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The Russell D Garrett Foundation at a glance

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The Russell D Garrett Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$220kEducation$158kHealth$94kYouth Development$67kCommunity Improvement$49kPhilanthropy$15kFood & Nutrition$13kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONNECTING HIGHER OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS$10,000
LOS CHARROS FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$619k · 12 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$619k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+37%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    6× · 2017–2023 · $130k · revenue +109%
  • ER
    EL RIO FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $63k · revenue +327%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2018–2023 · $30k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CF
    Community Food Bank Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -18%
  • CF
    CATHOLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF TUCSON
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY AMPHI CORPS
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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4
Vitalyst Health Foundation

To connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in arizona.

Health
5
American Indian Association of Tucson Inc

Our mission is to lead, serve, empower and advocate for the Tucson urban American Indian community and others by providing culturally appropriate health, wellness and social services.

Human Services
6
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center Inc

Improving the health of our community through comprehensive, accessible, affordable, quality, and compassionate care.

Health
7
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
8
Native Health

To provide accessible holistic patient centered care, to empower our community to achieve the highest quality health and well-being.

—
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
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.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easterseals Blake Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ohkomi Forensics Ohkomi Forensics. 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

15 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. 15 of the 28 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $54,173 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBCONNECTING HIGHER OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS: $48,500 · OtherCONNECTING HIGHER OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNIT…MARANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $40,000 · OtherMARANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTCATHOLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF TUCSON: $10,000 · OtherTUCSON RODEO PARADE COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 · Other+13 more: $33,750 · Other+13 moreINDIAN NATIONAL FINALS RODEO: $160,000 · Recreation & SportsINDIAN NATIONAL FINALS ROD…University of Arizona Foundation: $130,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona…EL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $62,500 · PhilanthropyEL RIO FOUNDA…LOS CHARROS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyLOS CHARROS F…American Heart Association Inc: $30,000 · Health+2 more: $1,320 · HealthCommunity Food Bank Inc: $12,500 · Food & NutritionHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $5,000 · Animals
Other$256,423Recreation & Sports$160,000Education$130,000Philanthropy$77,500Health$31,320Food & Nutrition$12,500Animals$5,000

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 budgetINDIAN NATIONAL FINALS RODEO: $160,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $130,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $62,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOS CHARROS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUCSON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTucson Interfaith HIVAIDS Network: $820 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds INDIAN NATIONAL FINALS RODEO ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EL RIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOS CHARROS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON RODEO PARADE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Southern Arizona ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Sister Jose Women's Center ↗
  • Who funds OHKOMI FORENSICS OHKOMI FORENSICS ↗
  • Who funds EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Angel Charity for Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds Tucson Interfaith HIVAIDS Network ↗
  • Who funds TU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES 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.

Community Foundation …United Way of Tucson …Connie Hillman Family…Jewish Community Foun…Zuckerman Family Foun…The Roy H Rogers Foun…Ashton Family Foundat…Ginny L Clements Char…The Hs Lopez Family F…Arizona Community Fou…Tucson Osteopathic Me…The Diane and Bruce H…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ25.8× affinity10 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 · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Zuckerman Family Foundation · The Roy H Rogers Foundation Trust · Ashton Family Foundation · Ginny L Clements Charitable Trust · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle 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 The Russell D Garrett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Russell D Garrett Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Russell D Garrett Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Russell D Garrett Foundation 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 28 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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