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ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC

ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,591 to it, the largest being THE NARBHA INSTITUTE INC ($56,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$500k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$104k
Net assets
$212k
1/5 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Arizona Foundation for the Future of Nursing Inc does

Mission

To ensure arizona has a sustainable nursing workforce to provide quality care for the health and wellness of our diverse and growing population

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The arizona foundation for the future of nursing azffn is the philanthropic arm of the arizona nurses association. The mission is to ensure arizona has a sustainable nursing workforce to provide quality care for the health and wellness of our diverse and growing population. Overseen by the board of trus-tees bot, the azffn is a 501c3 focused on scholarships, workforce development and support, and leadership. The bot is comprised of a chair, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, and up to 4 directors at large. Azffn is working hard to expand relationships, support innovative programs that align with the mission, and recognize the value of nursing through community outreach. Gifts and grants from generous donors provides the funding resource to support the wellbeing and success of individual nurses, elevate the value of nursing and ensure a sustainable workforce for the healthcare system.

    $644,627 spentof which $36,791 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $644,627.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($15k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($126k)2019 Revenue 388 ($56k) Expenses 131 ($40k) Net assets 111 ($139k)2022 Revenue 3766 ($548k) Expenses 1400 ($423k) Net assets 109 ($138k)2023 Revenue 6111 ($889k) Expenses 2618 ($790k) Net assets 276 ($347k)2024 Revenue 3440 ($500k) Expenses 2145 ($648k) Net assets 168 ($212k)
20182019202220232024
Revenue (3440)Expenses (2145)Net assets (168)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $152k to $426k (+179%).

$145k
$139k
$152k
$426k
$214k
20182019202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 74% · 2023 99% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$16k
’18
$17k
’19
$125k
’22
$98k
’23
−$147k
’24
1.7
months of
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

Wendy Knefelkamp

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

202220232024
Listed999
Joined·+1+0
No longer listed·10
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $3k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING 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

ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC.

54%
largest funder
97%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

70% of ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

NY
AZ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−29% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)80% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Arizona

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC?
ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,591 to it, the largest being THE NARBHA INSTITUTE INC ($56,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $103,591 in grants to ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING INC?
THE NARBHA INSTITUTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $56,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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