Arizona · Nonprofit
EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC
EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC (Arizona) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,848,000 to it, the largest being Legato Foundation ($1,098,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $574k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $570k
What El Dorado Foundation Inc does
Mission
The el dorado foundation connects people with causes that matter, including medical, educational, environmental, and programs for the arts. It enriches the community by financially supporting community programs, individuals and other causes important to its donors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support to fundacion teleton mexico ac which provides world class physical rehabilitation to children while supporting the entire family through the process. This grant directly supported the new los cabos teleton crit. The crit will provide world class physical rehabilitation for children in los cabos and opened in november 2025. This facility was built in collaboration with several other foundations including teleton, mexico's largest nonprofit. Over 450 children benefit from this program.
$60,200 spentof which $60,200 as grants14% of program spendingLos cabos children's foundation (lccf) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to health and wellness services for children and adolescents in baja california sur through direct programs, strategic partnerships, and financial support for mission-aligned healthcare initiatives. 144 childen and adolescents were directly benefitted from this program.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants12% of program spendingPor los ninos de la sierra ac: is a community center and school that provides world class facilities and education for 77 children in vulnerable circumstances. Their families (estimated 400 people) receive indirect benefit through donations of food, clothing, cleaning supplies, and other. The school is certified by baja california sur from kindergarten through eighth grade. Our foundation in partnership with other foundations, has helped build the facilities over the last couple of years. The facility is a gamechanger for these children and is providing a model that we wish to replicate in other areas of the los cabos community.
$160,000 spentof which $160,000 as grants37% of program spendingGrants provided to other organization to support their programs are, cruz roja mexicana los cabos, el dorado foundation ac, corazon del nino, club shriner, casa hogar cabo san lucas ac, amigos de los ninos de cabo san lucas ac, and alianza para la seguridad alimentaria de bcs.
$157,000 spentof which $157,000 as grants37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $427,200.
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 2023 to 2024, from $157k to $434k (+177%).
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.
99% of EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $35k → $149k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 EL DORADO 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
EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 57% · 2020 27% · 2021 80% · 2022 29% · 2023 66% — 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.
How long its funders stay
15% of EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $259k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EL DORADO 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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC?
- EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC (Arizona) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,848,000 to it, the largest being Legato Foundation ($1,098,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,848,000 in grants to EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL DORADO FOUNDATION INC?
- Legato Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,098,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL DORADO 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 24 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