· Public charity
West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop
Operators of a thrift shop manned by volunteer workers.
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 $10k6 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $266k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NAVAJO EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN MISSION | $28,000 |
| WEST VALLEY COMM FOOD PANTRY | $26,000 |
| PAN DE VIDA LUTHERAN CHURCH | $24,000 |
| BENEVILLA | $24,000 |
| ALOMA | $20,000 |
| GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $20,000 |
| APECA | $16,000 |
| DYSART COMMUNITY CENTER | $16,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $14,000 |
| HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $14,000 |
| PRISONERS OF HOPE MINISTRIES | $12,000 |
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES | $12,000 |
| MOSIAC | $10,000 |
| A NEW LEAF - FAITH HOUSE | $10,000 |
| NEW LIFE CENTER | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $509k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCSUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA9× · 2017–2025 · $201k · revenue +64%
- DCDYSART COMMUNITY CENTER8× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +229%
New Life Center8× · 2017–2025 · $94k · revenue +59%
Funded once
- HCHOPE CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $32k
- YLYOUNG LIFE - PEORIAone grant, 2024 · $13k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
A resource and day-center for seniors, age 55+, providing guidance and support on the PATH back to housing; and CARE supportive services to prevent a return to homelessness.
Since 1957, SRM has provided safe emergency shelter, meals, and clothing to anyone in need. All participants are experiencing homelessness and living below the federal poverty line at intake. Located in Flagstaff, we have three facilities.…
To provide emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic and sexual violence.
AZCEND nourishes minds and bodies so that neighbors in need experience a brighter future.
Goldensun is a nonprofit, faith-based community serving 15 adults with developmental disabilities residing in a neighborhood on West Vista and West Orangewood near 45th Avenue in Glendale, Arizona.
We build relationships that enhance the development of skills, foster a sense of worth and enhance a belief in each child's individual potential.
The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…
Our holistic approach prepares and embraces individuals to age independently, safely and with peace of mind.
Rooted in the values of kindness, dignity and social justice, lfsrm strenghtens communities by providing support, guidance, and resource coordination to individuals and families throughout the rocky mountain region.
It is the mission of Arizona Faith and Families to recruit foster and adoptive parents from within the Christian church, to train and license them within a biblical world view, and to equip them to serve their Savior, home, church, and…
Our mission is to love, house, and equip men, women and children. coming from chronic unemployment, recovery, or an endless cycle of homelessness, our residents experience a clean, safe home where transforming their life can begin.…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 53 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 SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA ↗
- Who funds Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds DYSART COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds New Life Center ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST ↗
- Who funds BILLY'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND ↗
- Who funds RYAN HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
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 · American Express Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · St Mary's Food Bank Alliance · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop?
Find your warmest path to West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop 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.
Play a game based on West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop’s filings →