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West Valley Mavericks Foundation

The WEST VALLEY MAVERICKS FOUNDATION aims to develop and support programs that serve to improve the quality and future of our community.

$202k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$225kHuman Services$215kFood & Nutrition$64kEmployment$56kYouth Development$48kCrime & Legal$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kEducation$20k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $80,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $201,519 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $121,519 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–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC$55,000
HOPEKIDS INC$15,000
DAVID GLASSER FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $44k) 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.

area typical 9%DRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $8k → 11%BILLY'S PLACE INC: $7k → 11%NEW LIFE CENTER: $13k → 11%NEW LIFE CENTER: $8k → 11%DELIVERING DREAMS OF ARIZONA: $10k → 11%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$509k · 12 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$509k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+44%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $130k · revenue +5%
  • RB
    READ BETTER BE BETTER
    4× · 2017–2024 · $52k · revenue +314%
  • TA
    THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FFA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2024 · $44k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF PHOENIX MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $49k · revenue 0% · 42% of their budget
  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +52%
  • MO
    MEALS OF JOY
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -94%
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
Az Hugs
Human Services
3
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
—
4
The Dons of Arizona
Education
5
Laced With Love

To provide resources to children in AZ DCS Custody

Human Services
6
Dream Foundation Arizona
Employment
7
Four Angels Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Phoenix Rising Hope Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Child Crisis Arizona

To provide children and youth in arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.

Crime & Legal
10
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
11
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation
—
12
Arizona Sunshine Angels

Arizona sunshine angels supports approximately 700 children living in residential group homes across 11 agencies in maricopa county by providing clothing, hygiene products, food assistance, mentoring, and birthday, holiday, and academic…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arizona Safe Baby Haven Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE-A-WISH OF ARIZONA: $113,395 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH OF ARIZONACITY OF PHOENIX MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION INC: $48,500 · OtherCITY OF PHOENIX MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION…THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FFA FOUNDATION: $43,500 · OtherTHE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FFA FOUNDATI…FIGHTER COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,500 · OtherFIGHTER COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP INCMEALS OF JOY: $20,000 · OtherMEALS OF JOYBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INC: $16,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INC+3 more: $18,600 · Other+3 moreMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC: $130,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARI…HOPEKIDS INC: $21,000 · HealthHOPEKIDS INCPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $20,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital F…TEAMSMILE INC: $7,500 · HealthANGELS ON PATROL INC: $24,500 · Human ServicesANGELS ON PAT…New Life Center: $20,050 · Human ServicesNew Life Cent…ARIZONA SAFE BABY HAVEN FOUNDATION: $14,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA SAFE …Delivering Dreams of Arizona: $10,000 · Human ServicesDelivering Dr…DRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $7,500 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUC…BILLY'S PLACE INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesBILLY'S PLACE…READ BETTER BE BETTER: $52,000 · EducationARIZONANS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EXPLOITED CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $17,500 · Crime & LegalBRIDGES REENTRY INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalARIZONA ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH CARE INC: $31,800 · Housing & ShelterTHE UNITED GOODYEAR FIREFIGHTER CHARITIES: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DAVID GLASSER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$285,495Health$178,500Human Services$82,550Education$52,000Crime & Legal$32,500Housing & Shelter$31,800Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INC: $130,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $52,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCITY OF PHOENIX MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION INC: $48,500 over 1y, 42% of budgetTHE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FFA FOUNDATION: $43,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetARIZONA ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH CARE INC: $31,800 over 4y, 20% of budgetFIGHTER COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetANGELS ON PATROL INC: $24,500 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Life Center: $20,050 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS OF JOY: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetARIZONANS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EXPLOITED CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $17,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGES REENTRY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetDelivering Dreams of Arizona: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEAMSMILE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION FREEDOM BIRD: $7,500 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetBILLY'S PLACE INC: $6,500 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

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.

Thunderbirds CharitiesJohn F Long Foundatio…Arizona Community Fou…BHHS Legacy FoundationNina Mason Pulliam Ch…Fiesta Events IncPhoenix Suns Charitie…United Way WorldwideAmerican Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Thunderbirds CharitiesAZ24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thunderbirds Charities · John F Long Foundation Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Fiesta Events Inc · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · United Way Worldwide · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization West Valley Mavericks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West Valley Mavericks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 West Valley Mavericks Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to West Valley Mavericks 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 25 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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