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Phoenix Suns Charities Inc

Phoenix suns charities was founded in 1988 with the mission to benefit organizations that assist the needs of children and families in arizona. Due to the generosity of fans and sponsors, and underwriting by the team, phoenix suns charities has experienced steady growth and now distributes more than $3 million dollars annually to…

$3.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
68
Itemized grants FY2025
52
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 130
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$8.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Phoenix Suns Charities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $310k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving54$3.1M26%
FY202452$2.3M42%
FY202367$2.4M27%
FY202263$1.5M35%
FY202126$1.8M23%
FY2020130$11M65%
FY201939$723k51%
FY201837$609k65%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$6.1MHousing & Shelter$3.4MEducation$3.4MHuman Services$3.1MHealth$2.5MRecreation & Sports$1.6MCommunity Improvement$1.1MCrime & Legal$588kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NJ
CA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 243 grantees
All grantees of Phoenix Suns Charities Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Basketball Association Foundation$4,000,00043%
Phoenix Residential Investment Development Effort$2,850,000152%
Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association$1,392,81694%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix Inc$931,50050%
Northern Arizona University Foundation$750,00013%
Phoenix Union High School District$660,0004n/a
Phoenix Parks Foundation$611,492770%
McSo Mash$500,0001n/a
Umom New Day Centers Inc$368,00051%
Earth & Space Expedition Center$350,000161%
Ability360 Inc$308,50070%
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix$308,00040%
Special Olympics Arizona Inc$305,00093%
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$265,00021%
Northern Arizona University$236,7286n/a
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center$235,00061%
The Thunderbirds$235,00060%
Arizona State University$215,5005n/a
Back to School Clothing Drive Association$200,000213%
Girl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council Inc$190,00031%
Positive Coaching Alliance$185,00061%
Barrow Neurological Foundation$185,00040%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc$178,00071%
Banner Health Foundation$175,00030%
The Be Kind People Project Foundation$165,00044%
Elevate Phoenix$160,35764%
Lights Camera Discover$150,000230%
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc$150,00010%
The Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation$150,00011%
Accel$141,87140%
The Marcus Graham Project$140,00038%
Arizona Autism United Inc$140,00061%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc$138,00050%
Neighborhood Ministries Inc$136,50060%
Learn Fresh Education Co$135,00041%
Gap Ministries$135,00031%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona$132,50052%
Helping Hands for Single Moms$125,358419%
Genesis Program Inc$125,00027%
YMCA of Southern Arizona$119,5003n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona$115,00032%
Phoenix Fire Foundation$110,000263%
Blood Cancer United Inc$110,00020%
Kaplan Inc$107,8504n/a
Homeward Bound$107,00022%
Local First Arizona Foundation$105,90221%
Child Crisis Arizona$105,00020%
A New Leaf$100,00030%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona$100,00016%
Teammates for Kids Foundation$100,00012%
Nabi Foundation$100,00026%
100 Club of Arizona$100,00013%
Civitan Foundation Inc$100,00030%
Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc$100,00011%
Ican Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods$97,50061%
Science of Sport$92,4001n/a
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona$87,50091%
Future for Kids$80,26753%
United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association Inc$80,00026%
Phoenix Police Foundation Inc$75,000110%
Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc$75,00014%
Sojourner Center$75,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson Inc$75,00021%
New Life Center$66,50011%
American Cancer Society Inc$66,41730%
The Salvation Army$65,0005n/a
Northern Arizona University (Scholarships)$64,1252n/a
Ryan House$61,33460%
Cancer Support Community Arizona$60,00024%
Native American Connections Inc$60,00020%
Kaboom Inc$57,5001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Vista Inc$55,00033%
Junior Achievement of Arizona$55,00030%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc$52,50060%
University Technical Institute of Arizona$50,1801n/a
Treasures 4 Teachers Inc$50,0001n/a
Hunkapi Programs Inc$50,00012%
Anthony Bates Foundation$50,00048%
Checkered Flag Run Foundation$50,00028%
MIKID-Mentally Ill Kids in Distress$48,00020%
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services$47,50030%
Save the Family Foundation of Arizona$47,50050%
Playworks Education Energized$47,50030%
Oral Educational Opportunities for the Hearing Impaired$47,50031%
Valle del Sol Inc$45,50030%
Maricopa County Community College District Foundation$45,00021%
Mikey's League Inc$45,000232%
Arizona Basketball Coaches Association Inc$45,00032%
YMCA of Southern Arizona$43,50040%
New Pathways For Youth$42,50040%
The Opportunity Tree$40,00010%
Arizona Council on Economic Educat$40,00024%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor Inc$40,00031%
Southwest Human Development Incorporated$37,09950%
School Connect Inc$35,0001n/a
1n10 Inc$35,00041%
University of Arizona$35,0002n/a
United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc$32,50031%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$30,00030%
