Arizona · Nonprofit
FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION
FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,905 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $319k
- Net assets
- $93M
What Fiesta Sports Foundation does
Mission
The Fiesta Sports Foundation is home to the premier college football playoff postseason game, the vrbo fiesta bowl, the fan-friendly rate bowl and multiple year-round live sports and entertainment events that fuel our mission to deliver positive economic impact and charitable resources that benefit communities across the state of arizona.our vision is to be arizona's leading organization in creating unforgettable experiences through world-class sporting events, unparalleled hospitality and life-changing community impact. Focused on pillars of youth, sports and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fiesta Sports Foundation annually stages the fiesta bowl, which is part of the college football playoff (cfp) system. The game is played in state farm stadium in glendale, arizona. The 54th annual fiesta bowl was a cfp quarterfinal matchup played on december 31, 2024. Penn state defeated boise state 31-14 in front of nearly 64,000 attendees. An estimated 3,000 volunteers contribute approximately 15,000 hours of their time as community service to help put on the bowl and related game day events. As a nonprofit organization, we believe in the importance of fostering a culture of community engagement and service. Over the past 15 years, it is estimated that the fiesta bowl and its surrounding events have contributed to generating over $3 billion in economic impact for arizona and nearly $35 million in charitable giving through its corporate affiliate. To local organizations and educators, through programs like wishes for teachers.
$13,756,994 spentof which $2,979 as grants$19,050,171 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $13,756,994.
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 2020 to 2021, from $73M to $81M (+11%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Erik Moses
Executive director/CEO
Board chair
Randy Norton
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 $3k → $5k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION’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
FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2022 77% · 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% 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
82% of FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION'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 $58k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $261k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Valley of the Sun Bowl Foundation · exempt
- Arizona College Football Championship Foundation · exempt
- Fiesta Events Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION: 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 FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION?
- FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,905 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $318,905 in grants to FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION?
- ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIESTA SPORTS FOUNDATION 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 9 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