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YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix

YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix (Arizona) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,226,806 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC ($4,692,970). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$8.2M
Net assets
$2.8M
25/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 70%
01What it does

What YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix does

Mission

YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The senior program provides nutritious meals, socialization, and support services to older adults, particularly those at risk, enabling them to maintain a maximum level of independent living with dignity. The program meets the increasing needs of the growing population of older adults with low income by offering the following resources. Congregate lunch, YWCA coordinates services among four centers in Glendale Arizona to provide nutritionally balanced hot meals at noon, educational opportunities, self improvement activities, health screenings, health fairs, activities, and outings to engage and support our clients. Home delivered meals, meals on wheels, participants receive a hot nutritious meal daily, along with conversation and a wellness check. YWCA staff are trained to report any change in conditions, inquire, and assess additional unmet needs. YWCA serves as the conduit between participants and their case managers to bridge the gap in securing resources. More than a meal, providing older adults with access to additional services. 1. Socialization Activities such as educational workshops, self improvement activities and exercise to keep clients engaged at home and in person,…

    $1,167,729 spent$23,397 earned by the program
    66% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $503,279 spent
    28% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $103,767 spent
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,774,775.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 110 ($1.8M) Expenses 110 ($1.7M) Net assets 106 ($2.8M)2021 Revenue 161 ($2.6M) Expenses 118 ($1.8M) Net assets 155 ($4.1M)2022 Revenue 143 ($2.3M) Expenses 136 ($2.0M) Net assets 152 ($4.0M)2023 Revenue 159 ($2.6M) Expenses 151 ($2.3M) Net assets 170 ($4.5M)2024 Revenue 116 ($1.9M) Expenses 173 ($2.6M) Net assets 148 ($3.9M)2025 Revenue 77 ($1.3M) Expenses 172 ($2.6M) Net assets 105 ($2.8M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (77)Expenses (172)Net assets (105)

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 $3.1M to $4.4M (+41%).

$2.8M
$3.1M
$4.4M
$4.1M
$4.6M
$4.0M
$2.9M
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 37% · 2020 38% · 2021 34% · 2022 71% · 2023 47% · 2024 38% · 2025 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$126k
’19
$143k
’20
$858k
’21
$287k
’22
$314k
’23
−$709k
’24
−$1.3M
’25
0.4
months of
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

Debra S Esparza

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed1614141310107
Joined·+3+6+2+1+4+0
No longer listed·563443
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $719k → $1.0M.

9 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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

YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93% 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 YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix.

57%
largest funder
77%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 68% · 2019 76% · 2020 37% · 2021 55% · 2022 66% · 2023 69% — broadly stable.

“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

30% of YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

93% of YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

WA
WI
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
NE
VA
AZ
DC
GA

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 19%Fundraising 11%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix?
YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix (Arizona) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,226,806 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC ($4,692,970). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $8,226,806 in grants to YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix?
AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,692,970 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 38 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