Arizona · Nonprofit
VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION
VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,655,000 to it, the largest being The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation ($1,200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $145M
What Vitalyst Health Foundation does
Mission
To connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in arizona.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Contributions (grants) to health care related organizations: vitalyst provides grants to community organizations through the following tiered grant processes: spark grants are planning grants to support collaborations in their initial journey to address systemic change and are funded for one year at $10,000 to $25,000.systems change grants are the second-tier larger grants investing in catalytic collaborative work that transforms systems to improve the health of our communities. Systems change grants are between $150,000 to $175,000 over three years. The primary goal of both processes is to support collaborative projects that are improving the health of arizonans by making systems more effective, equitable, and sustainable.vitalyst also makes targeted investments that advance its current initiatives through compiling and disaggregating data to inform statewide policy decisions. This includes supporting outreach and enrollment into the health insurance marketplace, ahcccs (arizona's medicaid program) and the children's health insurance program (chip). As data continues to demonstrate the significant impact of social determinants on health outcomes, vitalyst has grown its work in…
$3,241,097 spent61% of program spendingBuilding strong partners to advance health equity: to advance health equity in arizona, partner organizations and coalitions must be strong and resilient. Vitalyst supports strategic partners, so they have the resources necessary to achieve their objectives. When nonprofit partners have the infrastructure in place to ensure programmatic goals, they can focus resources and attention on transforming communities.
$990,817 spent19% of program spendingInform decision makers on issues to prioritize community health and well-being: vitalyst believes informed decision-makers prioritize community health and well-being. Healthy communities are created when decision-makers champion proven solutions that are crafted through local insights. By bringing together local nonprofit advocates focused on health policy and informing decision-makers at all levels of government, vitalyst uses its network to leverage the power of diverse, informed perspectives. This allows vitalyst and its partners to influence and advance decisions that value community health.
$756,332 spent14% of program spendingStrengthen collaborative networks to improve conditions that impact health: vitalyst supports collaborations among community organizations working to improve both individual and community health, especially in underserved communities. Vitalyst fosters cross sector integration and builds networks by bringing partners together. By engaging with organizations at both the grassroots and grass-tops level, vitalyst strives to center the needs of the community when programs and projects are implemented.
$292,066 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,280,312.
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 2020 to 2021, from $114M to $145M (+28%).
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.
0% of VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Suzanne Pfister
CEO
Board chair
Susan Pepin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $1.4M.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 VITALYST HEALTH 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
VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 69% · 2022 50% · 2023 80% — 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
25% of VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% 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
84% of VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like VITALYST HEALTH 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 87 related entities
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- Accel · exempt
- Alzheimer's Association · exempt
- American Cancer Society Inc · exempt
- Area Agency on Aging · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VITALYST HEALTH 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 VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION?
- VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,655,000 to it, the largest being The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation ($1,200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,655,000 in grants to VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VITALYST HEALTH FOUNDATION?
- The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VITALYST HEALTH 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.
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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 10 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