationalHIAS INC: $163,553 · International+11 more: $402,349 · InternationalTUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,704,786 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $816,469 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $183,106 · Human ServicesAngel Charity for Children Inc: $177,500 · Human Services+13 more: $590,859 · Human ServicesMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,470,032 · HealthBanner Health Foundation: $330,340 · HealthTMC HEALTH FOUNDATION: $159,439 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $115,300 · HealthHANDMAKER JEWISH SERVICES FOR THE AGING: $114,245 · Health+14 more: $491,121 · HealthTHE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM: $387,497 · Arts & CultureArizona Theatre Company: $340,650 · Arts & CultureARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $307,967 · Arts & CultureTHE DRAWING STUDIO INC: $246,440 · Arts & CultureSCULPTURETUCSONORG INC: $239,000 · Arts & CultureTucson Symphony Society: $161,790 · Arts & CultureTUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL: $125,000 · Arts & CultureLEAD GUITAR: $121,500 · Arts & CultureARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $102,500 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart Productions: $90,750 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $532,450 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$36,033,800Education$7,996,198Other$12,421,526International$4,492,464Human Services$4,472,720Health$2,680,477Arts & Culture$2,655,544

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $19,000,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $9,250,032 over 5y, 47% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $4,173,163 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $3,137,071 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,704,786 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,686,253 over 5y, 18% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,470,032 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $1,425,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE INC: $1,355,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $1,339,800 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetHILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $908,621 over 5y, 33% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $816,469 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $801,144 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc: $664,143 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $650,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON: $564,200 over 4y, 23% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $506,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetINITIATIVE FOR MEDICINES ACCESS & KNOWLEDGE (I-MAK) INC: $500,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetUC LAW SF FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetGLOBAL INVESTMENT FOUNDATION FOR TOMORROW INC: $450,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetSOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $421,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetTHE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM: $387,497 over 5y, 26% of budgetPETER MICHAEL FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $340,650 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $330,340 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $307,967 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CONVERSATION US INC: $300,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $283,491 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $273,400 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRESCOTT: $259,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE DRAWING STUDIO INC: $246,440 over 5y, 13% of budgetSCULPTURETUCSONORG INC: $239,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetStep Up To Justice: $221,200 over 5y, 14% of budgetREID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $209,050 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $183,106 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $177,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $163,553 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTucson Symphony Society: $161,790 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTMC HEALTH FOUNDATION: $159,439 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Lukes in the Desert Inc: $142,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $127,292 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL: $125,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetLEAD GUITAR: $121,500 over 5y, 4.3% 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.

Community Foundation …The Hs Lopez Family F…United Way of Tucson …Connie Hillman Family…The David and Lura Lo…Donald Pitt Family Fo…Arizona Community Fou…Marshall FoundationFrederick Gardner Cot…Arts Foundation for T…Angel Charity for Chi…Absolon Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ115.2× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The David and Lura Lovell · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Marshall Foundation · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona · Angel Charity for Children Inc · Absolon 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 Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Way Station Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
51report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 257 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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