Arizona · Nonprofit
THE CHARRO FOUNDATION
THE CHARRO FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,840 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR INC ($250,140). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE CHARRO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,336 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,336 philanthropy 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 funders
- Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundationportfolio match
- The Thunderbirdsportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
50% of THE CHARRO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $100k → $20k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.6M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Scottsdale Charros Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CHARRO FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CHARRO 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
THE CHARRO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 THE CHARRO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 96% · 2021 95% · 2023 50% — 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
20% of THE CHARRO FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 25% 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
THE CHARRO FOUNDATION draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 6 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 8 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Thunderbirds Charitiesshared fundersAZ · backs 43 organizations that share your funders
- Edward J and Lanelle B Robson Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Thunderbirdsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Excellent Schools New Mexicoportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canvas Credit Unionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- William and Mary Ross Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rs Hoyt Jr Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lohse Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Otto & Edna Neely Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Honorhealthportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mulcahy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Solich Fundportfolio 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 CHARRO FOUNDATION
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Scottsdale Charros Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CHARRO 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.
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 CHARRO FOUNDATION?
- THE CHARRO FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,840 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR INC ($250,140). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHARRO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $337,840 in grants to THE CHARRO FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHARRO FOUNDATION?
- PGA TOUR INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHARRO 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 8funders 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