Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$11,298,081

Total expenses

$6,955,082

Contributions and grants received

$11,191,227

Grants paid

$6,878,888

Program service revenue

$7,767

Investment income

$99,087

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$10,977,698

Total liabilities, end of year

$30,000

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,947,698

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,878,898

Management and general expenses

$70,082

Fundraising expenses

$6,102

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,878,898

Program services were 98.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE ORGANIZATION MADE THROUGH THE BIRDIES FOR CHARITY PROGRAM, DESCRIBED BELOW, THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES MADE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,456,000 TO VARIOUS 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TOTAL DONATIONS MADE TO EACH OF THE FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES: 1) COMMUNITY OUTREACH/QUALITY OF LIFE: TOTAL AWARDS $289,000; 0 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $0 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 12 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $289,000 FOR PROGRAM FUNDING. (CONT'D ON SCH O)2) AT-RISK YOUTH & FAMILIES: TOTAL AWARDS $1,452,000; 2 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $325,000 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 33 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $1,127,000 FOR PROGRAM FUNDING. 3) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY: TOTAL AWARDS $2,370,000; 3 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $650,000 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 18 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $1,720,000 FOR PROGRAM FUNDING. 4) EDUCATION: TOTAL AWARDS $674,000; 2 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $90,000 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 17 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $584,000 FOR PROGRAM FUNDING. 5) IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY CHALLENGED: TOTAL AWARDS $671,000; 4 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $190,000 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 13 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL $481,000 FOR PROGRAM FUNDING.

  Expenses $5,456,000 · Grants $5,456,000

• BIRDIES FOR CHARITY PROGRAM IS A TWO-PART PROGRAM DESIGNED TO GENERATE DONATIONS TO LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE BIRDIES PROGRAM ALLOWS LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECT PLEDGES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BIRDIES MADE DURING THE WM PHOENIX OPEN. THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES PROVIDES ALL MATERIALS FOR THE PLEDGE DRIVES AND COLLECTS THE PLEDGES AFTER THE EVENT. THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES THEN ADDS 10%-15% TO THE AMOUNT COLLECTED AND PAYS THE TOTAL TO THE 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DONATIONS RECEIVED WAS $530,535.21. THE TOTAL OF 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE BIRDIES FOR CHARITY PROGRAM WAS 76 FOR A TOTAL DONATION AMOUNT OF (CONT'D ON SCH O)$582,887.84 (MATCHING FUNDS OF $52,352.63)THE BIRDIES FOR CHARITY CORPORATE PARTNER PROGRAM RAISES MONEY FROM MAJOR SPONSORS OF THE WM PHOENIX OPEN FOR SPECIFIC CHARITIES. THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES PROVIDES 50% MATCHING FUNDS TO THESE CHARITIES, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $12,500THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM SPONSORS WAS $560,000 AND THE TOTAL MATCHING FUNDS FROM THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES WAS $280,000. THE PROGRAM TOTAL WAS $840,000.

  Expenses $1,422,888 · Grants $1,422,888

• THE THUNDERBIRDS COMMUNITY PROJECTS LLC PROGRAM PROVIDES A LENDING PLATFORM FOR MAKING SHORT TO INTERMEDIATE TERM LOANS TO QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE LOANS IS TO PROVIDE BRIDGE LOANS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF APPROVED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES IN MARICOPA COUNTY. NO LOANS WERE MADE IN FYE 2024.

  Expenses $10 · Revenue $7,767

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• KEYS TO CHANGE

  $316,020

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS

  $251,000

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• NEW LIFE CENTER

  $250,000

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL

  $250,000

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• A NEW LEAF

  $250,000

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA

  $215,000

  AT-RISK YOUTH & FAMILIES

• HOMEWARD BOUND

  $200,000

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA

  $185,854

  IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY CHALLENGED

• NOURISH PHX

  $174,472

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/HOMELESS/POVERTY

• SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER

  $150,000

  IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY CHALLENGED

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• THE THUNDERBIRDS

  501C(6) · PUBLICIZE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA BY SPONSORING ATHLETIC EVENTS · AZ

• THE THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION

  501C(4) · SUPPORT AMATEUR ATHLETES & ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA · AZ

  Directly controlled by THE THUNDERBIRDS

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501019349301440

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