Arizona · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON
FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,550 to it, the largest being Greater Green Valley Community FDN Inc ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $402k
What Friends of Madera Canyon does
Mission
Heighten public interest in conservation through education, assist the US Forest Service in its operations, assist in data gathering and public feedback.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Friends of Madera Canyon provides programs that enhance education of the public and assist the US Forest Service with programs, trails, memory wall and other facilities in Madera Canyon Arizona recreation area. Programs such as Kids in the Canyon, Music in the Canyon, printing of trail maps and other material for the US Forest Service for the public, construction of trail systems, and a Memory Wall for those interested in providing a lasting memory at Madera Canyon.We also provide data gathering and public feedback to enhance the future of the Canyon. The Friends of Madera Canyon offer an extensive education program for approximately 1200 adults and children through lectures, school walks, private tours and evening programs, as well as offering scholarships to college students majoring in natural sciences. In 2024, our 750 plus members volunteered to contribute on average 10,000 hours to guarantee that Madera Canyon remains one of Arizona's premier destinations for nature lovers. In 2024, Friends of Madera Canyon contributed financial and human resources to resurface the parking lot and replace aging fire grilles and numerous trails throughout the canyon.
$17,751 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $17,751.
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 2022 to 2023, from $340k to $380k (+12%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $150.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON’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
FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
95% 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 FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON'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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON
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.
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON?
- FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,550 to it, the largest being Greater Green Valley Community FDN Inc ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,550 in grants to FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON?
- Greater Green Valley Community FDN Inc is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF MADERA CANYON 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 2 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