Arizona · Public charity
Saguaros Childrens Charities
The purpose of the foundation is to accept, manage and distribute money and property in a manner consistent with the objectives of the scottsdale saguaros inc., which is to better the lives of underprivileged children in arizona.
- $817k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $784k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations Saguaros Childrens Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $743k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $784k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $773k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.2M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $1.2M | 46% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $623k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $510k | 32% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $487k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $965,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Hope Ignites Phoenix | $442,215 | 5 | 6% |
| Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center | $400,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Care Fund | $396,747 | 5 | 14% |
| Boys & Girls Club | $332,237 | 4 | n/a |
| Playworks Education Energized | $227,829 | 6 | 0% |
| Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center | $225,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Georgia Red Storm Inc | $200,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona Burn Foundation Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 74 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Saguaros Childrens Charities supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Saguaros Childrens Charities
- How much does Saguaros Childrens Charities give?
- Saguaros Childrens Charities reported 23 itemized grants totaling $784,248, out of $816,748 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Saguaros Childrens Charities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Youth Development (25%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Saguaros Childrens Charities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ($965k), Hope Ignites Phoenix ($442k), Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center ($400k).
- Does Saguaros Childrens Charities fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Saguaros Childrens Charities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thunderbirds Charities, Arizona Community Foundation, Phoenix Suns Charities Inc.
- Where is Saguaros Childrens Charities based?
- Saguaros Childrens Charities is based in AZ.
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