Teen Lifeline Inc$30,00031%
United Cerebral Palsy Association$29,00010%
Valley Womens Firefighter Society$25,0001n/a
Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled Inc$25,00024%
Boys & Girls Club of the Colorado River$25,00011%
Hattie B BWIP$25,0002n/a
Delivering Dreams of Arizona$25,00020%
Valley Christian Schools$25,0001n/a
Maggie's Place Inc$25,00030%
Dysart Community Center$25,00013%
Next Step Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Southwest District Kiwanis - Kiwanis Club of Glend$25,0001n/a
The Foster Alliance$25,00020%
University of Arizona Foundation$23,00020%
Saavi Services for the Blind$22,50020%
Maryvalle Bridge United Methodist Church$20,0001n/a
Solanos No Limit Hoops$20,0002n/a
Kids in Focus$20,00013%
Celebrate Life International Inc$20,00021%
Black Mothers Forum Inc$20,00021%
CDT Kids$20,00011%
Blueprint Education In$20,00010%
Beads of Courage Inc Dba Center for Arts in Nursing$20,00011%
Mission of Mercy Inc$20,00020%
Gilbert Public Schools$20,0002n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$20,00020%
Educare Arizona$17,80032%
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation$17,50020%
Hope Ignites Phoenix$17,50021%
City Help Inc of Phoenix$15,00020%
Valley Youth Theatre$15,00021%
Waste Not Inc$15,00020%
Desert Mission Inc$15,00020%
Pinal Hispanic Council$15,00010%
Friendly House Inc$15,00010%
Casa de Los Ninos$15,00010%
Catholic Charities Community Services Inc$15,00020%
Vitalant$15,00020%
Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc$15,00020%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$15,00020%
Casa Center for Positive Social Change$15,0002n/a
Cultural Coalition Inc$15,00023%
Shoebox Ministry Inc$13,84223%
Glow-Frame Initiative$13,00018%
Arizona United Spinal Cord Injury Association Inc$12,50012%
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona Inc$12,50030%
Family Promise - Greater Phoenix$12,50021%
Sunnyslope High School$10,8411n/a
Gila River Indian Community$10,0001n/a
Creighton Community Foundation$10,00010%
Colorado River Indian Tribes$10,0001n/a
Cocopah Tribal Nation$10,0001n/a
Billy's Place Inc$10,00012%
United Way of Northern Arizona Inc$10,00011%
Flagstaff Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Tucson Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Arizona Diaper Bank$10,00011%
United Service Organizations Inc$10,00010%
Kohn Arizona State Route$10,0001n/a
Colten Cowell Foundation$10,00010%
The Navajo Nation$10,0001n/a
Ak-Chin Indian Community$10,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity Tucson Inc$10,00010%
Pascua Yaqui Tribe$10,0001n/a
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation$10,0001n/a
Aid to Adoption of Special Kids Aask Arizona$10,00010%
Teach for America Inc$10,00010%
Desert Foothills Library Association$10,00011%
Salt River Pima-Maricopa$10,0002n/a
Candelen Inc$10,0001n/a
United Food Bank$10,00010%
Children's Museum of Phoenix$10,00010%
Valleywise Health Foundation$10,00010%
Dress for Success Phoenix$10,00011%
Million Dollar Teacher Project$10,00012%
Mesa United Way Inc$10,00010%
Foundation for Blind Children$10,00010%
General Acrylics$10,0001n/a
County of Maricopa Higley School District60$10,0001n/a
American Diabetes Association$10,00010%
Mayer Unified School District No 43$10,0001n/a
Hualapai Tribe$10,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
Paradise Valley Unified Schools$10,0001n/a
Keogh Health Connection$10,00011%
Quechan Indian Tribe$10,0001n/a
Act One$10,00011%
Mesa Sprint Triathlon Foundation$10,000116%
Opportunity4kids$10,000110%
Peoria Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Manes and Miracles$10,00015%
Red Sneakers for Oakley Inc$10,00013%
Hopekids Inc$10,00010%
Yavapai-Apache Nation$10,0001n/a
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation$10,000110%
Glendale Firefighters Charities$10,000119%
Sanctuary on Camelback$8,0201n/a
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc$8,00010%
Those That Wait Inc$8,00011%
Sunshine Acres Children's Home Inc$8,0001n/a
The Singletons$7,5001n/a
Career Concepts for Youth$7,50018%
Mariposa Community Health Center Inc$7,50010%
Horses Help Foundation$7,50012%
Support My Club$7,50012%
Rooted in Good Inc$7,5001n/a
Be a Leader Foundation$7,50010%
Helens Hope Chest$7,50011%
Autism Society of Southern Arizona Inc$7,50015%
Flagstaff Family Food Center$7,50010%
Greater Paradise Valley Community Assistance Team Inc$7,50011%
Homeless Youth Connection Inc$7,50010%
Duet Partners in Health & Aging Inc$7,50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Foundation$7,50011%
Upward for Children and Families$7,5001n/a
Fans Across America Charitable Foundation$7,50012%
Kids Need to Read$7,50011%
Northern Arizona Healthcare Corporation$7,00010%
Honor House$6,50015%
Arizona Technology Council Foundation$6,50011%
Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona$5,9741n/a
Arizona Golf and Life Skills Inc Dba First Tee - Phoenix$5,58410%
Valley Bloom$5,00011%
Community Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
College Bound$5,000114%
Dignity Health Foundation East Valley$5,00010%
Autism Society of Greater Phoenix$5,00014%
Aunt Rita's Foundation$5,00010%
Foster Arizona$5,00012%
Anti-Defamation League$5,00010%
Miracle League of Arizona$5,0001n/a
Coconino Casa for Kids Inc$5,00012%
Mesa Arts Center Foundation$5,00011%
Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels$5,00010%
Scottsdale Railroad and Mechanical Society$5,00011%
Latino Pride Alliance$5,0001n/a
The Primavera Foundation Inc$5,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
Advance Community$5,00010%
Central Arizona Dental Society Foundation$5,00012%
Mitchell Swaback Charities Inc$5,00010%
Nourishphx$5,0001n/a
Hospice of the Valley$5,00010%
Childrens Cancer Network$5,00010%

