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Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd

To serve the children of the world.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$261k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$2.3MHuman Services$725kArts & Culture$598kYouth Development$140kRecreation & Sports$128kFood & Nutrition$77kHealth$73kReligion$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $666,345, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,372,980 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $706,635 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $263k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $72k
  • $250k+1 grant · $261k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cave Creek Unified Education Found$260,502
Foothills Community Foundation$71,691
Annuciation Catholic Elementary Sch$35,054
Foothills Food Bank$31,000
Sonoran Arts League Inc$25,815
Desert Foothills Family YMCA$25,000
Jubilate Conservatory of Music$22,238
Foothills Caring Corps Inc$20,274
Neighbors in Need AZ$20,000
Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church$17,500
Desert Foothills Theater$15,600
Reigning Grace Ranch$15,000
Boys and Girls Club Greater Scottsd$14,700
Cave Creek Rodeo Days$11,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children$10,000
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 (FY19–25, $718k) 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%Jobs for Tennessee Graduates: $5k → 14%Foothills Caring Corps Inc: $38k → 11%Foothills Caring Corps Inc: $38k → 11%Foothills Caring Corps: $25k → 11%Foothills Caring Corps Inc: $22k → 11%Foothills Caring Corps Inc: $20k → 11%Foothills Caring Corps: $19k → 11%Foothills Caring Corps: $8k → 11%Rancho Milagro Foundation: $13k → 11%Tender Little Hearts Mini Tales: $11k → 11%Tender Little Hearts Mini Tales: $11k → 11%Rancho Milagro Foundation: $9k → 11%Rancho Milagro Foundation: $9k → 11%Tender Little Hearts Mini Tales: $6k → 11%Arizona Friends of Foster Children: $10k → 11%Arizona Friends of Foster Children: $5k → 11%Arizona Friends of Foster Children: $5k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $175k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $125k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $60k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $34k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $33k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $25k → 11%Desert Foothills Family YMCA: $13k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 28 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
24

Total granted

$3.6M
$494k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

79%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsRecreation & 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

  • VO
    Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association
    7× · 2019–2025 · $464k · revenue +32%
  • FC
    FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $197k · revenue +33%
  • JC
    JUBILATE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $173k · revenue +31% · 56% of their budget

Funded once

  • DH
    Desert Hills Community Sch of Music
    one grant, 2024 · $73k
  • ST
    SONORAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO
    one grant, 2023 · $65k · revenue -75% · 54% of their budget
  • FA
    Foothills Academy
    one grant, 2019 · $48k · revenue -100%
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
Mesa Verde Country Club Foundation
Education
2
Arizona Site Steward Program Foundation
Education
3
Canyons School District Education Foundation

Canyons School District Education Foundation works in tandem with community and business partners to build support for public schools and to advance Canyons School Districts mission to help every student become college- and career-ready…

Education
4
The Dons of Arizona
Education
5
Tucson Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation
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6
Scottsdale Firebirds Youth Football and Cheer

Provide youth football and cheer programs

Recreation & Sports
7
Queen Creek Schools Education Foundation

The Queen Creek Education Foundation (QCSEF) parners with the communty and businesses to promote excellence through leadership in education. We encourage responsible citizenship by supplementing financial support for growth and learning…

Arts & Culture
8
Fountain Hills Community Foundation Inc

Building a Legacy in Fountain Hills and the surrounding communities.The Fountain Hills Community Foundation is a 501 C3 investing in nonprofit organizations whose work improves the lives of our youth seniors families and community. FHCF…

Philanthropy
9
Coyote Quarterback Club
Education
10
Tonto Creek Camp

To provide youth opportunities to explore the natural world, giving them outdoor experiences that will sustain and enrich their physical and mental well-being throughout their lives.

Youth Development
11
Verde Valley Trail Fund

The Verde Valley Trail Fund (VVTF) was established as an Arizona non-profit corporation in 2021 by local citizens recognizing trail maintenance and enhancements are critical to the protection of our precious trails.

