Arizona · Nonprofit
JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC
JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC (Arizona) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,928,942 to it, the largest being Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust ($760,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Jazz in Arizona Inc does
Mission
Jazz in arizona supports and celebrates the rich tradition and ongoing innovation of jazz by presenting quality live performances, providing unique educational programs, and building a vibrant jazz community in the greater phoenix area and beyond.(continued on schedule o) the goal of the organization is to create and nurture an "interactive jazz community" for its members and supporters, musicians, students and educators, while promoting jazz to the public-at-large. The constant engagement of new audiences and communication with existing audiences is essential to the vitality of jazz now and for the future. The nash flourishes through the generosity of individuals, businesses and corporations, and foundations. Promotional activities include the maintenance of our website, regular email blasts and newsletters, posting of live jazz events on multiple community calendars, and media relations for the purpose of attracting audiences and support for jazz.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Jazz in arizona operates a performance venue, the nash, which preserves the cultural treasure of american music history, showcases live performances and ensures the future of the iconic art of jazz for generations to come. Performance programs include classic jazz and new music performed by local professional and touring artists, performances by student musicians; and weekly jazz jam sessions. The nash serves the entire community based on the conviction that jazz is for everyone: children, adults, seniors and families; musicians and non-musicians; privileged and under-served youth. The nash operates in collaboration with schools and other arts and culture organizations in our neighborhood, across the valley, and throughout america. An extensive renovation project was completed in november 2024.
$1,025,555 spent$617,946 earned by the program67% of program spendingJazz in arizona conducts an increasingly robust array of jazz education programs, including: assemblies in elementary schools and at the nash that introduce primary grade students to america's original art form, jazz; summer jazz workshops and camps that serve students of all ages and emphasize the development of solo, ensemble and improvizational skills; and master classes, clinics and other education programs throughout the year that provide exceptional interactions with top local, touring and luminary musicians. The nash also hosts weekly jam sessions that provide an unparalleled opportunity for young musicians to gain experience by playing with professional musicians. An educational center was completed in november 2024, steps away from the nash, that offers dynamic music courses for children, teens and adults.
$513,534 spent$178,840 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,539,089.
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 $1.4M to $4.5M (+216%).
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 6% · 2018 15% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 36% · 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Joel Goldenthal
Executive director (end 4/30/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $46k → $204k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 JAZZ IN ARIZONA 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
JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 68% · 2019 95% · 2020 64% · 2021 42% · 2022 68% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
98% of JAZZ IN ARIZONA 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. $377k 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.
Against its field
JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JAZZ IN ARIZONA 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
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC?
- JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC (Arizona) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,928,942 to it, the largest being Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust ($760,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,928,942 in grants to JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAZZ IN ARIZONA INC?
- Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $760,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAZZ IN ARIZONA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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