Arizona · Nonprofit
DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION
DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,350 to it, the largest being THE BAY FOUNDATION ($48,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Desert Mountain Foundation does
Mission
To provide educational scholarships and emergency and charitable assistance for the benefit of the employees of the desert moutain community of scottsdale, az and their families and to support charitable endeavors withing the desert mountain community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Desert Mountain Foundation provides scholarships to the desert mountain club's and hoa's employees and their families. The purpose of the scholarships is to promote and facilitate continuing education. The total amount of scholarships awarded in a particular year depends on the total donations received. Scholarships range from $1,500 a year to full tuition and are awarded on a year by year basis.no scholarships were awarded during the initial short period.
$0 spentThe Desert Mountain Foundation provides hardship assistance to the desert mountain club's and hoa's employees and their families.the purpose of the hardship assistance is to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to employees of desert mountain club, inc., and employees of the desert mountain hoa who face a crisis resulting in a short-term financial hardship that could prevent them from providing basic needs for themselves and their families.no grants were awarded during the intitial short period.
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Board chair
Michael Urban
Chair/president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $18k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION’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
DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 56% · 2022 97% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“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
DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $74k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION: 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 DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION?
- DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,350 to it, the largest being THE BAY FOUNDATION ($48,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $74,350 in grants to DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DESERT MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION?
- THE BAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $48,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DESERT MOUNTAIN 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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