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Progress Arizona

PROGRESS ARIZONA is an arizona nonprofit corporation located in phoenix, arizona.

$475k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.8MCivil Rights$811kCommunity Improvement$200kEducation$25kPhilanthropy$7k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $450k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$459k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORKER POWER INSITUTE$200,000
OUR VOICE OUR VOTE$100,000
LIVING UNITED BY CHANGE$100,000
RURAL ARIZONA ENGAGEMENT$50,000
ARIZONA STUDENTS ASSOCIATION$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $189k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LIVING UNITED BY CHANGE: $100k → 11%LUCHA: $51k → 11%LUCHA: $30k → 11%PROMISE ARIZONA: $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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$721k · 5 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against -40% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$721k
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
-40%

Still filing today

80%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’24
Civil RightsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WP
    WORKER POWER INSTITUTE
    2× · 2021–2024 · $230k · revenue +67%
  • OV
    OUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONA
    3× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +51%
  • IP
    Instituto Power
    2× · 2020–2022 · $57k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • PA
    ProgressNow AZ Federal
    one grant, 2020 · $741k
  • PN
    PROGRESS NOW ARIZONA INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $380k · revenue +325% · 69% of their budget
  • AA
    ADRC ACTION
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue -95%
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
Solutions for an Independent Arizona

Organization mission solutions for an independent arizona envisions an arizona addresses its most pressing issues. independent arizona will identify, unite, and engage voters who want to elect people who will find common ground to serve…

Civil Rights
2
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
3
Progress Arizona

Progress arizona is an arizona nonprofit corporation located in phoenix, arizona. progress arizona is an organization founded in 2018 to educate the public about key policy issues using digital organizing and communications.

Civil Rights
4
Opportunity Arizona

Opportunity arizona is an issue advocacy organization whose mission is to grow more opportunities and improve the quality of life for hard-working arizonans.

Civil Rights
5
Poder

We strengthen the voice and leadership of our communities to drive meaningful change. Through collective action, we work to break down barriers, improve quality of life, and create a future where our people can thrive with dignity,…

Civil Rights
6
Arizona Prosperity Alliance

The organization engaged in public policy advocacy, survey work, and voter education, and in the past has also provided grants to non-profit organizations with complementary missions.

—
7
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
8
Arizona Coalition for Change

Arizona coalition for change is committed to empowering communities through leadership development, civic engagement, and advocacy. continued on schedule o.

Civil Rights
9
Arizona Local Post

Our mission is to educate and inform public discourse and civic participation in arizona through local, independent journalism.

Arts & Culture
10
Arizonans for a Clean Economy

Arizonans for a Clean Economy is a coalition of residents and businesses who believe Arizona should lead the nation in energy independence. We educate Arizonans about the benefits of homegrown energy, mobilize supporters to advocate for…

—
11
Corazon Az

CORAZÓN-AZ's mission is to cultivate and foster a welcoming and safe community of Arizonans from vast faith traditions and beliefs, schools, and allied organizations; united in expanding our democracy, economic dignity, immigrant justice,…

Civil Rights
12
Arizona Native Vote

Increase civic engagement and election participation in tribal and rural communities in northeast Arizona.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Advancing Az; the most unlike its peers is Instituto Power. 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

20 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. 20 of the 23 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
8/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADRC ACTION: $300,000 · Civil RightsADRC ACTIONARIZONA WINS: $200,000 · Civil RightsARIZONA WINSOUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONA: $190,000 · Civil RightsOUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONAMI FAMILIA VOTA: $90,000 · Civil RightsMI FAMILIA VOTAONE ARIZONA: $80,000 · Civil RightsONE ARIZONARURAL ARIZONA ENGAGEMENT: $50,000 · Civil Rights+3 more: $58,200 · Civil Rights+3 moreProgressNow AZ Federal: $741,000 · OtherProgressNow AZ FederalARIZONA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION: $80,574 · OtherARIZONA ADVOCACY FOUNDATIONARIZONA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION: $63,000 · OtherARIZONA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION+3 more: $63,200 · Other+3 morePROGRESS NOW ARIZONA INSTITUTE: $380,000 · InternationalPROGRESS NOW AR…WORKER POWER INSTITUTE: $230,000 · Community ImprovementWORKER PO…LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $181,000 · Human ServicesPROMISE ARIZONA: $8,000 · Human ServicesInstituto Power: $57,000 · Public BenefitCivic Engagement Beyond Voting: $33,000 · Public BenefitPoder in Action: $13,000 · Public BenefitTIDES FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Philanthropy
Civil Rights$968,200Other$947,774International$380,000Community Improvement$230,000Human Services$189,000Public Benefit$103,000Philanthropy$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROGRESS NOW ARIZONA INSTITUTE: $380,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetADRC ACTION: $300,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWORKER POWER INSTITUTE: $230,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetARIZONA WINS: $200,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetOUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONA: $190,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $181,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMI FAMILIA VOTA: $90,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetARIZONA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION: $80,574 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetONE ARIZONA: $80,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetInstituto Power: $57,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetRURAL ARIZONA ENGAGEMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCivic Engagement Beyond Voting: $33,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRURAL ARIZONA ACTION: $30,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetARIZONA ADVOCACY NETWORK: $18,200 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetADVANCING AZ: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPoder in Action: $13,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINDEPENDENT ARIZONA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPROMISE ARIZONA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $7,000 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.

Sixteen Thirty FundTides FoundationAmerica VotesAll Hands on Deck Net…Grove Action FundPublic Wise IncNew Venture FundWay to Win Action Fun…Tides AdvocacyNEO Philanthropy Acti…Organize ActionPro-Democracy Campaign
Sixteen Thirty FundDC31.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Foundation · America Votes · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Grove Action Fund · Public Wise Inc · New Venture Fund · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Tides Advocacy · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Organize Action · Pro-Democracy Campaign

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Progress Arizona?

    Find your warmest path to Progress Arizona 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 23 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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