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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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
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, 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
02FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 68 grants below total $3,073,736, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,174,072 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $100,336 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $938k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NBA FOUNDATION$1,000,000
VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA$125,000
BANNER HEALTH FOUNDATION$125,000
SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH & RESOURCE CENTER$100,000
SCIENCE OF SPORT$92,400
GIRLS SCOUTS-ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL$80,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA$75,000
PHOENIX PARKS AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$71,875
NEW LIFE CENTER$66,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$51,417
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY$50,000
PHOENIX PARKS AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$50,000
TREASURES 4 TEACHERS INC$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON$50,000
LEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO$50,000
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 (FY17–25, $2.8M) 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%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $10k → 9%HATTIE B BWIP: $15k → 18%HATTIE B BWIP: $10k → 18%DESERT MISSION INC: $10k → 11%GAP MINISTRIES INC: $100k → 15%GAP Ministries: $30k → 15%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $1.0M → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $125k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $100k → 11%Valley of the Sun YMCA: $29k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $25k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $24k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $20k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $18k → 11%Colten Cowell Foundation: $10k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $18k → 11%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC ACADEMIA DEL PUEBLO: $15k → 11%Valley of the Sun YMCA: $10k → 11%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $10k → 11%Ryan House: $11k → 11%Ryan House: $10k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $10k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $10k → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $10k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 11%ABILITY360: $100k → 11%ABILITY360 INC: $100k → 11%ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED: $100k → 11%ABILITY360: $48k → 11%ABILITY360 INC: $25k → 11%ABILITY360 INC: $25k → 11%DRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $10k → 11%ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED: $10k → 11%CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA: $10k → 11%ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED: $10k → 11%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS (AASK): $10k → 11%Genesis Program: $100k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA INC: $100k → 11%GENESIS PROGRAM: $25k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA INC: $10k → 11%Mission of Mercy Inc: $10k → 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%Valley of the Sun YMCA: $13k → 11%DYSART COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%NEW LIFE CENTER: $67k → 11%THE OPPORTUNITY TREE: $40k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF PHOENIX: $15k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $150k → 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

NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 109 repeat orgs$7.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 69 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
130

Total granted

$17M
$6.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+25%

Still filing today

87%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $456k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • NB
    NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $4.0M · revenue +8%
  • VO
    Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +43%
  • PP
    Phoenix Parks Foundation
    7× · 2018–2025 · $611k · revenue +220% · 70% of their budget

Funded once

  • PR
    PHOENIX RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
    one grant, 2020 · $2.9M · revenue -94% · 52% of their budget
  • NA
    NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $750k · revenue +221%
  • MM
    MCSO MASH
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -97%
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 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
2
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
3
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
4
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
5
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
6
Foster 360

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

Human Services
7
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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8
Arc of Arizona Inc

Advocates for the rights and participation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. together with our network of members and affiliated chapters, we improve systems of support, connect families, inspire communication,…

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9
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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10
Home Matters to Arizona

Home matters to arizona is the first statewide home matters initiative focused on a new generation of affordable housing, connected communities, and healthier individuals, families, and economies. we add housing units while encouraging…

Housing & Shelter
11
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
12
Ball Charter Schools(Dobson)

Arizona ball charter schools provides a personalized education to all students emphasizing comprehensive academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment through partnering parents, students and staff.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is ABILITY360 Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colten Cowell 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

207 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. 207 of the 254 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
200/207
Grantees still filing
141/207
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHOENIX RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT EFFORT: $2,850,000 · OtherPHOENIX RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT EFF…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INC: $931,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INCPHOENIX UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT: $660,000 · OtherPHOENIX UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $368,000 · OtherMCSO MASH: $500,000 · Other+95 more: $4,271,165 · Other+95 moreNATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $4,000,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL BASKETBALL …+3 more: $266,260 · Community Improvement+3 moreValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $1,392,816 · Human ServicesValley of the …ABILITY360 INC: $308,500 · Human ServicesABILITY360 INCJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesGAP MINISTRIES: $135,000 · Human ServicesGENESIS PROGRAM INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $115,000 · Human Services+21 more: $556,634 · Human Services+21 moreNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $750,000 · EducationNORTHERN …EARTH & SPACE EXPEDITION CENTER: $350,000 · EducationEARTH & S…POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $185,000 · EducationPOSITIVE …THE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT FOUNDATION: $165,000 · EducationTHE BE KI…ACCEL: $141,871 · EducationACCELThe Marcus Graham Project: $140,000 · EducationThe Marcu…+10 more: $300,500 · Education+10 morePhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $265,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $235,000 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $185,000 · HealthBanner Health Foundation: $175,000 · HealthTHE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $110,000 · HealthA NEW LEAF: $100,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $66,417 · Health+20 more: $559,500 · HealthGIRL SCOUTS - ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL INC: $190,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC: $178,000 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE PHOENIX: $160,357 · Youth DevelopmentLights Camera Discover: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $132,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS: $97,500 · Youth DevelopmentSCIENCE OF SPORT: $92,400 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE FOR KIDS: $80,267 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Club of Sierra Vista Inc: $55,000 · Youth Development+6 more: $165,000 · Youth DevelopmentPhoenix Parks Foundation: $611,492 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $305,000 · Recreation & SportsKABOOM INC: $57,500 · Recreation & SportsMIKEY'S LEAGUE INC: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsARIZONA BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$9,580,665Community Improvement$4,266,260Human Services$2,922,950Education$2,032,371Health$1,845,917Youth Development$1,611,024Recreation & Sports$1,088,992

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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
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.

Arizona Community Fou…Thunderbirds CharitiesFiesta Events IncVirginia G Piper Char…Valley of the Sun Uni…John F Long Foundatio…BHHS Legacy FoundationThe Foundation for Co…The Diane and Bruce H…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Executive Council Cha…Arizona Diamondbacks …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Phoenix Suns Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phoenix Suns Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
68report 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.

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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