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Rowe Family Charitable Foundation

Work to advance missions of community organizations that serve children and families struggling with poverty, homelessness, hunger, abuse and illness.

$249k
Granted FY2020
16
Grants FY2020
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States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $202,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $248,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $46,250 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 · FY2020

  • Under $10k5 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $167k
$10,000
Median grant
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States reached
$331k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UAFPANDA$25,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$25,000
MAKE A WISH$20,000
MILITARY ASSISTED MISSON$20,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$15,000
FAMILY OF GOD MINISTRY$11,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TUSCON$10,500
FEEDING MATTERS$10,000
AZ DIAMONBACK FOUNDATION$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$10,000
BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS$10,000
NATIONAL SPORTS FOUNDATION INC$7,500
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE$7,500
PASS IT ON$7,500
FORE THE KIDS$7,500
02Its 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
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
2
100 Club of Arizona

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.

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3
Arizona Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
4
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
5
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
6
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
7
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation
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8
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.

Health
9
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona Foundation

To provide support to big brothers big sisters of central az.

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10
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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11
The Dons of Arizona
Education
12
Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc

Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children provides social, emotional, and financial support to families managing the health and well-being of a loved one with pediatric cancer.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
02the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INCORPORATED: $15,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN…FAMILY OF GOD MINISTRY: $11,000 · OtherFAMILY OF GOD MINISTRYBig Brothers Big Sisters: $10,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big SistersNATIONAL SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · OtherNATIONAL SPORTS FOUNDATION INCMERKOS CHABAD-LUBAVITCH ORGANIZATION: $7,500 · OtherMERKOS CHABAD-LUBAVITCH ORGANIZATIONPASS IT ON: $7,500 · OtherPASS IT ONARIZONA SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · OtherARIZONA SOCCER ASSOCIATIONAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC: $20,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZ…FEEDING MATTERS INC: $10,000 · HealthFEEDING MATTERS INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CL…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BI…FORE THE KIDS: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentFORE THE KIDSUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of…MILITARY ASSISTANCE MISSION INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitMILITARY AS…ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$64,500Health$55,000Youth Development$28,000Education$25,000Public Benefit$20,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMILITARY ASSISTANCE MISSION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFEEDING MATTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFORE THE KIDS: $7,500 over 1y, 25% 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…Fiesta Events IncAmerican Express Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc · American Express Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Rowe Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rowe Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 16 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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