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Social Venture Partners Tucson

Svp tucson is an ever expanding community of engaged philanthropists dedicated to building the capacity, strength and impact of nonprofits in addressing social problems.

$98k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$322kHuman Services$292kYouth Development$242kEmployment$184kCrime & Legal$176kHealth$128kArts & Culture$67kHousing & Shelter$48kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
$16,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$528k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL$27,600
EL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING$20,500
COMPASS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC$16,800
EL RIO FOUNDATION INC$14,800
BORDERLANDS THEATER-TEATRO$11,800
AMPHITHEATER PUBLIC SCHOOLS$6,800
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, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $6k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $11k → 15%SPECIAL NEEDS SOLUTIONS INC: $35k → 15%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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 13 repeat orgs$613k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
36

Total granted

$1.0M
$514k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+5%

Still filing today

92%
97%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • JI
    JOBPATH INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $175k · revenue +135%
  • MW
    Make Way For Books
    5× · 2020–2024 · $140k · revenue +101%
  • IC
    Interfaith Community Services
    5× · 2019–2024 · $124k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • SN
    SPECIAL NEEDS SOLUTIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue +60%
  • E
    EDU4LIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $32k · revenue +47%
  • EE
    EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue -7%
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
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
3
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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4
Arizona Youth Partnership

Arizona youth partnership, (azyp), empowers youth to harness their strengths to live healthy and purposeful lives.

Health
5
Corazon Az

CORAZÓN-AZ's mission is to cultivate and foster a welcoming and safe community of Arizonans from vast faith traditions and beliefs, schools, and allied organizations; united in expanding our democracy, economic dignity, immigrant justice,…

Civil Rights
6
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
7
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc

Our vision is a community where every child receives a high-quality education from birth to career, every adult has the opportunity to thrive financailly and in the workplace, and every older person can retire and age with dignity and…

Philanthropy
8
Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services

No cost legal services provided to vulnerable young people and trafficking survivors to help eliminate barriers to safety, stability, and opportunity. Specializing in family law, criminal history repair, vital document collection, and…

Crime & Legal
9
Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc

The Tucson Investigative Reporting Center educates and informs Southern Arizonans about the community challenges & unique culture of our borderlands through independent local journalism.

Animals
10
Foster 360

Foster360 equips former clients of the foster care system to break the cycle of homelessness and abuse.

Human Services
11
Tempe Community Action Agency Inc

TCAA's mission is to eliminate poverty and advance equitable communities. This mission is achieved through the delivery of comprehensive human services programs designed to improve housing stability, increase food security, improve health…

Community Improvement
12
Statewide Independent Living Council

Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council, AZSILC is one of 56 Statewide Independent Living Councils, SILCs which are federally mandated under the Rehabilitation Act. There is one SILC in each state and US territory. AZSILC members are…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest; the most unlike its peers is I Am You 360. 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

53 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. 53 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/53
Grantees still filing
28/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Interfaith Community Services: $123,900 · OtherInterfaith Community ServicesYWCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $70,150 · OtherYWCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONAHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF TUCSON INC: $53,500 · OtherHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF TUCSON INCTUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE: $27,600 · OtherTMM Family Services Inc: $25,050 · OtherTHE HAVEN: $24,700 · OtherIMPACT OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $25,200 · OtherEL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING: $20,500 · OtherMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $24,700 · Other+19 more: $211,500 · Other+19 moreMake Way For Books: $140,150 · EducationMake Way For BooksHigher Ground A Resource Center: $50,000 · EducationHigher Ground A Resourc…THE IDEA SCHOOL: $45,700 · EducationTHE IDEA SCHOOLSouthern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN: $42,800 · EducationSouthern AZ Research Sc…EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $26,400 · EducationEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT …CULTURE OF PEACE ALLIANCE INC: $13,500 · Education+3 more: $22,560 · Education+3 moreBoys to Men Tucson Inc: $103,150 · Youth DevelopmentBoys to Men Tu…GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF…CASA DE LOS NINOS: $16,000 · Youth DevelopmentCASA DE LOS NI…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $8,150 · Youth Development+1 more: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentJOBPATH INC: $175,250 · EmploymentJOBPATH INCParent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center: $74,271 · Crime & LegalParent Aid …EDU4LIFE: $31,660 · Crime & LegalEDU4LIFEFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $25,180 · Crime & LegalFLORENCE IM…SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC: $20,800 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN AR…Liberty Partnership Community Council: $15,000 · Crime & LegalLiberty Par…SPECIAL NEEDS SOLUTIONS: $35,400 · Human ServicesI Am You 360: $19,780 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $11,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesAMISTAD Y SALUD: $20,620 · HealthNAMI of Southern Arizona: $13,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: $12,200 · Health
Other$606,800Education$341,110Youth Development$208,300Employment$175,250Crime & Legal$166,911Human Services$72,180Health$46,320

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 budgetJOBPATH INC: $175,250 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetMake Way For Books: $140,150 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $123,900 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBoys to Men Tucson Inc: $103,150 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetParent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center: $74,271 over 2y, 14% of budgetYWCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $70,150 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF TUCSON INC: $53,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetHigher Ground A Resource Center: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE IDEA SCHOOL: $45,700 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSouthern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN: $42,800 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSPECIAL NEEDS SOLUTIONS: $35,400 over 1y, 13% of budgetEDU4LIFE: $31,660 over 1y, 16% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $26,400 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetIMPACT OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $25,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $25,180 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTMM Family Services Inc: $25,050 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $24,700 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE HAVEN: $24,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC: $20,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMISTAD Y SALUD: $20,620 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetEL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING: $20,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetI Am You 360: $19,780 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION: $19,100 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPASS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $16,800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCASA DE LOS NINOS: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiberty Partnership Community Council: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $14,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI of Southern Arizona: $13,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: $12,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUST COMMUNITIES ARIZONA: $12,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetBORDERLANDS THEATER TEATRO FRONTERIZO INC: $11,800 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNational Center for Youth Law: $11,740 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWatershed Management Group Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLive Theatre Workshop: $11,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBORDERLINKS: $9,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSCHOLARSHIPSA Z: $9,800 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Southern AZ Inc: $8,760 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUNBAR COALITION INC: $8,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $8,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDGE SCHOOL INC: $7,520 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTherapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc: $6,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmphitheater Public Schools Foundation Inc: $6,800 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFELICIA'S FARM FKA IZI AZI FOUNDATION: $6,200 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC RANCH FOR ANIMALS AND KIDS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Community Foundation …United Way of Tucson …Arizona Community Fou…Connie Hillman Family…The Hs Lopez Family F…Community Food Bank I…The Womens Foundation…Marshall FoundationAngel Charity for Chi…Frederick Gardner Cot…Pledgeling FoundationJewish Community Foun…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ98× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Community Food Bank Inc · The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona · Marshall Foundation · Angel Charity for Children Inc · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona

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 Social Venture Partners Tucson funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Social Venture Partners Tucson. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 55 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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