Arizona · Nonprofit
SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (Arizona) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,554,901 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,592,900). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Sonoran University of Health Sciences does
Mission
Sonoran University of Health Sciences shapes a healthier future by supporting students as they train to excel as healthcare professionals, by enhancing the health and wellbeing of our patients and communities, and by discovering effective treatments for humanity grounded in the healing power of nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic - the organization has traditionally provided educational training to students to become general practitioners of naturopathic medicine. In april of 2020, a second degree offering, a master's of science in clinical nutrition was launched. In april of 2025, an additional degree offering, master's of science in clinical mental health counseling, was launched. Average enrollment during the year ended september 30, 2025 was 500 students.
$10,805,147 spentof which $278,597 as grants$17,387,506 earned by the program59% of program spendingHealthcare services - the organization maintains a medical clinic, pain relief center, laboratory and natural medicinary on campus to provide naturopathic medical services to patients. Additionally, the organization operates 7 naturopathic community clinics throughout the phoenix metropolitan area that provide healthcare to unserved, underserved and indigent people. These community clinics are operated in conjunction with other tax-exempt organizations and public school districts. All these facilities also provide clinical training opportunities for the organization's medical students. During the year ended september 30, 2025, there were over 17,000 patient visits at the organization's facilities.
$5,747,189 spentof which $321,530 as grants$2,205,393 earned by the program31% of program spendingThe organization conducts research studies of the effect that plant based medicines has on various human and animal diseases.
$1,248,016 spent7% of program spendingThe organization maintains a library for the use of the students, faculty, and the general public.
$559,233 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,359,585.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $25M to $29M (+13%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Fran Towey
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $741k → $733k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES’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
SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
74% 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 SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 80% · 2021 61% · 2022 93% · 2023 68% — 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
33% of SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 53% 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
74% of SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES'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. Of the $674k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M 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.
Government funding SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $531k on record.
- Department of Education$531k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES?
- SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (Arizona) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,554,901 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,592,900). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,554,901 in grants to SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,592,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SONORAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES 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 15 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