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THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION

THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,847,750 to it, the largest being THE THUNDERBIRDS ($3,847,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$497k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3.8M
Net assets
$18k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 100%
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($300k) Expenses 100 ($271k) Net assets 100 ($42k)2018 Revenue 118 ($355k) Expenses 130 ($352k) Net assets 107 ($45k)2019 Revenue 125 ($376k) Expenses 146 ($395k) Net assets 61 ($26k)2020 Revenue 142 ($427k) Expenses 147 ($398k) Net assets 130 ($55k)2021 Revenue 134 ($402k) Expenses 163 ($442k) Net assets 36 ($15k)2022 Revenue 157 ($470k) Expenses 170 ($460k) Net assets 60 ($25k)2023 Revenue 165 ($495k) Expenses 181 ($492k) Net assets 67 ($28k)2024 Revenue 176 ($528k) Expenses 196 ($532k) Net assets 57 ($24k)2025 Revenue 166 ($497k) Expenses 186 ($503k) Net assets 43 ($18k)
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Revenue (166)Expenses (186)Net assets (43)

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’17
$3k
’18
−$19k
’19
$29k
’20
−$40k
’21
$10k
’22
$3k
’23
−$4k
’24
−$6k
’25
0.4
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $300k → $493k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

AZ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like THUNDERBIRD 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

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Thunderbirds Charities · exempt
  • The Thunderbirds · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION?
THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,847,750 to it, the largest being THE THUNDERBIRDS ($3,847,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,847,750 in grants to THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION?
THE THUNDERBIRDS is the largest funder on record, with $3,847,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THUNDERBIRD 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 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing