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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 independence.

$6.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
78
Itemized grants FY2025
79
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$6.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$17,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,235,856
Organizations funded a year
64 to 120
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$22M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $363k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving76$6.8M11%
FY202479$6.0M24%
FY202364$6.2M19%
FY202277$6.6M21%
FY2021101$7.0M19%
FY202092$6.5M28%
FY201986$6.0M56%
FY2018120$7.1M26%
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$32MEducation$15MHousing & Shelter$2.1MHealth$1.6MEmployment$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.4MArts & Culture$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Casa de Los Ninos$11,662,74599%
Easterseals Blake Foundation$6,976,01993%
Child & Family Resources Inc$5,357,34675%
Sunnyside Foundation$2,309,6436n/a
Sunnyside Unified School District$1,579,6693n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$1,382,38790%
Make Way For Books$1,289,463911%
Pima Council on Aging$1,277,24391%
Goodwill Industries of Southern AZ Inc$1,268,64171%
Amphitheater Public School District$1,050,8217n/a
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All grantees of United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Casa de Los Ninos$11,662,74599%
Easterseals Blake Foundation$6,976,01993%
Child & Family Resources Inc$5,357,34675%
Sunnyside Foundation$2,309,6436n/a
Sunnyside Unified School District$1,579,6693n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$1,382,38790%
Make Way For Books$1,289,463911%
Pima Council on Aging$1,277,24391%
Goodwill Industries of Southern AZ Inc$1,268,64171%
Amphitheater Public School District$1,050,8217n/a
Literacy Connects$971,370710%
United Way Capital Corporation$947,367244%
Our Family Services Inc$936,36492%
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc$862,84371%
Early Childhood Development Group$762,756799%
The Primavera Foundation Inc$676,76091%
Parent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center$650,012959%
Tohono O'Odham Community College$638,79772%
Southern Az Assoc for the Ed of Young Children$599,065792%
Community Food Bank Inc$549,64390%
Interfaith Community Services$488,32291%
Arizona Theatre Company$435,55094%
YWCA of Southern Arizona$377,28188%
Child Parent Centers$371,84570%
Humane Society of Southern Arizona$368,16591%
Pima County School Superintnd$314,2267n/a
Family Housing Resources Inc$283,77052%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson Inc$254,99692%
Sahuarita Food Bank$242,69362%
Marana Unified School District$234,0035n/a
University of Arizona$231,6292n/a
United States Catholic Conference$227,7526n/a
Youth on Their Own$217,62091%
Gospel Rescue Mission Inc$209,8539n/a
Vail Unified School District #20$205,6225n/a
Pima Animal Care Center$195,3727n/a
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc$193,62890%
YMCA of Southern Arizona$188,86681%
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest$165,65390%
Arizona's Children Association$154,08010%
Green Valley Assistance Services Inc$153,96658%
Roots & Roads Community Hospice Foundation$136,491325%
International Sonoran Desert Alliance$136,10253%
Direct Center for Independence Inc$128,35455%
United Way of Northern Arizona Inc$125,50641%
Pima Prevention Partnership$119,36421%
Foundation for Pottstown Education$115,000414%
The Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter$112,26182%
Community Investment Corporation$107,00030%
Habitat for Humanity Tucson Inc$99,72560%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$93,45920%
Tucson Symphony Society$92,27060%
Marana Health Center Inc$91,93810%
Tucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse$91,81870%
San Miguel Corporate Internship$91,1127n/a
Flowing Wells Unified School District$90,9966n/a
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc$87,30090%
Altar Valley School District #51$87,1852n/a
Border Patrol Foundation$80,83225%
Step Up To Justice$75,210210%
Health & Medical Research Charities of America$74,82121%
La Posada at Park Centre Inc$73,55070%
Brandy Station Foundation$73,000450%
Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson$71,5765n/a
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation$70,79850%
Veritas Academy of Tucson Incorporated$69,41571%
Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc$67,15643%
Arizona Center for Empowerment$66,00011%
Animal Charities of America$65,17321%
La Frontera Partners Inc$63,98422%
Christian Service Charities Inc$63,7242n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$62,50030%
Catlow 1927 Foundation$56,00526%
Reid Park Zoological Society$53,91230%
Pima Community College Foundation Inc$51,99740%
Prescott College Inc$51,06530%
Integrative Touch$50,22447%
Pima Community College$50,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$48,16240%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc$45,62660%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$43,75050%
Tucson Community Tennis Program$43,250332%
Tucson Urban League Inc$43,15431%
Military Support Groups of America$41,77422%
American Cancer Society$40,8335n/a
Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture$40,00042%
Cancercure of America- Care Understand Research & End$39,45321%
Hands of Hope$38,2362n/a
Old Pueblo Community Services$36,84320%
Banner Health Foundation$36,18830%
Higher Ground A Resource Center$35,16042%
Flowing Wells Educational Foundation$35,000122%
Law Enforcement United Inc$35,00022%
Children First - America's Charities$34,23221%
Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation Inc$34,02224%
Spotsylvania Education Foundation$33,995352%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Tucson$33,72041%
Retired Paws$33,488234%
Arizona Diaper Bank$33,38532%
Hands Of Hope Tucson$33,03641%
Friends of Pima Animal Care Center$32,72040%
Long Grove Historical Society$32,0002n/a
Junior Achievement of Arizona$31,85320%
Saving Animals From Euthanasia$31,60159%
America's Charities$31,51720%
Nogales Community Development Corp$31,14534%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona Incorporated$31,00041%
Educational Enrichment Foundation$30,34332%
Edge School Inc$30,00031%
The Amerind Foundation Inc$30,00051%
Catalina Council Boy Scouts of America$28,34931%
Salpointe Catholic High School$28,1513n/a
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Charitable Organization$27,5001n/a
Childrens Charities of America$27,03921%
Tucson Youth Development Inc$26,84020%
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona$26,55230%
Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation$26,50040%
Safe Kids Worldwide$26,29820%
Herencia Guadalupana Lab Schools$25,6502n/a
Tmc Health Foundation$25,3382n/a
Childrens Med Res Charities of Amer Dba Childrens Med & Res Char of Amer$25,15521%
Barrington History Museum$25,000225%
Society for Science & the Public$25,00010%
Accel$25,00010%
Community Emergency Medical Responders Inc$24,75017%
United Way of Pinal County$24,24213%
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson Our Faith Our Hope Our Futu$23,2684n/a
Alive Christian Fellowship$23,2123n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona Inc$22,74830%
Pottstown Regional Public Library$22,50022%
Aviva Children's Services$22,42831%
Medical Research Charities Inc$22,30121%
Sister Jose Women's Center$22,00012%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc$21,50210%
Hesston College$21,00020%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$20,00010%
Tuscon Industrial Development Auth$20,0001n/a
Fredericksburg Regional Spca$20,00011%
Vancouver School District Foundation$19,60020%
Catholic Service Organizations of America$19,44521%
Teen Outreach Academy$19,3593n/a
Emergency Medical Services Coordinating Council of Se Az$19,15628%
Tucson Unified School District$18,4581n/a
Christian Charities USA$17,84621%
Jimmy Jet Foundation$17,711275%
United States Fund for Unicef$17,62620%
Pasadena Humane$17,0001n/a
Flowing Wells Extension Programs Inc$16,5001n/a
Heritage Center Food Pantry$16,0001n/a
St Andrews Preschool and Kindergarten$16,0002n/a
Conservation & Preservation Charities of America Dba Conserve Now$15,45921%
Human Care Charities of America$15,15023%
Tucson Community School Inc$15,00013%
Carolina Equine Rescue and Assistan$15,000115%
Xavier University of Louisiana$15,00020%
Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke Inc$15,00014%
Scholarshipsa Z$15,00014%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$14,55520%
United Way of Yuma County Inc$14,12114%
Arizona Humane Society$13,90720%
Health First - America's Charities$13,72920%
Sahuarita Unified School District Educational Enrichment Foundation$13,06126%
Life After Hate Inc$13,00021%
Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation$13,00017%
Lakeshore Learning Materials$12,4211n/a
Angel Charity for Children Inc$12,20021%
Live the Solution Dba Earn to Learn$12,00011%
Arizona Greyhound & Animal Rescue Fund$11,80323%
Tucson Children's Museum Inc Dba Children's Museum Tucson$11,20820%
Tucson Mountain Baptist Church$11,1622n/a
Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc$11,14620%
US Province of the Religious of Jesus and Mary Inc$11,0001n/a
Grand Canyon Conservancy$11,00010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$10,75020%
Aloha Tri Sports$10,5001n/a
Salpointe Catholic Education Foundation$10,50022%
Tucson Festival of Books$10,50021%
Jobpath Inc$10,50020%
Tucson Conquistadores Foundation$10,50021%
Animals Crusaders of Arizona Inc$10,235225%
Viva Pima$10,10621%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,07520%
Catholic Community Services Foundation Inc$10,04415%
Aspen Tennis Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance$10,00020%
National Museum of Americans in Wartime$10,00012%
Feed the Children Inc$10,00010%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$10,00010%
Shanti Bhavan Children's Project Inc$10,00010%
National Capital Lyme Disease Association$10,0001n/a
Lyme Disease Association Inc$10,00013%
Mayo Clinic Health System-Southwest Wisconsin Region Inc$10,0001n/a
Arivaca Helping Hearts$10,0001n/a
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$10,00010%
Corpus Christi Catholic Church$10,0001n/a
Fc Tucson Youth Soccer$10,0001n/a
Arizona Youth Partnership$9,83810%
United Way Inc$9,55510%
Pima Jted Foundation$9,00011%
Teen Challenge of Arizona Inc$8,7871n/a
United Way of Etowah County Inc$8,33511%
Americas Most Cost Effective Charities$8,10411%
Caregiver Training Institute$8,0001n/a
American Junior Golf Association Inc$7,50010%
Funeral Consumers Alliance of Arizona Inc$7,500110%
Alta Vista Public Charter Inc$7,50010%
Operation Smile Inc$7,50010%
Roger L Von Amelunxen Foundation Inc$7,4651n/a
American National Red Cross Southern Arizona Chapter$7,1111n/a
University City Church$7,0001n/a
United Service Organizations Inc$6,87310%
Humane Society of Yuma$6,63610%
Union Fence LLC$6,5001n/a
Christian Childrens Charities$6,40411%
Codac Health Recovery & Wellness$6,33310%
Rightfooted Foundation International In$6,30018%
Calebs Assist$6,0121n/a
Gootter-Jensen Foundation$6,00012%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$6,00010%
The Principia Corporation$6,00010%
The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona$6,00010%
Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation Inc$5,90014%
Handi-Dogs Inc$5,85412%
Charity Without Borders$5,80110%
Pima Paws for Life$5,7621n/a
Educate Americathe Education School Support and Scholarship Funds Coalition$5,72611%
St Elizabeth's Health Center$5,7241n/a
United Way of San Diego County$5,67910%
Herencia Guadalupana Academy$5,67111%
Erik Hite Foundation Inc$5,53411%
Tucson Firefighters Benevolent Association Inc$5,35811%
Green Valley Decorative Rock$5,2301n/a
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum$5,10010%
St Lukes in the Desert Inc$5,09710%
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona Inc$5,03211%
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement$5,0001n/a
The Sonoran Institute Inc$5,00010%
Philippine Jesuit Foundation$5,00011%
Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary Inc$5,00014%
Colleen's Dream Foundation$5,00012%
Johns Hopkins University$5,00010%
Montage Health$5,0001n/a
Women in Need Inc$5,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
Equipping People - Changing Lives Inc$5,0001n/a
Feeding America$5,00010%
University of San Francisco$5,00010%
USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus$5,0001n/a
Presbyterian Church in America a Corporation$5,0001n/a
Southeastern Virginia Golden Retriever Rescue Eductn & Trng Inc$5,00012%
Arizona Citizens for the Arts$5,0001n/a
Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports$5,0001n/a
The Catholic University of America$5,00010%
Spread the Faith Inc$5,000177%

