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Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$147k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% 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$122kRecreation & Sports$58kFood & Nutrition$51kReligion$36kArts & Culture$29kAnimals$29kHealth$20kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $72k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH$20,000
TRINIDAD YOUTH CLUB$12,000
CARE AND SHARE FOOD BANK$10,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS$10,000
FISHERS PEAK SOUP KITCHEN$10,000
PANADERO SKI CORP$10,000
ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF AZ$5,000
TELLURIDE MOUNTAIN CLUB$5,000
MAIN STREET LIVE$5,000
TRINIDAD TRAILS ALLIANCE$5,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE$5,000
PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%CIRCLE THE CITY: $2k → 11%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $10k → 14%CIRCLE THE CITY: $2k → 11%NOT MY KID: $3k → 11%ARIZONANS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 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

WA
NY
MA
IN
CO
MD
AZ
DC
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$361k · 26 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$361k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+80%

Still filing today

73%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsRecreation & 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

  • PS
    PANADERO SKI CORPORATION
    5× · 2019–2025 · $31k · revenue +500%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +9%
  • PC
    PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +361%
  • TN
    THE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -5%
  • IR
    ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
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 Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund

To protect and enhance the natural resources of puerto rico.

Environment
4
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
7
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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8
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

—
9
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
10
Vitalyst Health Foundation

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

Health
11
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
12
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Ruthmere 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

33 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. 33 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
15/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RUTHMERE: $30,552 · OtherRUTHMEREFISHER PEAK SOUP KITCHEN: $17,936 · OtherFISHER PEAK SOUP KITCHENIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRINIDAD TRAILS ALLIANCE: $11,000 · OtherTRINIDAD TRAILS ALLIANCEIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $9,182 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · OtherCare and Share Inc: $10,000 · OtherST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $7,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $15,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INCTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Other+21 more: $57,685 · Other+21 moreNew Pathways For Youth: $91,838 · Crime & LegalNew Pathways For YouthPANADERO SKI CORPORATION: $31,248 · Recreation & SportsPANADERO SK…Telluride Mountain Club: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsTelluride M…YOUTH CLUB OF TRINIDAD INC: $27,812 · Youth DevelopmentSolid Rock Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAIN STREET LIVE LTD: $12,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $13,500 · AnimalsNOAH'S ARK ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $9,000 · AnimalsTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · AnimalsPHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationTRINIDAD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,214 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $4,000 · EducationSECULAR COMMUNITIES FOR ARIZONA INC: $2,000 · Education
Other$204,355Crime & Legal$91,838Recreation & Sports$46,248Youth Development$29,812Arts & Culture$25,500Animals$23,500Education$20,214

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 budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $91,838 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPANADERO SKI CORPORATION: $31,248 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetYOUTH CLUB OF TRINIDAD INC: $27,812 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTelluride Mountain Club: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAIN STREET LIVE LTD: $12,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOAH'S ARK ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $9,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRINIDAD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,214 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCIRCLE THE CITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOTMYKID: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Rock Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizonans for Children Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECULAR COMMUNITIES FOR ARIZONA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $685 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ruthmere Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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…BAR NI Community Serv…American Express Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · BAR NI Community Service Fund · American Express Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report 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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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