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People-People-People Foundation at a glance

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People-People-People Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$25M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$86MEducation$8.1MHousing & Shelter$2.3MEnvironment$385kPublic Benefit$250kHuman Services$200kYouth Development$100kArts & Culture$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $156k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $590k
  • $250k+4 grants · $27M
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARROW NUEROLOGICAL FOUNDATION$25,000,000
Individual grant recipient$1,200,000
RESTART INC$1,000,000
CITY OF PHOENIX$250,000
MARINE CORP SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$164,620
BANNER ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION$100,000
ARIZONA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$75,000
HIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT INC$50,000
BRETT ADKINS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$50,000
CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA$50,000
PACT AN ADOPTION ALLIANCE$50,000
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER$50,000
THE DOOR-A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC$40,000
PROJECT ROPA$35,000
EVANGELISTIC CENTER CHURCH$33,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $335k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 14%PROJECT ROPA: $35k → 14%RED ROVER VENTURES: $250k → 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

MN
IL
NY
CA
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 69% of People-People-People Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 27% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 87%.

People-People-People Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34M · 4 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against -27% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
5

Total granted

$34M
$760k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
-27%

Still filing today

75%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • BN
    BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $26M · revenue +44% · 30% of their budget
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $7.5M · revenue +107%
  • MC
    MARINE CORP SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $365k

Funded once

  • DF
    DESERT FOOTHILLS LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2022 · $350k · revenue -27% · 45% of their budget
  • RR
    RED ROVER VENTURES
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -36% · 82% of their budget
  • SS
    SCHOOL SMART KC INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · 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
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
2
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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3
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

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

Health
4
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.

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5
Banner Health Foundation

Established in 2001, banner health foundation secures and stewards charitable contributions to advance banner health's mission, investing in facilities and programs that support advancements in care, research, medical education, patient…

Health
6
Banner Medical Group

To assist banner health complete its mission, banner medical group (bmg) was created to make health care easier, so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
7
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
8
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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9
Banner Health

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

Health
10
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
11
Foster 360

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

Human Services
12
Vitalyst Health Foundation

To connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in arizona.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of Public Radio Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Hidden Genius Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 25 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
6/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $60,014,047 · HealthMAYO CLINICBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $25,500,000 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION+2 more: $122,537 · HealthMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $7,542,259 · Education+2 more: $150,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $1,200,000 · OtherMARINE CORP SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $364,620 · OtherCITY OF PHOENIX: $250,000 · OtherTHE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION: $100,000 · OtherArizona Jewish Historical Society: $75,000 · Other+6 more: $233,000 · OtherRESTART INC: $1,000,000 · Housing & ShelterDESERT FOOTHILLS LAND TRUST: $350,000 · EnvironmentRED ROVER VENTURES: $250,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50,000 · Human ServicesProject Ropa: $35,000 · Human ServicesCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $50,000 · Crime & LegalFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$85,636,584Education$7,692,259Other$2,222,620Housing & Shelter$1,000,000Environment$350,000Human Services$335,000Crime & Legal$50,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $60,014,047 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $25,500,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $7,542,259 over 3y, 13% of budgetRESTART INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetDESERT FOOTHILLS LAND TRUST: $350,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetRED ROVER VENTURES: $250,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetBanner Alzheimer's Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION: $100,000 over 3y, 94% of budgetSCHOOL SMART KC INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPACT AN ADOPTION ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Ropa: $35,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSaint Lukes Foundation: $22,537 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Ignites Phoenix: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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…American Express Foun…Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
Virginia G Piper Charitable TrustAZ15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    4report 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
    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 25 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-PF 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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