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Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee
The purpose of the PHOENIX FINAL FOUR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (ploc) is the operation and staging of the ncaa men's final four in order to generate economic impact in arizona through tourism and to provide positive experiences for student-athletes, alumni & visiting fans.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 7 grants below total $187,203 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $215,219 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $28,016 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 · FY2024
- $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $102k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITY OF PHOENIX | $102,203 |
| KEEP PHOENIX BEAUTIFUL | $20,000 |
| ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FDN | $20,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $15,000 |
| ST MARYS FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| UNITED FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| WASTE NOT | $10,000 |
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.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 26% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
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.
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.
Develop solutions to end hunger through food banking, public policy and innovation.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
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…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
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.
Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.
The organization's mission is to attract and grow quality businesses and advocate for greater phoenix's competitiveness.
Efaz serves, preserves and improves az's environment by raising awareness, volunteers and finanical support through workplace giving campaigns.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Food Bank and the most unlike its peers is Charles Schwab Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
8 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. 8 of the 10 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.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
- Who funds WOMEN LEADERS IN SPORTS ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KEEP PHOENIX BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
- Who funds United Food Bank ↗
- Who funds Waste Not Inc ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds CHARLES SCHWAB FOUNDATION ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee 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.
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.
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