Environment
12
Fountain Hills Rotary Club Foundation

The primary purpose of this Arizona non-profit corporation is to receive, disburse and administer funds for charitable, civic and educational purposes which will promote the ideals of Rotary International.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sonoran Arts League Inc; the most unlike its peers is Carefree Cave Creek Chamber 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

41 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. 41 of the 59 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
21/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cave Creek Unified Education Found: $1,613,916 · OtherCave Creek Unified Education FoundAnnuciation Catholic Elementary Sch: $151,749 · OtherAnnuciation Catholic Elementary SchCarefree Christian Academy: $101,635 · Other+31 more: $724,197 · Other+31 moreValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $464,406 · Human ServicesValley of the Sun Y…Foothills Caring Corps Inc: $170,716 · Human ServicesFoothills Caring Co…Rancho Milagro Foundation: $30,550 · Human ServicesTENDER LITTLE HEARTS MINI TALES: $27,500 · Human Services+2 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesJUBILATE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $173,278 · Arts & CultureJUBILATE CO…Sonoran Arts League Inc: $153,641 · Arts & CultureSonoran Art…Cave Creek Museum: $64,396 · Arts & CultureCave Creek …IMPRINTS OF HONOR: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $14,100 · Arts & CultureFOOTHILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $196,860 · PhilanthropyKIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,394 · PhilanthropyMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $9,561 · Philanthropy+1 more: $6,000 · PhilanthropySONORAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $65,431 · EducationDESERT FOOTHILLS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $29,557 · EducationCAREFREE CAVE CREEK CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationCAVE CREEK UNIFIED EDUCATION FOUND: $7,500 · EducationFLEDGING YOUTH LLC: $25,722 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST DISTRICT KIWANIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentReigning Grace Ranch: $15,000 · AnimalsRANCHO TIERRA MADRA CORP: $14,000 · AnimalsTHE DONKEYS OF THE HEART INC: $10,000 · Animals
Other$2,591,497Human Services$718,172Arts & Culture$425,415Philanthropy$237,815Education$132,488Youth Development$40,722Animals$39,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $464,406 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFOOTHILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $196,860 over 4y, 10% of budgetJUBILATE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $173,278 over 6y, 56% of budgetFoothills Caring Corps Inc: $170,716 over 7y, 11% of budgetSonoran Arts League Inc: $153,641 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $77,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSONORAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $65,431 over 1y, 54% of budgetCave Creek Museum: $64,396 over 5y, 17% of budgetFoothills Academy: $47,812 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSCOTT FOUNDATION: $33,310 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSCULLY LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION: $33,183 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetRancho Milagro Foundation: $30,550 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetDESERT FOOTHILLS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $29,557 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTENDER LITTLE HEARTS MINI TALES: $27,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetCAVE CREEK RODEO DAYS: $27,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetFLEDGING YOUTH LLC: $25,722 over 1y, 29% of budgetKIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,394 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLutheran Retreat Center At Carefree Arizona Inc: $21,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPURSE-IMPRESSIONS: $20,991 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetIMPRINTS OF HONOR: $20,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDESERT FOOTHILLS LAND TRUST: $16,686 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST DISTRICT KIWANIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetReigning Grace Ranch: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDesert Foothills Choral Foundation: $14,100 over 2y, 52% of budgetRANCHO TIERRA MADRA CORP: $14,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetDESERT FOOTHILLS ATHLETIC CLUB INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DONKEYS OF THE HEART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetGRAND CANYON COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $9,561 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $8,551 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAVE CREEK UNIFIED EDUCATION FOUND: $7,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetYouth for Troops: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCACTUS FOOTHILLS LITTLE LEAGUE: $6,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT NORTHERN ARIZONA: $5,200 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES TENNESSEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFalcons Athletic Club Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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…Robert D Fisher Found…American Express Foun…Vaughn L and Eleanore…Irving & Arline Gordo…The Jack Ingebritson …The Diane and Bruce H…Thunderbirds CharitiesNina Mason Pulliam Ch…Virginia G Piper Char…The Minneapolis Found…Baird Foundation Inc
Arizona Community FoundationAZ33.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · Vaughn L and Eleanore M Beals Charitable Foundation · Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn · The Jack Ingebritson Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Baird Foundation 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 Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd 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 59 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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