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· Public charity

K2 Adventures Foundation

To care for children, adults, and families with special needs and/or life changing medical circumstances by providing services, support, and funds that will be used for educational and medical enrichment.

$748k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$379kYouth Development$142kHuman Services$120kFood & Nutrition$95kRecreation & Sports$90kCrime & Legal$77kEducation$40kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $273,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $747,645 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $474,045 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $182k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Elevate Phoenix$105,000
Others under reporting threshold$76,720
Crown's of Courage$27,750
United Samaritan's Foundation$20,000
Frontline Healing Foundation$15,000
Billy's Place$10,000
Angels on Patrol$7,530
Hope 4 Kids$6,500
One Step Beyond$5,100
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 (FY17–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 14%CARIDAD INC: $10k → 13%CHILDHELP: $8k → 11%Crown's of Courage: $28k → 11%Angels on Patrol: $8k → 11%CORTNEY'S PLACE: $9k → 11%CORTNEY'S PLACE: $8k → 11%MOTHER'S GRACE: $8k → 11%MOTHER'S GRACE: $5k → 11%CORTNEY'S PLACE: $5k → 11%Billy's Place: $10k → 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

IL
NY
MA
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
NM
AL
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $179k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions, $83k to organizations and $96k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$168k · 94% · 2 grants · 356 people

Stated purpose: Prosthetic center support · Orphanage support · Scholarships

South Asia$11k · 6% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Under reporting threshold 3 orgs

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$436k · 10 repeat orgs$617k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
31

Total granted

$436k
$455k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+2%

Still filing today

90%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • HI
    HOPEKIDS INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $173k · revenue +123%
  • EP
    ELEVATE PHOENIX
    2× · 2023–2024 · $116k · revenue +57%
  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $29k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • MP
    MARICOPA PANTRY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -25%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $59k
  • OU
    Others under 5K
    one grant, 2022 · $47k
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
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona

Dedicated to providing financial and emotional support to craniofacial patients and their families, promote educational programs to increase awareness about and acceptance of craniofacial conditions, and support research to improve methods…

Health
3
Children's Cancer Fund of New Mexico

The children's cancer fund of new mexico exists to help persons from new mexico who have been diagnosed with and treated for childhood cancer (at a new mexico pediatric oncology facility) and their families cope with the day-to-day…

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4
Oncology and Kids Inc

To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.

Human Services
5
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

—
6
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
7
El Paso Guidance Center Inc dba El Paso Child Guidance Center

Improving the health and well-being of children and families in a safe environment through mental health services, education and awareness.

—
8
Arizona Behavioral Health Corporation

Providing quality, affordable supportive housing for persons with behavioral health needs in maricopa county.

Unclassified
9
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.

—
10
Foster 360

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

Human Services
11
Phoenix Children's Hospital

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

Health
12
Adelante Healthcareinc

Mission: cultivate health by supporting individuals and the community at every step of their journey. vision: lead a future in which accessible, high-quality care sets the standard for all. adelante healthcare, a federally qualified health…

Health
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 Maricopa Vfw Post 720. 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

41 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. 41 of the 49 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/41
Grantees still filing
23/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Others under reporting threshold: $76,720 · OtherOthers under reporting thresholdIndividual grant recipient: $59,125 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOthers under 5K: $47,324 · OtherOthers under 5KGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherENVISION THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP I: $15,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN LIFE OUTREACH INC: $25,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN LIFE OUTREACH INCFRIENDS OF CAMP COLTON INC: $14,500 · Other+13 more: $99,938 · Other+13 moreHOPEKIDS INC: $172,662 · HealthHOPEKIDS INCPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $28,861 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital Fo…VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $17,500 · HealthVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATIONFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthCAMELOT THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $10,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC: $10,000 · Health+5 more: $30,975 · Health+5 moreALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $36,000 · Human ServicesALBUQUERQUE HE…CROWNS OF COURAGE: $27,750 · Human ServicesCROWNS OF COUR…CORTNEYS PLACE: $21,500 · Human ServicesCORTNEYS PLACEMOTHER'S GRACE: $12,750 · Human ServicesMOTHER'S GRACECARIDAD INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCARIDAD INCBILLY'S PLACE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBILLY'S PLACE …ANGELS ON PATROL INC: $7,530 · Human ServicesANGELS ON PATR…CHILDHELP INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 · Human ServicesELEVATE PHOENIX: $115,900 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE PHOE…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMARICOPA PANTRY INC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionUNITED SAMARITANS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTrends Charitable Fund: $11,000 · PhilanthropyCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyMichael Napoleone Memorial Foundation Inc: $5,250 · PhilanthropyADVENTURES IN TRAINING WITH A PURPOSE: $26,700 · EducationNew America Alliance Institute: $15,000 · Education
Other$352,607Health$285,498Human Services$138,280Youth Development$120,900Food & Nutrition$75,000Philanthropy$44,250Education$41,700

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 budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $172,662 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetELEVATE PHOENIX: $115,900 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMARICOPA PANTRY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetALBUQUERQUE HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $28,861 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROWNS OF COURAGE: $27,750 over 1y, 12% of budgetADVENTURES IN TRAINING WITH A PURPOSE: $26,700 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCHRISTIAN LIFE OUTREACH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCORTNEYS PLACE: $21,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED SAMARITANS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENVISION THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP I: $15,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOTHER'S GRACE: $12,750 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTrends Charitable Fund: $11,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCAMELOT THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $10,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ARIZONA INC: $10,333 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARIDAD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetBILLY'S PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALS ASSNAL CHAPTERINC: $9,125 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES: $9,125 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANGELS ON PATROL INC: $7,530 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVE THE FUTURE AZ: $5,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichael Napoleone Memorial Foundation Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetONE STEP BEYOND INC: $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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 CharitiesJohn F Long Foundatio…Saguaros Childrens Ch…Phoenix Suns Charitie…American Express Foun…Pivotal FoundationExecutive Council Cha…Del E Webb FoundationFiesta Events IncArizona Diamondbacks …Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ30.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · John F Long Foundation Inc · Saguaros Childrens Charities · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · American Express Foundation · Pivotal Foundation · Executive Council Charities · Del E Webb Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc · Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

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 K2 Adventures Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from K2 Adventures Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 49 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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