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DESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION

EIN 81-1028132 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2024
$1,181,914
Expenses 2024
$1,236,633

Program services were 99.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1200
Street
148 N 48TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CATHLEEN GRAHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,039,412
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,018,134
    Other
    $21,278
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $613,923 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $393,388 related
    Other
    $0 + $10,823 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,830 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,039,412 related

  • JANET BIOLETTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY MESHEY

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,338,224
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,279,550
    Other
    $58,674
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,095,739 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,161,276 related
    Other
    $0 + $22,535 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,874 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,338,224 related

  • JUSTIN CROWDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONDLE AMSTUTZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $1,042,836
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $989,172
    Other
    $53,664
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $585,986 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $393,004 related
    Other
    $0 + $10,182 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $39,864 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,042,836 related

  • SARA REGAN

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 4/2024)

    Total calculated
    $408,063
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $375,647
    Other
    $32,416
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $173,280 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $202,254 related
    Other
    $0 + $113 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,715 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,701 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $408,063 related

  • SUSAN FRANK

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS MARLOWE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $599,737
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $558,894
    Other
    $40,843
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $367,808 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $189,773 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,313 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,043 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $599,737 related

  • COURTNEY HEMPHILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACKIE L BIGGS JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $836,463
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $794,557
    Other
    $41,906
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $554,975 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $230,926 related
    Other
    $0 + $8,656 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,106 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $836,463 related

  • CARLISSA WRIGHT

    VP/EXEC DIR DF FOUNDATION

    Total calculated
    $325,830
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $297,418
    Other
    $28,412
    Hours/week
    11.92 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $216,971 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $75,666 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,781 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,229 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,183 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $325,830 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,181,914
    Expenses
    $1,236,633
    Contributions
    $1,296,238
    Grants paid
    $1,232,637
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,104,190
    Expenses
    $1,096,914
    Contributions
    $1,104,190
    Grants paid
    $1,096,347
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,090,189
    Expenses
    $1,032,401
    Contributions
    $1,090,189
    Grants paid
    $1,029,887

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,066,737
    Expenses
    $1,083,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,932

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,094,295
    Expenses
    $1,675,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $331,682

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $976,545
    Expenses
    $884,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $858,017

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $797,329
    Expenses
    $156,465
    Assets (EOY)
    $783,364

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Ronald Amstutz
Mailing address
148 N 48th StreetPhoenix AZ 85034

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.