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Mesa Ho Ho Kam Foundation Inc

Raise and hold funds to support and contribute to youth sports in mesa, arizona

$486k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$123k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$1.1MHuman Services$94kHealth$90kYouth Development$75kFood & Nutrition$57kArts & Culture$48kCommunity Improvement$48kCrime & Legal$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $313,293, the rows itemized in this filing. The $486,393 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $173,100 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 $10k8 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $139k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $123k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO CUBS CHARITIES$123,322
MESA HISTORICAL MUSEUM$29,000
AJGA HEATHER FARR CLASSIC$25,000
MESA ASSN SPORTS FOR DISABLED$20,000
OAKLAND A'S COMMUNITY FUND$19,938
GENE LEWIS BOXING$12,500
NEPTUNE FOUNDATION$12,000
SAVANNAH BANANAS FOSTER$10,133
MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,000
AZ FLAMES TRACK CLUB$7,500
CORBINS LEGACY$7,000
BALLET ETUDES$6,900
A NEW LEAF$6,000
AZ BRAIN FOOD$6,000
MESA HIGH SCHOOL$6,000
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 (FY17–24, $154k) 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%SAVANNAH BANANAS FOSTER: $10k → 16%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $50k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $47k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $20k → 11%EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC: $6k → 11%OAKWOOD CREATIVE CARE: $6k → 11%ABILITY 360 INC: $8k → 11%EAST VALLEY YMCA: $8k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 22 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
4

Total granted

$1.3M
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+20%

Still filing today

73%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionReligionOther
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
    4× · 2017–2023 · $125k · revenue +43%
  • MA
    MESA ASSOCIATION OF SPORTS FOR THE DISABLED INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $98k · revenue +29%
  • TO
    THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS COMMUNITY FUND
    5× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • SC
    Seton Catholic Preparatory
    one grant, 2021 · $19k
  • CC
    CHILD CRISIS ARIZONAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +151%
  • AI
    ABILITY360 INC
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +20%
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
Ymca of Southern Arizona

Ymca of southern arizona is dedicated to improving the quality of human life and helping all people realize their fullest potential through the development of spirit, mind and body. we are a powerful association of men, women and children,…

Human Services
5
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
6
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.

—
7
Arizona Next Level Basketball Found
Recreation & Sports
8
Phoenix Children's Hospital

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

Health
9
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
10
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
—
11
Arizona's Children Association

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

Human Services
12
Az Hugs
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is ABILITY360 Inc; the most unlike its peers is Neptune Swimming 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

23 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. 23 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Chicago Cubs Charities: $350,274 · OtherChicago Cubs CharitiesTHE OAKLAND ATHLETICS COMMUNITY FUND: $90,717 · OtherTHE OAKLAND ATHLETICS COMMUNITY FUNDBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $75,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INCCity of Mesa: $74,368 · OtherCity of MesaGENE LEWIS BOXING CLUB LLC: $70,000 · OtherGENE LEWIS BOXING CLUB LLCMesa Public School District: $56,638 · OtherMesa Public School DistrictARIZONA FLAMES TRACK CLUB: $36,479 · OtherBALLET ETUDES: $31,400 · OtherMESA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $29,000 · Other+3 more: $48,549 · Other+3 moreValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $125,000 · Human ServicesValley of th…OAKWOOD CREATIVE CARE INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesOAKWOOD CREA…BANANAS FOSTER INC: $10,133 · Human ServicesBANANAS FOST…ABILITY360 INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC): $6,000 · Human ServicesMESA ASSOCIATION OF SPORTS FOR THE DISABLED INC: $97,500 · Recreation & SportsMESA ASSOCIA…American Junior Golf Association Inc: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Jun…NEPTUNE SWIMMING FOUNDATION: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsNEPTUNE SWIM…ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $79,500 · PhilanthropyARIZONA CO…MESA UNITED WAY INC: $23,500 · PhilanthropyMESA UNITE…CORBINS LEGACY: $22,000 · PhilanthropyCORBINS LE…Helens Hope Chest: $17,000 · PhilanthropyHelens Hop…COMMUNITY BRIDGES INC: $67,000 · HealthA NEW LEAF: $16,000 · HealthARIZONA BRAINFOOD INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST: $27,500 · ReligionCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $11,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$862,425Human Services$171,133Recreation & Sports$161,500Philanthropy$142,000Health$83,000Food & Nutrition$35,000Religion$27,500Crime & Legal$11,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChicago Cubs Charities: $350,274 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMESA ASSOCIATION OF SPORTS FOR THE DISABLED INC: $97,500 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetTHE OAKLAND ATHLETICS COMMUNITY FUND: $90,717 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $79,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGENE LEWIS BOXING CLUB LLC: $70,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY BRIDGES INC: $67,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA BRAINFOOD INC: $35,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBALLET ETUDES: $31,400 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMESA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $29,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEPTUNE SWIMMING FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMESA UNITED WAY INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOAKWOOD CREATIVE CARE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCORBINS LEGACY: $22,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetHelens Hope Chest: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBANANAS FOSTER INC: $10,133 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetABILITY360 INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Virginia G Piper Char…Arizona Community Fou…Mesa Sports Associati…Mesa United Way IncUnited Food BankKids Need to ReadMercy CareThe Foundation for Co…Dignity HealthCharities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…
Virginia G Piper Charitable TrustAZ19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · Mesa Sports Association Inc · Mesa United Way Inc · United Food Bank · Kids Need to Read · Mercy Care · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Dignity Health · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Mesa Ho Ho Kam Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mesa Ho Ho Kam Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Mesa Ho Ho Kam Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Mesa Ho Ho Kam 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 29 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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