Arizona · Nonprofit
THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION (Arizona) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,912,500 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($1,537,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,072 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,072 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Thunderbirds Charitiesshared funderslocal
- A for Arizonaportfolio match
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schoolsportfolio match
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.
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.
74% of THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $250k.
From the IRS filings of THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION’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
THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states in all.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 4 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Thunderbirds Charitiesshared funderslocalAZ · backs 56 organizations that share your funders · funds 301 organizations near you
- A for Arizonaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schoolsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rodel Charitable Foundation- Azportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Project Lead the Way Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ellis Center for Educational Excellenceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Whirlpool Collective Impact Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Musical Instrument Museumportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- 50can Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Opportunity 180portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Louis Calder Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- New Schools for Phoenix LLC · disregarded
- Center for Student Achievement LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION?
- THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION (Arizona) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,912,500 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($1,537,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,912,500 in grants to THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,537,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 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 4funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing