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Arouet Foundation

Arouet Foundation (Arizona) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,878,990 to it, the largest being VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ($871,522). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$960k
13/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 92%
01What it does

What Arouet Foundation does

Mission

Arouet is an innovative second chance movement dedicated to empowering women and families impacted by the justice system. As a 501c3 nonprofit, we help individuals successfully reintegrate into society by providing wraparound services such as workforce readiness, financial coaching, and healthcare navigation. Our aim is to remove barriers and build stronger communities where everyone has access to opportunity. Continued on Schedule O.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The cornerstone of Arouets mission, is dedicated to fostering economic prosperity and personal growth among incarcerated women. It oversees a suite of programs designed to empower women both during and after their incarceration. Key initiatives include the Economic Prosperity Center, Case Management, Mentorship Programs, Pre Release Programs at Perryville Prison, and Jail System Initiatives. Arouet Foundation is also at the forefront of innovation, continually seeking new opportunities to expand its offerings and adapt to the evolving needs of the women it serves.

    $1,171,453 spentof which $16,928 as grants$13,550 earned by the program
    70% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $430,660 spent
    26% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $72,083 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,674,196.

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 ($112k) Expenses 100 ($89k) Net assets 100 ($151k)2019 Revenue 513 ($572k) Expenses 421 ($376k) Net assets 228 ($345k)2020 Revenue 341 ($380k) Expenses 515 ($459k) Net assets 176 ($266k)2021 Revenue 677 ($754k) Expenses 624 ($557k) Net assets 306 ($464k)2022 Revenue 769 ($857k) Expenses 854 ($763k) Net assets 369 ($559k)2023 Revenue 881 ($982k) Expenses 1051 ($938k) Net assets 398 ($603k)2024 Revenue 1653 ($1.8M) Expenses 1722 ($1.5M) Net assets 634 ($960k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (1653)Expenses (1722)Net assets (634)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 2023 to 2024, from $711k to $1.0M (+43%).

$151k
$358k
$275k
$473k
$565k
$711k
$1.0M
2018201920202021202220232024
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 44% · 2020 17% · 2021 55% · 2023 37% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of Arouet Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,814 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’18
$196k
’19
−$79k
’20
$198k
’21
$95k
’22
$45k
’23
$306k
’24
5.4
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

Alison Rapping

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed8554910
Joined·+0+1+1+7+2
No longer listed·31221
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $9k → $432k.

5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Arouet Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 25 funders by total. 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

Arouet Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

74% 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 Arouet Foundation.

30%
largest funder
58%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 36% · 2021 28% · 2022 59% · 2023 23% — 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

40% of Arouet Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

Arouet Foundation draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 7 states in all.

NY
CA
VA
AZ
NC
DC
FL

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Arouet Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)60% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 9%Fundraising 6%

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 Arouet Foundation?
Arouet Foundation (Arizona) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,878,990 to it, the largest being VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ($871,522). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Arouet Foundation have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,878,990 in grants to Arouet Foundation, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Arouet Foundation?
VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $871,522 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Arouet Foundation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 25 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing