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Tuition Organization for Private Schools Inc

Operate as a school tuition organization (sto) that accepts donations for tuition assistance and awards scholarships to children so they can afford to attend arizona private schools.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $697,119, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,738,250 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,041,131 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k18 grants · $350k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $347k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSION CHURCH$100,000
ARIZONA PRIVATE EDUCATION$79,619
SAN TAN BIBLE CHURCH$60,000
CHRIST CHURCH$57,500
MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$50,000
THE INSTITUTE FOR BIBLICAL$40,000
BAPTIST EVANGELISTIC MISSIONARY$35,000
MGM INTERNATIONAL$30,000
TMU$25,000
GREYDENE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST$25,000
EVANGELICAL BAPTIST CHURCH$25,000
ASCENSION CHURCH OF PHOENIX$20,000
GILBERT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$20,000
BOLD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH$20,000
HEART MINISTRIES$20,000
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEART MINISTRIES: $20k → 7%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NC
AL
GA
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 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
God's Bible School College & Missionary Training Home

God's bible school and college seeks to glorify god and to serve his church by providing higher education centered in holy scripture and shaped by wesleyan conviction, thus preparing faithful servants to proclaim jesus christ and spread…

Education
2
Faith Baptist Bible College

Post secondary and graduate educational institution The mission of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is to equip vocational Christian workers and other servant leaders while inspiring them to take the Word to the world.

Education
3
Pacific Island Ministries

To help fulfill the great commission as found in Matthew 28:19-20, the equipping of God's people for works of service, particularly in Papua New Guinea.

International
4
Greg Fritz Ministries Inc

To proclaim gospel of jesus.

Religion
5
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary

The purpose of the baptist missionary association theological seminary is to provide accredited undergraduate and graduate theological education for equipping individuals for christian service and leadership roles.

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6
Mike Silva Evangelism International Inc

To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who have not heard and to mobilize the church to evangelism.

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7
Phoenix Seminary Inc

Phoenix seminary's mission is to train men and women for christ-centered ministry for the building of healthy churches in phoenix and the world.

Education
8
Ambassador Baptist College

Degreed courses offered to men and women in training and preparation to enter the ministry of preaching and teaching the Gospel.

Education
9
Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries Inc

The organization's mission is to furnish a channel for bible-believing baptist churches to carry out the great commission of their lord. this mission is implemented through evangelism and the establishment of indigenous baptist churches.

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10
American Baptist Theological Seminary dba American Baptist College

Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.

Education
11
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
12
Biblical Education By Extension Inc

To assist the church, primarily in closed countries, in the establishment of continuing indigenous church-based training centers in which servant leaders are equipped to develop growing and reproducing churches.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Master's University and Seminary; the most unlike its peers is Arizona Private Education Scholarship Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

8 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. 8 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
2/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSION CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherMISSION CHURCHEKKLESIA SAN TAN INC: $60,000 · OtherEKKLESIA SAN TAN INCCHRIST CHURCH: $57,500 · OtherCHRIST CHURCHMOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherMOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMEXICAN GOSPEL MISSION INC: $30,000 · OtherMEXICAN GOSPEL MISSION INCEVANGELICAL CHURCH FUNDAMENTALBAPTIST INDEPENDENT INC: $25,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL CHURCH FUNDAMENTALBAPTIST INDEPENDENT INCGREYDENE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH INC: $25,000 · OtherGREYDENE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH INCASCENSION CHURCH OF PHOENIX: $20,000 · OtherBOLD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH INC: $20,000 · Other+7 more: $80,000 · Other+7 moreARIZONA PRIVATE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $79,619 · EducationARIZONA PRIVATE EDUC…The Master's University and Seminary: $25,000 · EducationThe Master's Univers…Gilbert Christian Schools Inc: $20,000 · EducationGilbert Christian Sc…INSTITUTE OF BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP: $40,000 · ReligionINSTITUTE OF…BAPTIST EVANGELISTIC MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · ReligionBAPTIST EVAN…HEART MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesBBQ MISSION: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$467,500Education$124,619Religion$75,000Human Services$20,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARIZONA PRIVATE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $79,619 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBAPTIST EVANGELISTIC MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMEXICAN GOSPEL MISSION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHEART MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGilbert Christian Schools Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBBQ MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% 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 ARIZONA PRIVATE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds BAPTIST EVANGELISTIC MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEXICAN GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Master's University and Seminary ↗
  • Who funds HEART MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Gilbert Christian Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds BBQ MISSION ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Tuition Organization for Private Schools Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tuition Organization for Private Schools Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Tuition Organization for Private Schools Inc 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 23 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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