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Phoenix Suns Charities Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 190 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Basketball Association Foundation: $4,000,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetPhoenix Residential Investment Development Effort: $2,850,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $1,392,816 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix Inc: $931,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Arizona University Foundation: $750,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPhoenix Parks Foundation: $611,492 over 7y, 70% of budgetUmom New Day Centers Inc: $368,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetEarth & Space Expedition Center: $350,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetAbility360 Inc: $308,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDiocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix: $308,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Arizona Inc: $305,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $265,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouthwest Autism Research and Resource Center: $235,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Thunderbirds: $235,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBack to School Clothing Drive Association: $200,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetGirl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council Inc: $190,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPositive Coaching Alliance: $185,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBarrow Neurological Foundation: $185,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc: $178,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Be Kind People Project Foundation: $165,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetElevate Phoenix: $160,357 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetLights Camera Discover: $150,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAccel: $141,871 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Marcus Graham Project: $140,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetArizona Autism United Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc: $138,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood Ministries Inc: $136,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLearn Fresh Education Co: $135,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGap Ministries: $135,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona: $132,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHelping Hands for Single Moms: $125,358 over 4y, 19% of budgetGenesis Program Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona: $115,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetPhoenix Fire Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomeward Bound: $107,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetLocal First Arizona Foundation: $105,902 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChild Crisis Arizona: $105,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetA New Leaf: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona: $100,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetTeammates for Kids Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNabi Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budget100 Club of Arizona: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCivitan Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Arizona Shelter Services Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 190.

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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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ148.6× affinity150 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Fiesta Events Inc · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Valley of the Sun United Way · John F Long Foundation Inc · BHHS Legacy Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Executive Council Charities · Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc

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.

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About Phoenix Suns Charities Inc

How much does Phoenix Suns Charities Inc give?
Phoenix Suns Charities Inc reported 68 itemized grants totaling $3,073,736, out of $3,174,072 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 130 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Phoenix Suns Charities Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (26%), Housing & Shelter (14%), Education (14%).
Who are Phoenix Suns Charities Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Basketball Association Foundation ($4.0M), Phoenix Residential Investment Development Effort ($2.9M), Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association ($1.4M).
Does Phoenix Suns Charities Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Phoenix Suns Charities Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Thunderbirds Charities, Fiesta Events Inc.
Where is Phoenix Suns Charities Inc based?
Phoenix Suns Charities Inc is based in AZ.

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 254 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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