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SAVING AMY INC

SAVING AMY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,817,637 to it, the largest being Garcia Family Foundation ($282,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.2M
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$2.5M
16/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 56%
01What it does

What Saving Amy Inc does

Mission

Creating Community. Transforming Lives. Resolving Homelessness.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Rise Up: Comprising two vital components, this program offers essential support through rent subsidies, utilities, furniture, and household supplies. Equally important, it empowers families to escape low-income neighborhoods, fostering hope and brighter futures.

    $296,219 spentof which $125,441 as grants
    37% of program spending
  2. Rolling Forward: Accessible and reliable transportation is key to overcoming homelessness. Our transportation program leverages donated vehicles, Lyft credits, and Uber rides to ensure that individuals can readily access employment, educational opportunities, medical appointments, and extracurricular activities, promoting independence and stability. Additionally, Saving Amy has established partnerships with the Arizona Humane Society, allowing us to acquire vehicles at significantly discounted rates.

    $219,309 spentof which $92,872 as grants
    27% of program spending
  3. Kids Go: In partnership with esteemed institutions such as Brophy College Preparatory and local high schools, we proudly offer year-round mentoring, tutoring, and an engaging summer camp experience for our cherished Saving Amy children. Additionally, one day every weekend is dedicated to enriching activities that expand the horizons of Saving Amys children. We kick off the Saving Amy Bridge and Summer Reading Program in May, enhancing academic skills and preparing them for the upcoming school year. Our tutors/mentors lead a Saving Amy summer camp with engaging activities like ice skating, movies, science museum visits, and picnics.

    $204,400 spentof which $86,559 as grants
    25% of program spending
  4. THRIVE: Through our life skills program, we impart critical skills in budgeting, nutrition, career development, parenting, and meditation. These abilities empower individuals to flourish in every facet of their lives.

    $69,754 spentof which $29,539 as grants
    9% of program spending
  5. Empowerment Through Therapy: Through this program, we offer trauma therapy for adults and children, conducted by licensed trauma therapists who bring expertise across the Valley. Each of our families receives personalized attention tailored to the unique needs and guidance provided by the therapist.

    $20,203 spentof which $8,556 as grants
    2% of program spending
  6. CHRISTMAS ANGELS: Providing Christmas gifts to individuals and families in the community who are in need

The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $809,885.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($9k) Expenses 100 ($11k) Net assets -1 ($-200)2018 Revenue 509 ($47k) Expenses 314 ($34k) Net assets 100 ($15k)2019 Revenue 2262 ($208k) Expenses 1780 ($194k) Net assets 178 ($27k)2020 Revenue 4487 ($413k) Expenses 3282 ($358k) Net assets 542 ($82k)2021 Revenue 6554 ($603k) Expenses 4671 ($510k) Net assets 1077 ($162k)2022 Revenue 7019 ($646k) Expenses 6466 ($705k) Net assets 1084 ($163k)2023 Revenue 9134 ($840k) Expenses 8415 ($918k) Net assets 632 ($95k)2024 Revenue 11248 ($1.0M) Expenses 7055 ($770k) Net assets 2392 ($360k)2025 Revenue 34659 ($3.2M) Expenses 9913 ($1.1M) Net assets 16385 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (34659)Expenses (9913)Net assets (16385)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $360k to $2.5M (+585%).

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$15k
$30k
$85k
$162k
$163k
$95k
$360k
$2.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of SAVING AMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’17
$13k
’18
$14k
’19
$55k
’20
$93k
’21
−$60k
’22
−$78k
’23
$265k
’24
$2.1M
’25
25
months of
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

Jennifer Kiernan

Executive Director

Board chair

Jessica Grussing

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed128911988
Joined·+0+2+2+1+0+1
No longer listed·410311
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $87k → $469k.

8 of 35 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 SAVING AMY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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

SAVING AMY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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

63% 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 SAVING AMY INC.

16%
largest funder
45%
top three
~11
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 46% · 2020 37% · 2021 47% · 2022 32% · 2023 43% — 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 SAVING AMY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

78% of SAVING AMY INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

NH
WA
MN
IL
NV
IN
AZ
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $591k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SAVING AMY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin66% · top quartile
Months of reserve24.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)108% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 17%Fundraising 8%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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 SAVING AMY INC?
SAVING AMY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,817,637 to it, the largest being Garcia Family Foundation ($282,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SAVING AMY INC have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $1,817,637 in grants to SAVING AMY INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SAVING AMY INC?
Garcia Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $282,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SAVING AMY 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 35 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