Arizona · Nonprofit
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION (Arizona) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,576,428 to it, the largest being THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES ($300,025). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What United Cerebral Palsy Association does
Mission
Ucp of central arizona provides comprehensive service to individuals with disabilites and their families by providing physical and developmental support as well as educational growth which is the foundation for independent living.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Home care - includes attendant care and respite services. Attendant care provides indiciduals with significant physical limitations assistance to complete independent living tasks. For many members, the extra support means that they are able to remain at home and live independently. The care provides assistance with personal hygiene and daily living activities, help in planning and preparing meals, and maintain a clean living environment. Respite services are designed to give parents and caregivers a short-term break so that they can take time off to handle day to day tasks without having to worry about the well being of their loved one.
$4,385,414 spent$3,366,923 earned by the program49% of program spendingChildren's services - includes early learning center and therapy services. The early learning center serves children with and without disabilities from six weeks to five years of age. The inclusive setting offers developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for all children. The therapy program works with children to develop fine and gross motor skills, sensory integration, and communication. We provide occupational, physical, and speech therapies to children in a variety of settings.
$3,502,272 spent$1,732,822 earned by the program39% of program spendingAdult services - the day treatment and training program for adults serves high school graduates or adults over the age of twenty-two with disabilities and helps them develop the skills necessary to live more independent and self-sufficient lives designed to enhance community integration, physical health, and/or employment skills. The program also provides activities of daily living and socialization opportunities.
$1,010,126 spent$586,993 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,897,812.
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 $12M to $10.0M (−17%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 13% · 2021 21% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Kentay Garvin
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $117k → $262k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 funders by total. 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
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
86% 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 UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 66% · 2020 58% · 2021 51% · 2022 49% · 2023 76% — 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
33% of UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
97% of UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $360k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION
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
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION (Arizona) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,576,428 to it, the largest being THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES ($300,025). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,576,428 in grants to UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION?
- THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $300,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION 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.
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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 24 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