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Youth on Their Own

YOUTH ON THEIR OWN supports the high school graduation and continued success of youth experiencing homelessness in pima county.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$113kHousing & Shelter$106kYouth Development$22kHealth$20kEmployment$10kFood & Nutrition$10k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,688,131 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,678,131 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.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION: $20k → 15%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $10k → 15%SOUTHERN ARIZONA AIDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%AMPHI FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%AMPHI FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%PIMA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: $10k → 15%METRO EDUCATION COMMISSION: $10k → 15%EL RIO FOUNDATION - MANNING HOUSE: $10k → 15%EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $35k → 15%EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%THE TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT: $10k → 15%SUNNYSIDE FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%OUR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $96k → 15%OUR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 15%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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$191k · 4 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
7

Total granted

$191k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+49%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • OF
    Our Family Services Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $106k · revenue -2%
  • EE
    EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $45k · revenue +22%
  • IA
    I Am You 360
    2× · 2021–2022 · $22k · revenue +142%

Funded once

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -2%
  • SU
    Sunnyside Unified School District Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +811%
  • PC
    PIMA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTND
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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
Education Forward Arizona

To advocate for high-quality education and training that aligns with career and workforce opportunities to advance the quality of life for all arizonans.

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3
Center for the Future of Arizona

Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.

Community Improvement
4
Arizona Youth Partnership

Arizona youth partnership, (azyp), empowers youth to harness their strengths to live healthy and purposeful lives.

Health
5
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
—
6
Tucson Values Teachers

To elevate the teaching profession in southern arizona by empowering and celebrating prek-12 teacher excellence through community engagement and investment.

Employment
7
Dream Foundation Arizona
Employment
8
Arizona Site Steward Program Foundation
Education
9
Youth On Their Own

Youth on their own supports the high school graduation and continued success of youth experiencing homelessness in pima county. our vision is that young people on their own are empowered and engaged community members. yoto primarily serves…

Human Services
10
Aliento Education Fund

Aliento serves students, Dreamers, and mixed-status families to transform trauma into hope and action. It is led by directly impacted individuals, youth, and supporters who strive to create an environment where human potential is nurtured…

Human Services
11
Community Awareness Resource Entity of Arizona

The Community Awareness Resource Entity of Arizona (CareAz) is a community-based organization dedicated to reducing the harmful effects of substance use disorder through comprehensive prevention, treatment, recovery, and reentry support.…

Health
12
Sahuarita Unified School District Educational Enrichment Foundation

The mission of the sahuarita unified school district educational enrichment foundation is to enrich educational experiences for teachers, students and residents of the communities of the school district through a variety of…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Educational Enrichment Foundation; the most unlike its peers is I Am You 360. 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

11 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. 11 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Our Family Services Inc: $106,000 · OtherOur Family Services IncAmphitheater Public Schools Foundation Inc: $18,000 · OtherAmphitheater Public Schools Foundation IncSunnyside Unified School District Foundation: $10,000 · OtherSunnyside Unified School District FoundationPIMA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTND: $10,000 · OtherPIMA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTNDGoodwill Industries of Southern AZ Inc: $10,000 · OtherGoodwill Industries of Southern AZ IncEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOU…University of Arizona Foundation: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foun…I Am You 360: $22,000 · Human ServicesEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN EDUCATION COMMISSION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSouthern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $10,000 · Health
Other$154,000Education$65,000Human Services$22,000Philanthropy$10,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Community Improvement$10,000Health$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOur Family Services Inc: $106,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetI Am You 360: $22,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmphitheater Public Schools Foundation Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Southern AZ Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN EDUCATION COMMISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSouthern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Arizona Community Fou…Marshall FoundationSocial Venture Partne…Connie Hillman Family…United Way of Tucson …The Womens Foundation…Community Food Bank I…The Chicago Community…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Marshall Foundation · Social Venture Partners Tucson · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona · Community Food Bank Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Youth on Their Own funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Youth on Their Own. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 12 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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