Arizona · Nonprofit
4 TUCSON INC
4 TUCSON INC (Arizona) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $872,131 to it, the largest being Hermundslie Foundation ($633,450). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $477k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $872k
- Net assets
- $14k
What 4 Tucson Inc does
Mission
4tucson is a christian nonprofit committed to fulfilling the command in jeremiah 29:7 to seek the peace and prosperity of our city. We achieve this through prayer, understanding, and thorough research of tucson's systemic issues. Our approach incorporates two collaborative solution-generating models-design thinking and co-creation-allowing us to biblically address these challenges. We strive to establish operational unity among key stakeholders across tucson, including the church, social services, and government agencies, to foster meaningful and lasting change in our community.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
-understanding our city - leading to understanding our issues -to further our mission of uniting and mobilizing christians to work together on systemic city issues, we have entered a new phase of programming. We wanted to bring shared understanding of tucson to the christian community so that we can all better comprehend the issues we are facing and how we might collaborate around them. Among these programs, we have some that explain different data points about our city and its history, and other programs that introduce christians to each other so they can see who else in the city is working on the same issues that they are. Among the first category is our spiritual heritage bus tour that takes participants to 4 stops of historical significance and explains the establishment of church, government, education, and healthcare in tucson, and how they are tired to tucson's spiritual history. In 2023, we had 106 participants take the bus tour. We also gathered 36 city leaders to join us to discuss evangelism efforts in tucson and the phoenix metro regions. Our movement day event involved 48 people collaboratively building programs targeting education, poverty reduction, economic…
$15,988 spent$24,689 earned by the program5% of program spending-the second city issue we are working on is economic opportunity and development. We ran a faith and finances class that is aimed at helping low-income families learn budgeting, banking, and saving. We had 7 participants take the class and we learned how we can improve the course for the future. Then, to encourage local entrepreneurship, we hosted our 3rd amphi market day in the amphi neighborhood. 46 local businessowners participated in the artisan fair that allowed them to showcase their products to those in the amphi neighborhood, and to build relationships with local business community.
$48,942 spent$240 earned by the program17% of program spending-one of the four main city issues we are working on is poverty reduction, which encompasses several projects and programs. In 2023, 26 participants from local service agencies went through the cost of poverty experience (cope), which is simulation that illustrates how difficult it can be to live in poverty. This helped build empathy in participants. Additionally, we organized six market on the move food distributions in the amphi neighborhood to bring fresh produce and grocery boxes at little to no cost. Then, we focused on citywide poverty reduction collaborations by supporting churches who implemented the raising highly capable kids parenting classes and raising awareness of the program among other churches and ministries. We also identified a gap in mentoring services for young adults ages 18-25, who are struggling with the transition to adulthood following the upheaval caused by the covid pandemic. In collaboration with 3 other ministries, we located a curriculum designed for young adult mentoring and raised awareness among the southern arizona mentoring coalition about the program and its benefits.
$80,702 spent$1,000 earned by the program28% of program spending4tucson tuesdays, connections caf, and 4tucson's women's leadership gatherings collectively brought 72 nonprofit and faith leaders together to get to know one another and learn about 4tucson's current initiatives. Additionally, 4tucson started a faith leader's gathering in the amphi neighborhood that met once a month to build relationship and spark collaboration. This has grown community trust among the faith-based nonprofits and churches in amphi. Finally, our building a lasting legacy event had 42 participants listen to financial planning advice from speakers from the national christian foundation and then hear from 6 local ministries about how they serve their community. This allowed believers of means to connect with ministries that address concerns they care about and to meet their leadership teams. -along with these activities, we also engaged the christian community with programs surrounding biblical civic responsibility. We hosted 369 participants at 10 breakfasts that featured nonprofits and civil servants in different arenas of government such as law enforcement, arizona's esa program, and policy analysis. Participants heard speakers discuss their areas of expertise and…
$146,195 spent$370,405 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $291,827.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $316k to $124k (−61%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2021 32% · 2022 6% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of 4 TUCSON INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lakisha Deon
CEO
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $48k → $178k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 4 TUCSON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
4 TUCSON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 57% · 2019 91% · 2020 82% · 2021 91% · 2022 92% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
67% of 4 TUCSON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of 4 TUCSON INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
4 TUCSON INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,278 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like 4 TUCSON INC
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 4 TUCSON INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 4 TUCSON INC?
- 4 TUCSON INC (Arizona) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $872,131 to it, the largest being Hermundslie Foundation ($633,450). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 4 TUCSON INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $872,131 in grants to 4 TUCSON INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 4 TUCSON INC?
- Hermundslie Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $633,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 4 TUCSON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing