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McDowell Mountain Music Festival Inc

Organizing and promoting music festivals, concerts, and similar music appreciation activities among family members, and promoting music's role in the creation and definition of arizona's culture and education.

$692k
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Health$1.2MHousing & Shelter$513kRecreation & Sports$83kEducation$65kArts & Culture$50kHuman Services$30kReligion$25kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 21 grants below total $600,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $692,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $92,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k17 grants · $243k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $358k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$100,000
PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
COWTOWN SKATE$82,500
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC$75,000
ARTLINK INC$27,500
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA INC$25,000
TEEN LIFELINE$20,000
CIRCLE THE CITY$20,000
SAVING AMY INC$18,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE$15,000
FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA$15,000
ROOSEVELT ROW COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMT CORP$12,000
KITCHEN ON THE STREET INC$10,000
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - ARIZONA$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLAGSTAFF$10,000
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 (FY22–23, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SAVING AMY INC: $18k → 11%CIRCLE THE CITY: $20k → 12%CIRCLE THE CITY: $10k → 12%NOT MY KID INC: $10k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $10k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $10k → 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 9 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$1.6M
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+23%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesReligionCrime & LegalFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
    7× · 2017–2023 · $725k · revenue +64%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA
    6× · 2018–2023 · $390k · revenue +920%
  • CT
    CIRCLE THE CITY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • UN
    UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +23%
  • BC
    BACKLINE CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +66%
  • N
    NOTMYKID
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +23%

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's Children Association

The mission of arizona's children association is to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.

Human Services
2
Phoenix Children's Hospital

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

Health
3
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
4
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
5
Honorhealth

Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.

Health
6
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services

The children's clinics provides a family centered comprehensive medical home to meet the special needs of children and families.

Health
7
Banner Health

Banner health's nonprofit mission is "making health care easier, so life can be better".

Health
8
City Help Inc of Phoenix

Our mission is to reach in and mine the incredible potential we believe lies within the lives of at-risk youth, the homeless, and needy families of our community by restoring hope and allowing them to dream again.

Human Services
9
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
10
Onward Hope Incorporated

We are committed to improving and assisting the successful transition of at-risk young people to independent adulthood and supporting resilient families, by connecting them to resources.

Human Services
11
Mikid-Mentally Ill Kids in Distress

Mikid improves the behavioral health and wellness of children and youth through a family-centered approach.

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12
Creighton Community Foundation

Creighton community foundation's (ccf) core program "community works" leverages neighborhood schools to support vibrant communities in the poorest parts of urban phoenix, where neighborhoods suffer from poverty- driven disadvantage and…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Phoenix Gospel Mission and the most unlike its peers is Backline Care Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number29%0%<5yr17%8%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr14%38%20–35yr10%29%35–55yr10%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value29%0%<5yr17%5%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr14%29%20–35yr10%61%35–55yr10%2%55yr+

The field is 29% 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%0/28
the rest of the field
17%
3,007/17,758

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

28 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. 28 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation — $725,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital FoundationBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $355,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC+4 more — $70,000 · Health+4 moreHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA — $390,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHER…ARTLINK INC — $27,500 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA — $25,000 · OtherTeen Lifeline Inc — $20,000 · Other+9 more — $97,000 · Other+9 moreCOWTOWN SKATE — $82,500 · Recreation & SportsCIRCLE THE CITY — $30,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley — $20,000 · Human ServicesSAVING AMY INC — $18,000 · Human ServicesNOTMYKID — $10,000 · Human ServicesUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC — $75,000 · Housing & ShelterTeach for America Inc — $40,000 · EducationDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $15,000 · ReligionMentorKids USA — $10,000 · ReligionPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION — $10,000 · Religion
Health$1,150,000Other$559,500Recreation & Sports$82,500Human Services$78,000Housing & Shelter$75,000Education$40,000Religion$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation — $725,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA — $390,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $355,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOWTOWN SKATE — $82,500 over 1y, 26% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE THE CITY — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARTLINK INC — $27,500 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBACKLINE CARE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCancer Support Community Arizona — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHospice of the Valley — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeen Lifeline Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING AMY INC — $18,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt Row Community Development Corporation — $12,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNOTMYKID — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMCDOWELL SONORAN CONSERVANCY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMentorKids USA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLAGSTAFF — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULTURAL COALITION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHEN ON THE STREET INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Thunderbirds CharitiesVirginia G Piper Char…The Foundation for Co…American Express Foun…John F Long Foundatio…The Diane and Bruce H…The Board of VisitorsGarcia Family Foundat…Mc Companies - Sharin…Phoenix Suns Charitie…The Yelp Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ29.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · American Express Foundation · John F Long Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · The Board of Visitors · Garcia Family Foundation · Mc Companies - Sharing the Good Life Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · The Yelp Foundation

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 McDowell Mountain Music Festival Inc 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%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%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 · 0–90%
    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 29 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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