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SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA

SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA (Arizona) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,816,022 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC ($5,166,525). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$9.3M
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$12M
Net assets
$14M
20/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%
01What it does

What Sun City Area Interfaith Services Inc Dba Benevilla does

Mission

Benevilla enriches lives of west valley residents by serving older adults, adults with disabilities, children, and the families who care for them.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Benevilla adult life enrichment day programs provided over 100,700 hours of caregiver respite in 2023 by serving 330 members with social, physical, and mental stimulation integral to successful aging. Each program's uniqueness addresses the specific needs of older adults living with alzheimer's disease, chronic illness, or intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our life enrichment day programs are accredited through carf (commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities), exceed the expectations of the department of health services and maintain best practices in the field of adult day services. Each program provides an alternative to institutional care and helps older adults remain independent at home for as long as possible.

    $2,532,916 spent$2,110,037 earned by the program
    47% of program spending
  2. Wirtzie's preschool and childcare provides a safe and nurturing environment for children ages six weeks to five years old. Classes are designed to provide age-appropriate, child-directed activities that inspire them to learn and discover through play. Wirtzie's is nationally accredited through the national accreditation commission for early care and education programs and in 2023, provided quality childcare to 183 children. An optional intergenerational program connects children from wirtzie's with older adults through our life enrichment program, who have early to modertate stages of dementia for structured, creative time together.

    $1,112,027 spent$1,103,974 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  3. The benevilla family resource center provided information and resources around child development to parents and caregivers of young children (birth to five years old) to strengthen the family through june 2023 (the term of the grant contract). The program offered classes, events and a library of community resources serving 1,580 families in 2023 with over 2,370 resources. The service territories included the northwest maricopa region including glendale, peoria, sun cities, surprise, el mirage, waddell, wittman, wickenburg, morristown and aguila.

    $399,060 spent
    7% of program spending
  4. Benefitness adaptive gym provides an innovative fitness space to help those in the west valley who have different abilities, special considerations, and chronic medical conditions. The wellness goals of each member and caregiver are customized to meet their needs and progress, so that everyone has the opportunity to improve their health and vitality. In 2023, benefitness served 237 members and provided over 3,300 classes. Benefitness was the receipient of $187,978 in grants during the year. Its total revenue, including grants, was $303,265, and expenses totaled $391,908.the benevilla cares program helps connect older adults and adults with disabilities, and their caregivers, to resources and assistance to maintain independence and quality of life. Benevilla cares offers three primary programs that are free of charge to area residents. The home services program assists more than 250 west valley seniors and adults with disabilities can continue living by pairing a benevilla volunteer to assist with home-based services such as grocery shopping, assisted transportation to medical appointments, minor home repairs, business assistance and friendly visitors/phone pal visits. Our…

    $1,397,617 spent$115,287 earned by the program
    26% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,441,620.

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 ($5.6M) Expenses 100 ($6.4M) Net assets 100 ($11M)2018 Revenue 122 ($6.9M) Expenses 95 ($6.1M) Net assets 105 ($11M)2019 Revenue 108 ($6.1M) Expenses 95 ($6.1M) Net assets 95 ($10M)2020 Revenue 106 ($6.0M) Expenses 91 ($5.8M) Net assets 96 ($10M)2021 Revenue 146 ($8.3M) Expenses 88 ($5.6M) Net assets 123 ($13M)2022 Revenue 121 ($6.9M) Expenses 108 ($6.9M) Net assets 115 ($12M)2023 Revenue 114 ($6.4M) Expenses 117 ($7.5M) Net assets 108 ($12M)2024 Revenue 164 ($9.3M) Expenses 107 ($6.8M) Net assets 133 ($14M)
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Revenue (164)Expenses (107)Net assets (133)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 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $14M (+23%).

$13M
$13M
$12M
$12M
$14M
$13M
$13M
$15M
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2019 15% · 2020 17% · 2021 25% · 2022 39% · 2023 23% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

60% of SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$747k
’17
$835k
’18
$52k
’19
$114k
’20
$2.6M
’21
−$58k
’22
−$1.1M
’23
$2.4M
’24
6.3
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

Joanne Byers

CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed2121191919181716
Joined·+6+4+3+2+4+4+3
No longer listed·6632554
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $870k → $1.4M.

9 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA’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

SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

71% 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 SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA.

44%
largest funder
77%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 66% · 2019 68% · 2020 32% · 2021 51% · 2022 58% · 2023 52% — 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

55% of SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

95% of SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

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

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Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA

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

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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 14%Fundraising 11%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Icc Child Care LLC Dba Wirtzie's Child Development Center · disregarded
  • Birt's Bistro LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA?
SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA (Arizona) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,816,022 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC ($5,166,525). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $11,816,022 in grants to SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA?
AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,166,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SUN CITY AREA INTERFAITH SERVICES INC DBA BENEVILLA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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