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John F Long Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$412k
Granted FY2026still arriving
113
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$343kFood & Nutrition$311kEducation$233kHealth$193kAnimals$162kYouth Development$109kArts & Culture$98kHousing & Shelter$64kOther$0
02FY2026 · 113 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k107 grants · $316k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $96k
$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Challenge Foundation Arizona Inc$25,000
Washington Elementary School District$21,800
St Marys Westside Food Bank Alliance$15,000
Desert Mission Inc$12,500
The Knucklehead Foundation$11,500
Valley View Community Food Bank$10,000
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc$7,500
WHAM Art Association$5,000
New Pathways for Youth Inc$5,000
West Valley Mavericks Foundation Inc$5,000
Flagstaff Family Food Center$5,000
Laveen Baptist Church$5,000
Creighton Community Foundation Inc$5,000
Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc$5,000
Homeless Youth Connection Inc$5,000
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 (FY21–26, $241k) 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%Northland Hospice and Palliative Care Inc: $5k → 16%Saving Amy Inc: $5k → 11%Live the Solution: $5k → 15%Northland Hospice and Palliative Care Inc: $3k → 16%Northland Hospice and Palliative Care Inc: $3k → 16%Northland Hospice and Palliative Care Inc: $3k → 16%Ryan House: $4k → 11%Chrysalis Shelter for Domestic Violence Victims Inc: $3k → 11%Ryan House: $4k → 11%Ryan House: $3k → 11%Gabriel's Angels: $3k → 11%Ryan House: $3k → 11%Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc: $5k → 11%Power Paws Assistance Dogs Inc: $5k → 11%Dress for Success Phoenix: $4k → 11%Dress for Success Phoenix: $3k → 11%Elaine: $6k → 11%Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank Inc: $3k → 11%Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank Inc: $3k → 11%Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank Inc: $3k → 11%OCJ Kids: $3k → 11%Cloud Covered Streets: $3k → 11%Sojourner Center: $4k → 11%New Life Center: $3k → 11%New Life Center: $3k → 11%New Life Center: $3k → 11%Gabriel's Angels: $3k → 11%Audrey's Angels: $3k → 11%The Singletons: $3k → 11%Gabriel's Angels: $3k → 11%Gabriels Angels: $3k → 11%Arizona's Children Association: $3k → 11%Valley of the Sun YMCA: $5k → 11%Valley of the Sun YMCA: $4k → 11%Maggies Place Inc: $4k → 11%Maggie's Place Inc: $4k → 11%Billys Place Inc: $4k → 11%Desert Mission Inc: $15k → 11%Desert Mission Inc: $13k → 11%Educare Arizona: $3k → 11%Educare Arizona: $3k → 11%Assistance League of Phoenix Arizona: $5k → 11%Educare Arizona: $3k → 11%Gabriels Angels: $3k → 11%Delivering Dreams of Arizona: $3k → 11%Assistance League of Phoenix Arizona: $3k → 11%Assistance League of Phoenix Arizona: $3k → 11%Billys Place Inc: $4k → 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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 133 repeat orgs$496k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

133 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2026, 54 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

133
103

Total granted

$1.7M
$393k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AC
    ARIZONA CENTER FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $82k · revenue +119%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $81k · revenue +32%
  • VV
    VALLEY VIEW COMMUNITY FOOD ASSISTANCE
    6× · 2021–2026 · $58k · revenue +624%

Funded once

  • AC
    Arizona Center for Nature Conservation-Phoenix Zoo
    one grant, 2023 · $68k
  • KA
    KIDS AT HOPE
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue 0%
  • UC
    United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Central AZ
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
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
3
Foster 360

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

Human Services
4
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
5
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.

—
6
Arizona Theatre Company

ATC's mission is to create world-class theatre about what it means to be alive today - inspiring curiosity and creativity, sparking empathy and joy - bringing all Arizonans together.

Arts & Culture
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 Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
9
The Dons of Arizona
Education
10
Arizona Youth Partnership

Arizona youth partnership, (azyp), empowers youth to harness their strengths to live healthy and purposeful lives.

Health
11
Ball Charter Schools (Val Vista)

Arizona ball charter schools provides a personalized education to all students emphasizing comprehensive academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment through partnering parents, students and staff.

