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Sb 4 Charitable Fund at a glance

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Sb 4 Charitable Fund

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39k
Granted FY2020
18
Grants FY2020
4
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$666k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY$8,500
ST MARYS FOOD BANK$6,500
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS CHARITIES$5,000
ASU FOUNDATION$3,000
WASTE NOT$3,000
HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY$2,500
BBBS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA$2,000
FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBSFPRAZ 915$1,500
FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO$1,500
100 CLUB OF ARIZONA$1,425
BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY$1,000
NEW PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH-ROCCO PINPAL$500
AARP FOUNDATION$500
AZ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500
PROJECT CHIMPS$500
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $3k) 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%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $3k → 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 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
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
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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3
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
4
Arizona Grantmakers Forum

To encourage, assist, promote private philanthropy to increase the awareness, appreciation, effectiveness of private philanthropy by providing information, networking opportunities, technical assistance, related services to private…

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5
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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6
University of Arizona Foundation

The university of arizona foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.

Education
7
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
8
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
9
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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10
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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11
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley; the most unlike its peers is Threaded Together. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $9,500 · OtherBROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORYUNITED FIREFIGHTERS CHARITIES: $5,000 · OtherUNITED FIREFIGHTERS CHARITIESBBBS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA: $2,000 · OtherBBBS OF CENTRAL ARIZONAFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO: $1,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIOFRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBSFPRAZ 915: $1,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBSFPRAZ 915100 CLUB OF ARIZONA: $1,425 · Other100 CLUB OF ARIZONA+1 more: $500 · OtherST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $6,500 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANC…Waste Not Inc: $3,000 · Food & NutritionWaste Not IncARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationHospice of the Valley: $2,500 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $500 · Human ServicesThreaded Together: $500 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $250 · Arts & CulturePROJECT CHIMPS: $500 · AnimalsNew Pathways For Youth: $500 · Crime & LegalARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$21,425Food & Nutrition$9,500Education$3,000Human Services$3,000Arts & Culture$750Animals$500Crime & Legal$500Philanthropy$500

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: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaste Not Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 CLUB OF ARIZONA: $1,425 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT CHIMPS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThreaded Together: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $250 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.

Arizona Community Fou…American Express Foun…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express 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 Sb 4 Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sb 4 Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 17 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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