How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Arizona?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Arizona, currently Valley of the Sun United Way, Area Agency on Aging Region One Inc, Arizona Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.

How much grant money goes to human services in Arizona?

$946M reached 948 human services organizations in Arizona, from 2,274 funders. 61% 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.

Funding · Arizona · Human services

Who funds human services in Arizona

Human services funding in Arizona is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Candelen Inc leads, and the money reaches 948 groups.

$946M

granted

948

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

2,274 funders gave $946M to 948 human services organizations in Arizona across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in Arizona; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in Arizona is Valley of the Sun United Way, at $86M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Candelen Inc, at $38M.

Largest funders of human services in Arizona

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

1Valley of the Sun United Way$86M 2Area Agency on Aging Region One Inc$47M 3Arizona Community Foundation$38M 4National Philanthropic Trust$37M 5Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust$34M 6United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc$29M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$25M 8The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation$22M 9W R Scott Foundation$18M 10Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$18M

Human services organizations in Arizona that draw the most

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

938 other human services organizations$672M

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest$26M Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc$21M

How to find human services funders in Arizona

1
Start with the funders already active in Arizona
The funders giving the most to human services in Arizona are Valley of the Sun United Way, Area Agency on Aging Region One Inc, Arizona Community Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
39% of human services money in Arizona comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arizona.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Arizona?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Arizona, currently Valley of the Sun United Way, Area Agency on Aging Region One Inc, Arizona Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arizona from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Arizona?: Valley of the Sun United Way gives the most to human services organizations in Arizona, $86M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Arizona?: $946M reached 948 human services organizations in Arizona, from 2,274 funders. 61% 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.

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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.