· Public charity
Tucson Desert Song Festival
To bring exceptional performances from world class vocal artists to tucson through an annual song festival and offer educational opportunities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARIZONA OPERA | $30,000 |
| TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $25,000 |
| TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | $18,000 |
| TRUE CONCORD VOICES AND ORCHESTRA | $15,000 |
| ARIZONA EARLY MUSIC | $12,000 |
| ARIZONA FREINDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC | $10,000 |
| ARIZONA THEATER COMPANY | $10,000 |
| BALLET TUCSON | $10,000 |
| JAZZ IN JANUARY INC | $5,750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTucson Symphony Society6× · 2017–2025 · $91k · revenue +44%
- BABALLET ARTS FOUNDATION5× · 2019–2025 · $51k · revenue +103%
- JIJAZZ IN JANUARY INC4× · 2019–2025 · $38k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- TUTUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTone grant, 2025 · $18k
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.
The Sedona Symphony is committed to enriching the quality of life of our Northern Arizona community through the power of live orchestral music that educates, entertains, and inspires. From timeless classics to bold contemporary works, the…
To nurture, promote and produce the finest traditional performances
ProMusica Arizona enriches lives in the Greater Phoenix area, with focus on the North Valley, through innovative, joint performances of its multigenerational Chorale and Orchestra.
Nurture and amplify the strength and resonance of arizonas choral artistry through live concert experiences performed by professional singers living in arizona, and via recordings and other media for those outside the state to know and…
Free performances of good music by professional musicians for audiences at the city parks.
The four seasons orchestra offers classical music to the general public. the orchestra has performed chamber music and concerts at various venues, including asus kerr cultural center.
Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.
The American Chamber Ensemble is a consortium of distinguished musicians whose concerts explore the music for piano with strings, woodwinds and/or voice, presenting both great standard repertoire and living American composers.
To provide extraordinary musical experiences that inspire and advance our community, enriching the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds
To provide quality memorable instrumental music to audiences at an affordable price.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 12 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 ARIZONA OPERA COMPANY ↗
- Who funds Tucson Symphony Society ↗
- Who funds TRUE CONCORD VOICES AND ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds BALLET ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JAZZ IN JANUARY INC ↗
- Who funds Arizona Early Music Society Inc ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
- Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
- Who funds Arizona Theatre Company ↗
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: Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tucson Desert Song Festival funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tucson Desert Song Festival. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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