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Sanderson Museum and Village

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$702k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$190k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$1.2MHealth$1.1MPublic Benefit$821kCivil Rights$443kRecreation & Sports$276kHuman Services$261kScience & Tech$20kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $637k
$148,746
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Mary's Food Bank$190,335
Military Assistance Mission$148,746
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center$148,746
Chicanos Por La Causa$148,746
Special Olympics Arizona$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
New Life Center$15,000
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 (FY18–24, $628k) 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%Chicanos Por La Causa: $149k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa: $85k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa: $81k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa: $79k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa: $25k → 11%Chicanos Por La Causa: $25k → 11%Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix: $108k → 11%Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix: $52k → 11%New Life Center: $15k → 11%New Life Center: $10k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 8 repeat orgs$321k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
17

Total granted

$3.8M
$321k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+60%

Still filing today

88%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +53%
  • SA
    SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $821k · revenue +90%
  • CP
    CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA INC CPLC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $443k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • H
    HONORHEALTHgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +60%
  • AS
    Arizona Science Museum
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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 Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
2
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
3
The Dons of Arizona
Education
4
Phoenix Children's Hospital

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families.

Health
5
Arizona's Children Association

The mission of arizona's children association is to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.

Human Services
6
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
7
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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8
Child Crisis Arizona

To provide children and youth in arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.

Crime & Legal
9
La Paloma Family Services Inc

We build relationships that enhance the development of skills, foster a sense of worth and enhance a belief in each child's individual potential.

—
10
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Arizona

Our Mission: To foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts. To serve our veterans, the military and our communities. To advocate on behalf of all veterans. Our Vision: Ensure that veterans are respected for their…

—
11
Umom New Day Centers Inc

To end family homelessness by restoring hope and rebuilding lives, so no child will ever have to sleep on the streets.

Housing & Shelter
12
Compass Training Center Az
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Arizona Inc; the most unlike its peers is Armer Foundation for Kids. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,171,514 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCESOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $820,979 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND…HONORHEALTH: $250,000 · HealthHONORHEALTH+1 more: $10,000 · HealthMILITARY ASSISTANCE MISSION INC: $810,980 · Public BenefitMILITARY ASSISTANCE MI…+1 more: $10,000 · Public BenefitCHICANOS POR LA CAUSA INC CPLC: $443,479 · Human ServicesCHICANOS POR LA C…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $159,440 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD H…New Life Center: $25,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $275,707 · Recreation & SportsIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherArizona Science Museum: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherFamily Matters Healthcare Foundation: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $10,525 · OtherArizona Deer Association Inc: $5,200 · Animals
Food & Nutrition$1,171,514Health$1,080,979Public Benefit$820,980Human Services$627,919Recreation & Sports$275,707Other$115,525Animals$5,200

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 budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,171,514 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $820,979 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetMILITARY ASSISTANCE MISSION INC: $810,980 over 7y, 40% of budgetCHICANOS POR LA CAUSA INC CPLC: $443,479 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $275,707 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetHONORHEALTH: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $159,440 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetNew Life Center: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetArmer Foundation for Kids: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetArizona Deer Association Inc: $5,200 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTREASURE HOUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEST VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MILITARY ASSISTANCE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA INC CPLC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds HONORHEALTH ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds New Life Center ↗
  • Who funds Armer Foundation for Kids ↗
  • Who funds FIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Deer Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TREASURE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WEST VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION ↗

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 IncThunderbirds CharitiesCharities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc · Thunderbirds Charities · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Sanderson Museum and Village funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sanderson Museum and Village. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sanderson Museum and Village?

    Find your warmest path to Sanderson Museum and Village 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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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