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 195 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCasa de Los Ninos: $11,662,745 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetEasterseals Blake Foundation: $6,976,019 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetChild & Family Resources Inc: $5,357,346 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,382,387 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMake Way For Books: $1,289,463 over 9y, 11% of budgetPima Council on Aging: $1,277,243 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Southern AZ Inc: $1,268,641 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLiteracy Connects: $971,370 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetUnited Way Capital Corporation: $947,367 over 2y, 44% of budgetOur Family Services Inc: $936,364 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetCatholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc: $862,843 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetEarly Childhood Development Group: $762,756 over 7y, 99% of budgetThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $676,760 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetParent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center: $650,012 over 9y, 59% of budgetTohono O'Odham Community College: $638,797 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetSouthern Az Assoc for the Ed of Young Children: $599,065 over 7y, 92% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $549,643 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $488,322 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $435,550 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetYWCA of Southern Arizona: $377,281 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetChild Parent Centers: $371,845 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $368,165 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Housing Resources Inc: $283,770 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Tucson Inc: $254,996 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetSahuarita Food Bank: $242,693 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetYouth on Their Own: $217,620 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Arizona Inc: $193,628 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA of Southern Arizona: $188,866 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetLutheran Social Services of the Southwest: $165,653 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetArizona's Children Association: $154,080 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreen Valley Assistance Services Inc: $153,966 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetRoots & Roads Community Hospice Foundation: $136,491 over 3y, 25% of budgetInternational Sonoran Desert Alliance: $136,102 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetDirect Center for Independence Inc: $128,354 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetUnited Way of Northern Arizona Inc: $125,506 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPima Prevention Partnership: $119,364 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFoundation for Pottstown Education: $115,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetThe Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter: $112,261 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCommunity Investment Corporation: $107,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Tucson Inc: $99,725 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $93,459 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Symphony Society: $92,270 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMarana Health Center Inc: $91,938 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse: $91,818 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc: $87,300 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBorder Patrol Foundation: $80,832 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetStep Up To Justice: $75,210 over 2y, 10% of budgetHealth & Medical Research Charities of America: $74,821 over 2y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 195.

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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 for Southern ArizonaAZ151.6× affinity90 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Marshall Foundation · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · Social Venture Partners Tucson · Ginny L Clements Charitable Trust · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Campaigning for Charities · Community Food Bank Inc

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.

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About United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc

How much does United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc give?
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc reported 78 itemized grants totaling $6,766,349, out of $6,917,925 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 120 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (53%), Education (25%), Housing & Shelter (4%).
Who are United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Casa de Los Ninos ($12M), Easterseals Blake Foundation ($7.0M), Child & Family Resources Inc ($5.4M).
Does United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Connie Hillman Family Foundation, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation.
Where is United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc based?
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc is based in AZ.

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 315 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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