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Who funds community development in Arizona

Community development funding in Arizona is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Raza Development Fund Inc leads, and the money reaches 428 groups.

$166M
granted
428
organizations
48%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of community development in Arizona

The funders giving the most to community development organizations in Arizona, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Arizona Community Foundation$9M2Valley of the Sun United Way$8M3Gates Foundation$7M4Honorhealth$6M5California Community Foundation$5M6America Votes$4M7Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$4M8Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$3M9Area Agency on Aging Region One Inc$3M10Local Initiatives Support Corporation$3M

Community development organizations in Arizona that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

418 other community development organizations$99M
Raza Development Fund Inc$10MTempe Community Action Agency Inc$9MGreater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce$6MInstituto Lab$6M

How to find community development funders in Arizona

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Arizona

    The funders giving the most to community development in Arizona are Arizona Community Foundation, Valley of the Sun United Way, Gates Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.

  3. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    52% of community development money in Arizona comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arizona.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Arizona?
Start with the funders already giving to community development in Arizona, currently Arizona Community Foundation, Valley of the Sun United Way, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Arizona?
Arizona Community Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Arizona, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Arizona?
$166M reached 428 community development organizations in Arizona, from 661 funders. 48% came from funders also based in Arizona.
How recent is this data?
It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines
Giving abroad
which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.