Arizona · Nonprofit
THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION
THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,900 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $196k
What The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation does
Mission
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, established in 2015, works to improve lives and health outcomes in the communities we serve through local nutrition education, nutrition access, and wellness programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Impact grants - multi-year grant partnerships are designed to help scale organizational capacity and deliver high-impact programming aligned with the foundation's mission. In 2024, 12 impact grants were awarded.2024 key organizations: blue watermelon, davis lab at ut austin college of natural sciences, hebni nutrition consultants, life lab and the walls project, and others.
$7,833,845 spentof which $7,638,903 as grants51% of program spendingNeighborhood grantsone-year grants that support direct programs happening at schools and nonprofit organizations aligned with the foundation's mission. In 2024, over $4m in grants were awarded to 585 organizations across four categories, including: growing healthy kids, wellness across the lifespan, sprouting school gardens, and local in-store check presentations.wellness across the lifespan grants - to provide adults and vulnerable populations with access to nutritious food and essential nutrition education. The foundation awarded $1,016,700 to 129 organizations growing healthy kids grants - help kids grow healthy and equip them with the tools they need to develop habits that last a lifetime. Support community-based programs focused on children's nutrition access, nutrition education, and health and wellness. The foundation awarded 163 grants totaling $1,240,358. Local in-store presentations - supporting hyperlocal organizations in our store communities that emphasize healthy lifestyles and behaviors. The foundation awarded 91 grants with $695,000.sprouting school gardens grants - bringing hands-on garden-based nutrition education to life by supporting school gardens and…
$4,278,147 spentof which $4,171,687 as grants28% of program spendingDisaster relief grants - one-time grants are awarded to organizations that support regions that were impacted by natural disasters.in 2024, 5 grants were awarded.
$1,301,452 spentof which $1,269,066 as grants8% of program spendingNational school garden summit - provided funding for the secondnational gathering focused entirely on school gardens, the summitgathered 525 educators and leaders from across the country workingto sustain school garden programs at the school, regional and nationallevel. These educators, and the nonprofit organizations they represent,operate learning gardens at over 10,000 school campuses, providinghands-on nutrition, science and academic instruction to an estimated5 million students each year.
$934,380 spent$195,700 earned by the program6% of program spendingHealthy communities grants - two-year grant partnerships are designed to help scale or enhance specific programs, resulting in greater impact and reach. In 2024, eight healthy communities grants were awarded.2024 key organizations: local first arizona, common vision, mckinney parks, after school all stars los angeles, city blossoms, first place arizona, all in education, and slow food denver
$705,045 spentof which $687,500 as grants5% of program spendingNonprofit partnerships - one-time grants are awarded to organizations that support healthy living and wellness.
$377,307 spentof which $367,918 as grants2% of program spendingNew market grants - grants are awarded to organizations in new or emerging markets where sprouts farmers market operates.
$57,800 spentof which $56,362 as grants0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,487,976.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.8M to $4.4M (+60%).
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.
97% of THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Lyndsey Waugh
Executive director
Board chair
Kristen Blum
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $3k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $160k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 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 SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 95% · 2019 60% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 56% · 2023 94% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 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 $14k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 23 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 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 THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION?
- THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,900 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $93,900 in grants to THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION?
- UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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