Arizona · Nonprofit
The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc
The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being JOHN AND MARGIE WIEHOFF FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $417k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $356k
What The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc does
Mission
Empowering those who serve - Elevating the lives of those who make Desert Highlands extraordinary by investing in their future through education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, the organization continued to refine its administrative functions, raised the initial funds for education scholarships, and provided $50,000 of grant money to the Arizona Community Fund for education scholarships to be granted in 2026 to those serving Desert Highlands.
$53,757 spentof which $50,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $53,757.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.
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.
99% of The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc’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
The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state in all.
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
The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc: 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 The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc?
- The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being JOHN AND MARGIE WIEHOFF FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc?
- JOHN AND MARGIE WIEHOFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Desert Highlands Foundation Inc 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 2024–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing