Arizona · Nonprofit
ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA
ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $206,873 to it, the largest being THE THUNDERBIRDS ($206,249). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $207k
- Net assets
- $166k
What Arizona Recycling Coalition Dba Circular Arizona does
Mission
Circular arizona fosters an equitable circular economy and connects arizonans through innovation, education, and collaboration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Circular arizona hosted a circular economy symposium in september 2025. The conference was a two-day event highlighting industry insights and speakers. This annual event brings together over 150 professionals from across arizona's circular economy, recycling, sustainability, and waste management sectors.
$49,178 spent70% of program spendingSince the 1990s, circular arizona has awarded nearly $300,000 in funding to nonprofits, government agencies, schools, entrepreneurs, local businesses, and tribal nations to increase recycling and divert waste from landfills. As we broaden our vision to include all aspects of the circular economy, we are excited to continue our grant program for measurable initiatives to foster an equitable circular economy for arizonans. Circular arizona awarded $5,000 to two eligible applicant organizations in 2025. Our mission is to foster an equitable circular economy, and we can't do it alone! Investing in arizona's students interested in pursuing a career or community activism in environmental sustainability is imperative. Circular arizona awarded a $2,500 scholarship to two eligible applicants in 2025.
$15,862 spentof which $15,000 as grants23% of program spendingCircular arizona provided two membership meetings in 2025. One in tucson and the other in sedona. These meetings provided networking and educational opportunities for membership throughout arizona.
$4,918 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $69,958.
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 2019 to 2020, from $156k to $194k (+24%).
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 9% · 2019 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $33k → $42.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA’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 RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $225 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA has grown faster than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA?
- ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $206,873 to it, the largest being THE THUNDERBIRDS ($206,249). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $206,873 in grants to ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA?
- THE THUNDERBIRDS is the largest funder on record, with $206,249 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARIZONA RECYCLING COALITION DBA CIRCULAR ARIZONA 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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