Arizona · Nonprofit
CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC
CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC (Arizona) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,556,031 to it, the largest being VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ($3,543,342). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc does
Mission
The Organizations mission is to prevent and end homelessness among individuals and families while advancing compassionate community solutions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cass single adult shelter provides shelter and supportive services for single adults experiencing homelessness. Services include access to case management, beds, showers, clothing, and hygiene items-all at no cost to recipients. This fiscal year cass provided 252,396 nights of shelter to 3,741 unduplicated single adults. All people served have access to cass progressive engagement case management designed to engage individuals in order to empower them to end their homelessness. Other services available include rapid re-housing services, rent and utility deposit assistance, eviction prevention, and easy access to other services provided by on-campus partner organizations (including mental health services, health care, dental care, substance abuse treatment, legal assistance and much more).
$4,272,406 spent53% of program spendingThe haven senior shelter provides low-barrier, non-congregate emergency shelter for adults aged 55 and older experiencing homelessness, with a focus on those facing medical, mobility, and housing challenges. The 130-unit facility offers age-appropriate accommodations and intensive case management to help clients navigate housing barriers and connect with healthcare, behavioral health, legal, and other support services. Designed to promote stability and community, the haven uses a trauma-informed, client-centered approach and includes programming to reduce isolation and foster social connection among residents.
$1,713,403 spent21% of program spendingCass provides emergency shelter and supportive services to families experiencing homelessness through the family haven shelter (also known as vista colina). Services include case management, access to beds, showers, food, clothing, and hygiene items at no cost to recipients. This fiscal year, shelter was provided to 287 unduplicated parents/ adult family members and children for a total of 65 families served. Through our case management, we assist families in ending their homelessness and regaining their self-sufficiency.
$1,223,896 spent15% of program spendingCass provides housing placement services, including rapid re-housing for people experiencing homelessness, as well as assisting with eviction prevention funds for both single adults and families with children. Cass also provides housing services and one-time financial assistance, including rent, deposits for rent and utilities, paying bills in arrears, and ongoing housing-based case management support. Across all cass programs, in fy 2025, 1,103 people exited to a permanent housing destination.
$491,116 spentof which $271,091 as grants6% of program spendingThe cass behavioral health program is a licensed outpatient counseling center that provides trauma-informed behavioral health services to adults experiencing homelessness in cass shelters. Operating in partnership with ahcccs, the program prioritizes clients aged 55 and older and those with serious mental health conditions. Services include screenings, assessments, treatment planning, counseling, care coordination, and discharge planning, all aimed at reconnecting clients with community providers, improving access to entitlements, and supporting housing stability. The program addresses the gap between homelessness and behavioral health systems by offering temporary, onsite support to reduce disengagement and promote long-term wellness.
$256,708 spent3% of program spendingThe norton and ramsey social justice empowerment center (nrec) is a community hub in glendale serving individuals and families in the west valley who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Through trauma-informed outreach, case management, housing navigation, and stabilization services, nrec supports clients across all stages of housing instability. Services include coordinated entry assessments, emergency referrals, basic needs support, and advocacy to address barriers such as housing access, healthcare, income, and social support. Operating a 24/7 resource line and collaborating with numerous local partners, nrec aims to reduce homelessness duration, promote equity, and build client self-reliance.
$114,584 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,072,113.
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 $4.5M to $15M (+231%).
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: 2017 59% · 2018 62% · 2019 63% · 2020 59% · 2021 82% · 2022 78% · 2023 61% · 2024 79% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Nathan Smith
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $962k → $1.7M.
15 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Human Services Campus Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 76% · 2019 70% · 2020 17% · 2021 39% · 2022 75% · 2023 24% — 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
48% of CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
86% of CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES 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. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 44 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$928k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES 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 CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC?
- CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC (Arizona) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,556,031 to it, the largest being VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ($3,543,342). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $13,556,031 in grants to CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC?
- VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $3,543,342 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 98 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