· Private foundation
The Kiita 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $266k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $126k
- $250k+1 grant · $449k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $448,940 |
| BLOOM365 | $70,000 |
| WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $56,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | $45,000 |
| AZ FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUN | $40,000 |
| ASU FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| SEEDSPOT | $30,000 |
| NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK | $25,000 |
| SOUNDS ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| DENVER UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| INTEGRATED FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICE | $15,000 |
| SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS | $11,000 |
| FREE ARTS | $10,000 |
| HATCH | $10,000 |
| PHOENIX CODING ACADEMY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $614k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NVNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK6× · 2019–2024 · $404k · revenue +143%
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $385k · revenue +196%- BIBLOOM365 INC7× · 2018–2024 · $300k · revenue +130%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $25k
- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2018 · $25k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2023 · $20k
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.
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.
Arizona ball charter schools provides a personalized education to all students emphasizing comprehensive academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment through partnering parents, students and staff.
Our mission is to provide a progressive international education and advanced multilingual academics in a safe, diverse, and nurturing environment. our innovative and individualized approach to learning prepares highly motivated students…
Arizona ball charter schools provides a personalized education to all students emphasizing comprehensive academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment through partnering parents, students and staff.
To celebrate excellence and cultivate opportunity in pk-12th grade arizona public education.
We facilitate effective, bipartisan partnerships needed to achieve educational excellence and scale success across arizona's public schools - both district and charter.
The mission of the tucson family food project is to provide meals for children who are struggling with food insecurity, while teaching them how to cook food for themselves in their own homes.
To advocate for and act on education improvements that advance the quality of life for all arizonans.
Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.
Academic opportunity of arizona is a school tuition organization. as a local 501c3 non-profit, we provide scholarships and support for k-12th grade children living with disabilities and low-income hardships. our 360 degree approach…
The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.
To elevate the teaching profession in southern arizona by empowering and celebrating prek-12 teacher excellence through community engagement and investment.
Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…
How this is measured
39 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. 39 of the 74 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BLOOM365 INC ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON ↗
- Who funds SEED SPOT ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSISTANCE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds SUPPORT MY CLUB ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING MATTERS INC ↗
- Who funds KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SOUNDS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds THE WELCOME TO AMERICA PROJECT ↗
- Who funds STEPS OF LOVE ↗
- Who funds NEW WAY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds BALSZ COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Integrated Family Community Services ↗
- Who funds VILLA MONTESSORI INC ↗
- Who funds STACY FUSON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Armstrong Family Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Burton Family Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · John F Long Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Steele Foundation Inc · Fiesta Events Inc · Valley of the Sun United Way · The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kiita Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kiita Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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