Arizona · Nonprofit
MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION
MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,980,203 to it, the largest being Helios Education Foundation ($7,323,690). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $25M
- Net assets
- $77M
What Maricopa County Community College District Foundation does
Mission
We boldly impact our communities through innovative and strategic partnerships for the growth and benefit of the maricopa community colleges, its students, faculty, and staff.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The maricopa community colleges foundation strengthens programs across the entire maricopa community college district by providing funding that enhances instructional and student success programs that empower faculty and staff, provide colleges with cutting edge technology and essential supplies, and expand learning opportunities. We remove barriers, enhance learning experiences and ensure that all maricopa students are prepared to succeed in their education and future goals.
$5,863,929 spentof which $3,774,605 as grants59% of program spendingScholarships are a priority of the maricopa community colleges foundation, as they provide necessary financial support to students across all ten of the maricopa community colleges. In addition to tuition, these awards contribute to much more and can include class fees, books, supplies and other required materials. Foundation scholarships address the cost of an education by reducing financial barriers, helping to ensure that every student has the opportunity to remain on track to achieve their educational goals.
$3,449,250 spentof which $3,449,250 as grants34% of program spendingThe maricopa community colleges foundation recognizes that many maricopa community college students face immediate challenges as they obtain their degree or certificate. To ensure that obstacles do not get in the way of success, we provide a range of funds designed to keep our students on track. Whether it is granting flexible support to close critical funding gaps across our colleges, helping with food insecurity or providing prompt financial assistance to students experiencing unexpected hardship, emergency and basic needs funds are there during times of crisis to remove barriers, help students during times of need and strengthen their ability to complete their goals.
$688,604 spentof which $688,604 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,001,783.
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 2020 to 2021, from $45M to $56M (+23%).
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 4% · 2018 7% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 1% · 2022 5% · 2023 20% · 2024 17% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Brian Spicker
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $593k → $3.4M.
14 of 78 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 funders by total. 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
MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
59% 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 MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 31% · 2019 69% · 2020 35% · 2021 33% · 2022 49% · 2023 30% — 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
41% of MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
69% of MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 490 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION?
- MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,980,203 to it, the largest being Helios Education Foundation ($7,323,690). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $24,980,203 in grants to MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION?
- Helios Education Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,323,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION 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 78 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing