Arizona · Nonprofit
SUN HEALTH SERVICES
SUN HEALTH SERVICES (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $548,331 to it, the largest being THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES ($548,331). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $47M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $548k
- Net assets
- $120M
What Sun Health Services does
Mission
Sun health champions superior health and wellbeing through philanthropy, inspired living and wellness programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Sun health freedom plaza, llc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Health Services, completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of freedom plaza limited partnership, lllp., including 100% of the membership interests in fphc, llc, and freedom plaza operating company, llc.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Sun health senior living offers residents and community members an array of living experiences including independent living, assisted living, memory support, custodial care and skilled and rehabilitation nursing care via three arizona retirement communities: grandview terrace in sun city west, la loma village in litchfield park, and the colonnade in surprise. Additionally, sun health at home members live independently, wherever they call home, with the assurance of knowing they have access to wellness coordination and healthcare services should their needs change.
$16,775,264 spent$22,133,019 earned by the program47% of program spendingWith much generosity comes much responsibility and we take our stewardship very seriously. Sun health provided $4,672,845 toward our commitment to superior west valley healthcare services at three community medical centers: del e webb hospital and banner boswell medical center, including oversight and monitoring of the sun health portfolios and real estate gifts. See schedule o for more information.
$15,730,126 spentof which $6,792,124 as grants$3,201,719 earned by the program44% of program spendingThe center for health and wellbeing offers programs, services, and educational classes providing arizonans with the latest information on health and wellness topics to maintain their health and independence. Programs, services and classes include: free and low-cost educational classes, diabetes prevention and management, fall risk assessments, fitness consultations, custom exercise plans, medical nutrition therapy, and massage services.
$2,442,345 spent$5,053,154 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe care transitions program serves local medical center patients age fifty-five and up by giving individuals the support, guidance and resources to transition from the hospital setting and/or coping with chronic health issues. The program contributes a significant reduction in hospital readmissions.
$957,569 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,905,304.
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 2019 to 2020, from $323M to $225M (−30%).
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.
5% of SUN HEALTH SERVICES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Joseph E La Rue
President & CEO
Board chair
Irene Kovala Edd
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $28k → $94k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $40M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Sun Health Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money SUN HEALTH SERVICES raised.
From the IRS filings of SUN HEALTH SERVICES’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.
Where its funders are
100% of SUN HEALTH SERVICES's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SUN HEALTH SERVICES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SUN HEALTH SERVICES
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 10 related entities
- Sun Health Senior Living LLC · disregarded
- La Loma Mob One LLC · disregarded
- Sun Health Freedom Plaza LLC · disregarded
- Freedom Plaza Operating Company LLC · disregarded
- Fphc LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUN HEALTH SERVICES: 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 SUN HEALTH SERVICES?
- SUN HEALTH SERVICES (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $548,331 to it, the largest being THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES ($548,331). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUN HEALTH SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $548,331 in grants to SUN HEALTH SERVICES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUN HEALTH SERVICES?
- THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $548,331 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUN HEALTH SERVICES 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 1 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