Arizona · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC
DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,000 to it, the largest being Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust ($23,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Downtown Phoenix Inc does
Mission
To facilitate collaboration, cultivate connections, and contribute to the growth and vitality of our community. To generate progress on issues, work toward sustainable growth, and build a stronger, more inclusive city core that generates positive perceptions, memorable experiences, and a sense of pride in downtown.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Streetscape and urban design: to maintain the districts landscape and pedestrian amenities. Coordination to create pedestrian friendly experience and a unique identity for downtown phoenix. Streetscape maintenance: includes tree maintenance and replacement, maintenance of the irrigation system from the ground up.special projects: advisory group representing all downtown interest, provides street entertainmnet and live music each month during the first friday and art walk to promote traffic establishments.
$3,236,360 spent$387,513 earned by the program80% of program spendingMarketing: to provide a business directory, dining guide, calendar of events and quarterly newspaper to the public. Provide a forum for merchants to discuss common issues and develop special promotions and events.
$562,272 spent14% of program spendingBusiness development: economic development within the business improvement district. We work with developers to find available properties, brokers to identify available office/tenant spaces and increase business and residential occupany in the downtown area.
$223,430 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,022,062.
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 $1.2M to $2.3M (+89%).
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 96% · 2018 95% · 2019 94% · 2020 98% · 2021 97% · 2022 74% · 2023 82% · 2024 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Devney Majerle
President/CEO
Board chair
Mike Ebert
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $69k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Downtown Phoenix Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC raised.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN PHOENIX 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DOWNTOWN PHOENIX 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. 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
DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DOWNTOWN PHOENIX 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Downtown Phoenix Community Development · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC?
- DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,000 to it, the largest being Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust ($23,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $23,000 in grants to DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INC?
- Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $23,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN PHOENIX 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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