Arizona · Nonprofit
DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Arizona) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $312,136 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($112,950). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $315k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $312k
- Net assets
- $592k
What Deer Valley Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
To foster excellence in education by funding programs that enhance the capabilities of deer valleys schools to stimulate students academic achievement and enrich the learning environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Dvef battle of the books dvef battle of the books is an extra-curricular reading incentive competition for 5th and 6th graders. Forming teams of up to 3, students read 4 pre-selected books every quarter for a total of 12 books a year. Dvef pays for about $12,000/year to purchase books, etc. For our school libraries because of this program. Our 1st year (2013/2014): 8 schools participated with a total of 32 teams in 2024-2025: 27 schools participated with a total of 217 teams which included over 640 students kids love this program. College scholarships / college bound student dual enrollment / ap scholarship program dvef dual enrollment and ap test scholarship program provide funds to students in all 5 of our high schools to cover fees for their advanced placement tests, cte courses, and/or college classes while attending high school (dual enrollment classes). This year, we granted scholarships to 2 students, and 5 students with dual enrollment funding to qualify, students must be a high school junior or senior and exhibit financial need. Teachers of the year/1st year teacher rookie of the year / school nurses support each year, dvef honors dvusd seasoned teachers and 1st year…
$170,024 spentof which $84,345 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $170,024.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $525k to $674k (+28%).
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: 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Marie Brennan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $43k → $51k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 64% · 2020 98% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 63% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
52% of DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $151k that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $161k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Arizona) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $312,136 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($112,950). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $312,136 in grants to DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $112,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 12 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