Education
12
One Arizona

One arizonas mission is to increase civic participation among arizonans

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A New Leaf; the most unlike its peers is Mighty Change of Heart. 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

195 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. 195 of the 270 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)
55
Early backer (in before they grew)
192/195
Grantees still filing
116/195
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Arizona Center for Nature Conservation-Phoenix Zoo: $68,000 · OtherArizona Center for Nature Conservation-Phoenix ZooVALLEY VIEW COMMUNITY FOOD ASSISTANCE: $57,500 · Other+124 more: $1,103,562 · Other+124 moreDESERT MISSION INC: $27,500 · Human ServicesDESERT MISSIO…Delivering Dreams of Arizona: $18,000 · Human ServicesDelivering Dr…EDUCARE ARIZONA: $16,000 · Human ServicesEDUCARE ARIZO…RYAN HOUSE: $14,500 · Human ServicesRYAN HOUSEGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesGABRIELS ANGE…MAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesBILLY'S PLACE INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesDETOUR COMPANY THEATER INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesNORTHLAND HOSPICE: $12,500 · Human ServicesTHE OPPORTUNITY TREE: $12,500 · Human ServicesValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $11,960 · Human ServicesPOWER PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER CENTER: $9,000 · Human ServicesAGUA FRIA FOOD & CLOTHING BANK INC: $9,000 · Human Services+14 more: $66,500 · Human Services+14 moreCHALLENGE FOUNDATION ARIZONA INC: $125,000 · EducationCHALLENGE…ORAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED: $16,000 · EducationORAL EDUC…THE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $10,500 · EducationTHE FOSTE…GREENLIGHT SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Education+5 more: $21,000 · Education+5 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $22,500 · HealthAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $21,000 · HealthA NEW LEAF: $20,000 · HealthHUNKAPI PROGRAMS INC: $14,500 · HealthVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,680 · HealthKID IN THE CORNER: $9,500 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $8,000 · HealthWIGGED OUT INC: $6,500 · HealthSaavi Services for the Blind: $6,000 · Health+9 more: $28,500 · HealthST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $81,460 · Food & NutritionTHE JOY BUS: $22,500 · Food & NutritionKITCHEN ON THE STREET INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionWaste Not Inc: $9,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER VAIL COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $6,000 · Food & NutritionWHAM ART ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER: $14,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARIZONA: $13,500 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVALLEY YOUTH THEATRE: $9,000 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK THEATRE TROUPE INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $8,225 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PHOENIX: $8,000 · Arts & CultureACT ONE: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSPOTLIGHT YOUTH THEATRE: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureARIZONA CENTER FOR NATURE CONSERVATION: $82,000 · Animals
Other$1,229,062Human Services$259,460Education$178,500Health$147,180Food & Nutrition$133,960Arts & Culture$113,725Animals$82,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHALLENGE FOUNDATION ARIZONA INC: $125,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR NATURE CONSERVATION: $82,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $81,460 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY VIEW COMMUNITY FOOD ASSISTANCE: $57,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetKIDS AT HOPE: $40,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetFLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER: $32,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT MISSION INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOY BUS: $22,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $22,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $21,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA Metropolitan Phoenix: $21,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN: $20,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDelivering Dreams of Arizona: $18,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHomeless Youth Connection Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCARE ARIZONA: $16,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetORAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED: $16,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEYLIFE: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE HOUSE: $15,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $15,360 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHEN ON THE STREET INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWHAM ART ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHUNKAPI PROGRAMS INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRYAN HOUSE: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County: $14,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ARIZONA INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPhoenix Community ToolBank Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUPWARD FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VALLEY MAVERICKS FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBALLET ARIZONA: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOWELL OBSERVATORY: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBILLY'S PLACE INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDETOUR COMPANY THEATER INC: $12,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHLAND HOSPICE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OPPORTUNITY TREE: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMentorKids USA: $12,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCREIGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $12,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA CENTER FOR NATURE CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY VIEW COMMUNITY FOOD ASSISTANCE ↗
  • Who funds KIDS AT HOPE ↗
  • Who funds FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DESERT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOY BUS ↗
  • Who funds New Pathways For Youth ↗
  • Who funds AMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF ↗
  • Who funds Delivering Dreams of Arizona ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Youth Connection Inc ↗
  • Who funds EDUCARE ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds ORAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds VALLEYLIFE ↗
  • Who funds TREASURE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds KITCHEN ON THE STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWARD BOUND ↗
  • Who funds WHAM ART ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HUNKAPI PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds RYAN HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County ↗

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.

Thunderbirds CharitiesArizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…Phoenix Suns Charitie…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…BHHS Legacy FoundationThe Diane and Bruce H…Fiesta Events IncValley of the Sun Uni…The Foundation for Co…American Express Foun…Burton Family Foundat…
Thunderbirds CharitiesAZ164.5× affinity82 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thunderbirds Charities · Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · BHHS Legacy Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc · Valley of the Sun United Way · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · American Express Foundation · Burton 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 John F Long Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John F Long Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    75report 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.
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    How do I get to John F Long Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to John F Long Foundation Inc 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 270 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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