Arizona · Nonprofit
MentorKids USA
MentorKids USA (Arizona) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,985,391 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($552,113). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What MentorKids USA does
Mission
MentorKids USA is a Christian based organization that equips and empowers youth to be transformative leaders in their lives, their families, and their communities. The Organization supports their program activities primarily through contributions and grants.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Palomino promise neighborhood: located near 32nd st between greenway rd and bell rd., our palomino promise neighborhood provides free programs for neighborhood residents, including after school program, summer enrichment program, and parent engagement program. Youth programs involved 223 children in grades k-12 with a focus on academic success, spiritual growth, and leadership development. Key results for the organization include 64% of students either improved or maintained their reading levels over the summer, 52% demonstrated improvement in key leadership and social skills, and 50% reported having a deeper relationship with god
$401,192 spentof which $870 as grants36% of program spendingMaryvale promise neighborhood: located near 74th ave and camelback road, our maryvale promise neighborhood provides free programs for neighborhood residents, including after school program and summer enrichment program. Youth programs involved over 144 children in grades k-5 with a focus on academic success, spiritual growth, and leadership development. Key results for the organization include 90% of students will participate in a reading activity for 10-20 minutes a day. 90% of students will complete homework weekly. 90% of students will have a positive attitude toward reading. 100% of students will show improvement in their leadership skills.
$245,586 spentof which $603 as grants22% of program spendingPaiute promise neighborhood: located near 70th st. And osborn rd., our paiute promise neighborhood provides free programs for neighborhood residents, including after school program, summer enrichment program, and parent engagement program. Youth programs involved 89 children in grades k-8th with a focus on academic success, spiritual growth, and leadership development. Key results for the organization include 71% of students will participate in a reading activity for 10-20 minutes a day. 71% of students will complete homework weekly. 73% of students will understand the importance of reading. 86% of students will show improvement in their leadership skills.
$179,214 spentof which $1,650 as grants16% of program spendingSouth phoenix promise neighborhood: located at 4615 s. 22nd street phoenix az. 85040 our south phoenix promise neighborhood provides free programs for neighborhood residents, including after school program and summer enrichment program youth afterschool programs involved 32 children and summer program 53 students in grades k-12 with a focus on academic success, spiritual growth, and leadership development. Key results for the organization include 90% of students will participate in a reading activity for 10-20 minutes a day. 95% of students will complete homework weekly. 75% of students will have a positive attitude toward reading. 85% of students will show improvement in their leadership skills. The ilead program provides at-risk high school youth (ileaders) with work readiness, life skills, community service opportunities, and leadership development training. A distinguishing program feature is that all ileaders are provided part-time, paid work experience as tutors and mentors to younger youth in our k-8 after-school and summer enrichment programs, or with a local business partner. Mentorkids ilead program runs year-round and is free to all participants that live between 16th -…
$177,593 spentof which $3,168 as grants16% of program spendingTempe promise neighborhood: located near apache and price road, our tempe promise neighborhood provides free programs for neighborhood residents, including after school program and summer enrichment program. Youth programs involved over 87 children in grades k-5 with a focus on academic success, spiritual growth, and leadership development. Key results for the organization include 85% of students will participate in a reading activity for 10-20 minutes a day. 85% of students will complete homework weekly. 90% of students will have a positive attitude toward reading. 86% of students will show improvement in their leadership skills.
$96,827 spent9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,100,412.
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 2021 to 2022, from $762k to $1.0M (+36%).
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: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of MentorKids USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Tammy Valdez
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $315k → $466k.
9 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 MentorKids USA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
MentorKids USA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
50% 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 MentorKids USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 40% · 2019 58% · 2020 36% · 2021 35% · 2022 21% · 2023 26% — 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
38% of MentorKids USA'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
63% of MentorKids USA's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $971k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
MentorKids USA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,325 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MentorKids USA
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MentorKids USA: 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 MentorKids USA?
- MentorKids USA (Arizona) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,985,391 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($552,113). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MentorKids USA have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,985,391 in grants to MentorKids USA, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MentorKids USA?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $552,113 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MentorKids USA 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 45 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