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L Roy Papp Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$132k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Education$356kArts & Culture$221kHealth$128kAnimals$125kEnvironment$40kReligion$13kYouth Development$11kPublic Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$476k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HONOR HEALTH$50,000
ASU FOUNDATION$40,000
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM$15,000
ARIZONA 5 ARTS CIRCLE$10,000
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN$7,500
JUSTA CENTER$5,000
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM$2,500
ASU FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $1k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 11%GREATER PHOENIX JEWISH FILM FESTIVA: $100 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$808k · 23 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

23 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
23

Total granted

$808k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+12%

Still filing today

83%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsReligionHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $306k · revenue +84%
  • PA
    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2019–2024 · $129k · revenue +44%
  • DB
    DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $40k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SA
    SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH & RES CTR
    one grant, 2022 · $11k
  • SD
    SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +56%
  • BA
    BE A LEADER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
3
The Dons of Arizona
Education
4
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
5
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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6
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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7
Arizona Center for Nature Conservation

The arizona center for nature conservation advances the stewardship and conservation of animals and their habitats while providing experiences that inspire people and motivate them to care for the natural world.

Animals
8
Aia Arizona the American Institute of Architects

To advance the knowledge and abilities of organization members in the field of architecture through seminars, networking, and member services.

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9
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
10
University of Arizona Foundation

The university of arizona foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.

Education
11
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.

Health
12
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arizona Science Center and the most unlike its peers is Ceces Hope Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFamily Stabilization Servic…Community Health & Social S…Behavioral Health & Recover…Animal Rescue and WelfareCommunity Foundations and F…Arizona Economic DevelopmentCommunity Arts Education Or…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr14%24%20–35yr10%27%35–55yr10%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr14%12%20–35yr10%20%35–55yr10%63%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/39
the rest of the field
17%
2,923/17,014

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $306,060 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $12,000 · Education+4 more — $15,850 · EducationPHOENIX ART MUSEUM — $128,500 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUMTHE HEARD MUSEUM — $36,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUMBALLET ARIZONA — $25,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARIZONAARIZONA ARTS CIRCLE LTD — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $13,000 · Arts & Culture+7 morePHOENIX ZOO — $93,141 · OtherPHOENIX ZOOUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — $12,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIE…SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH & RES CTR — $11,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESE…TGEN — $11,000 · OtherTGENARIZONA 5 ARTS — $9,200 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS - ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL INC — $10,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS - ARIZONA…SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY — $6,000 · Other+15 more — $24,150 · Other+15 moreHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION — $51,500 · HealthHONORHEALTH F…HONORHEALTH — $50,000 · HealthHONORHEALTH+2 more — $4,000 · HealthDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $39,500 · EnvironmentArizona Humane Society — $31,100 · AnimalsTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE — $2,500 · AnimalsSOUTHWEST WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTER — $2,000 · Animals+1 more — $1,000 · AnimalsDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $11,000 · ReligionPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION — $1,500 · Religion
Education$333,910Arts & Culture$212,500Other$177,491Health$105,500Environment$39,500Animals$36,600Religion$12,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $306,060 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM — $128,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION — $51,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHONORHEALTH — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $39,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM — $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Humane Society — $31,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET ARIZONA — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL INC — $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA ARTS CIRCLE LTD — $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHA P I — $8,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY — $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMidwestern University — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTA CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBE A LEADER FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTSDALE ARTS — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA OPERA COMPANY — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTER — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACT ONE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Citizens for the Arts — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE WOMEN'S CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCECES HOPE CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION — $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEMPE MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arizona Community Fou…The Papp Family Found…Virginia G Piper Char…The Foundation for Co…Thunderbirds CharitiesLivingston FoundationThe Kemper & Ethel Ma…Jewish Community Foun…American Express Foun…The Herberger Foundat…Flinn FoundationNina Mason Pulliam Ch…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ38.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Papp Family Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Thunderbirds Charities · Livingston Foundation · The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · American Express Foundation · The Herberger Foundation · Flinn Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization L Roy Papp Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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