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Signeski Family Foundation

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.

$124k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.5MHuman Services$313kHealth$313kRecreation & Sports$125kEducation$70kAnimals$53kHousing & Shelter$25kCivil Rights$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STROM FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND$79,400
CHARITABLE GIFT AMERICA$25,000
SUN ANGEL FOUNDATION$20,000
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 (FY22–23, $45k) 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: $25k → 11%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $20k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 15 repeat orgs$256k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$3.2M
$211k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+19%

Still filing today

53%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • TO
    TIME OUT INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $90k · revenue +122%
  • PC
    PAYSON COMMUNITY KIDS INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $85k · revenue +55% · 27% of their budget
  • SC
    SOJOURNER CENTER
    6× · 2017–2023 · $85k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospitalgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +30%
  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +19%
  • CF
    Check For a Lump
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -19%
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 Small Dog Rescue

To rescue and save homeless, unwanted, abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs

Animals
2
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
3
The Dons of Arizona
Education
4
Arizona Humane Society

We save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.

Animals
5
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
6
Phoenix Animal Rescue

Rescue, rehabilitation and "re-homing" of unwanted and abandoned dogs.

Animals
7
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
8
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.

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9
Southern Arizona Cat Rescue

Cat rescue providing medical care and placement of cats/kittens with both foster families and forever homes

Animals
10
Marana Health Center Inc

Improving our community by providing exceptional, whole-person healthcare.

Health
11
Pawsitively Cats Inc

Pawsitively cats is a no-kill cat shelter in tucson for homeless cats that provides compassionate care until a loving permanent home can be found. pawsitively cats also promotes trap, neuter and release (tnr) for feral cats. pawsitively…

Animals
12
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services

The children's clinics provides a family centered comprehensive medical home to meet the special needs of children and families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley; the most unlike its peers is Phoenix Children's Hospital. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 30 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STROM FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $2,501,037 · OtherSTROM FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND+13 more: $385,500 · Other+13 morePAYSON COMMUNITY KIDS INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER CENTER: $85,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley: $45,000 · Human ServicesPhoenix Children's Hospital: $30,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $25,000 · HealthCheck For a Lump: $25,000 · HealthLIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC: $20,000 · HealthPAYSON CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC: $20,000 · HealthTIME OUT INC: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHealing Hearts Animal Rescue and Refuge: $32,500 · AnimalsDESERT LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE INC: $15,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL AZ INC: $5,000 · AnimalsCHARITABLE GIFT AMERICA INC: $25,000 · EducationSUN ANGEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyRim Country Arizonans for Children: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,886,537Human Services$215,000Health$120,000Housing & Shelter$115,000Animals$52,500Education$25,000Philanthropy$20,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIME OUT INC: $90,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetPAYSON COMMUNITY KIDS INC: $85,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetSOJOURNER CENTER: $85,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WHISPERING HOPE RANCH FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Hearts Animal Rescue and Refuge: $32,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITABLE GIFT AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCheck For a Lump: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUN ANGEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPAYSON CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC: $20,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetDESERT LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRim Country Arizonans for Children: $10,000 over 1y, 19% 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 TIME OUT INC ↗
  • Who funds PAYSON COMMUNITY KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE WHISPERING HOPE RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗
  • Who funds Healing Hearts Animal Rescue and Refuge ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE GIFT AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Check For a Lump ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SUN ANGEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds PAYSON CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds DESERT LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Rim Country Arizonans for Children ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL AZ INC ↗

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…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ24.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Signeski Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Signeski Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Charitable Gift America Inc: 0% of 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 · 0–20%
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 30 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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