Arizona · Nonprofit
JUST SCHOOLS
JUST SCHOOLS (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $576k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $101k
What Just Schools does
Mission
Every student has the right to be affirmed and supported at school, but many queer* and trans students are still denied these rights. When students are free to learn without discrimination, the entire school community thrives. Just Schools advocates, educates, and organizes for inclusive schools where queer and trans students are valued and inspired to reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General programs - build durable local power so school communities can respond quickly and collectively when inclusion is threatened. Just Schools organizes with students, families, educators, and community members to intervene early in school decision-making processes before harm becomes normalized.
$113,254 spent37% of program spendingPublic awareness - increase public awareness of the unique challenges facing lgbtq youth in schools.
$82,806 spent27% of program spendingPolicy tracking, review, and advocacy - identify policy threats early and intervene before they translate into real harm for students. This includes nonpartisan education related to legislative proposals that move to the ballot and their potential impact on schools and students.
$45,799 spent15% of program spendingOther programs which include northern arizona schools summit, training and professional development, youth engagement, educator engagement and partner engagement.
$66,038 spent$1,200 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $307,897.
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
Carol Tappenden
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 JUST SCHOOLS’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 JUST SCHOOLS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
JUST SCHOOLS runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 JUST SCHOOLS
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JUST SCHOOLS: 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 JUST SCHOOLS?
- JUST SCHOOLS (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JUST SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to JUST SCHOOLS.
- Who is the largest funder of JUST SCHOOLS?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUST SCHOOLS 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 2025–2025), 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