Public Charity

THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHARITABLE SUPPORT INC

THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHARITABLE SUPPORT INC, of PHOENIX, AZ, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1.2M in revenue, $1.9M in expenses, $18.2M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 142 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $4.4M.

EIN: 860857725 PHOENIX, AZ Single Organization Support NTEE: T11 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.2M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$18.2M
Grants Given142
Grant Total$4.4M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE PRIVATIZATION OF PHILANTHROPY, AND HELP CHARITIES BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL.1. WHAT WE MEAN BY PRIVATIZATION OF PHILANTHROPY. PRIVATIZATION OF PHILANTHROPY MEANS CREATING ENDOWMENTS OR FAMILY FOUNDATIONS WHERE THERE IS ONGOING DONOR (OR DONOR FAMILY) INVOLVEMENT AND DIRECTION OVER CHARITABLE GRANT MAKING.2. ACHIEVING OUR MISSION. WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION BY CREATING INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS, MOSTLY IN THE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS PUBLIC CHARITY SETTING WHERE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND CORPORATE EXECUTIVES RETAIN THE ONGOING DIRECTION OVER CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTUIONS.3. RESULTS OF OUR MISSION. OUR MISSION AND EFFORTS WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF VAST AMOUNTS OF NEW AND MORE EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY.WE ARE DEVELOPING NEW CHARITABLE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP CHARITIES IMPROVE THEIR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, HUMAN RESOURCES.

Where $100 goes at The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc

How The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$58 Programs the work itself
$42 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $58 for programs

$58
Providing charitable organizations in the amount of $1,107,190.Allocated costs incurred in administration of charitable remainder trusts, program presentation costs to groups, and others, and distribution of grants and…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR A Melvin Mc Donald
PRESIDENT/DIREC Benson L Schaub
Director Benson S Schaub
SEC DIRECTOR Kimber Eastman
DIRECTOR Robert Miller

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,716,284 98 grants
Education
$1,574,618 19 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$542,598 12 grants
Health & Medicine
$120,528 9 grants
Unspecified
$493,127 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.2M $1.9M $18.2M
2024 $5.7M $2.5M $20.8M
2023 $4.0M $1.5M $19.0M
2022 $2.3M $1.6M $15.8M
2020 $1.0M $1.8M $17.7M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.0M to $1.2M (+16%), with total assets most recently reported at $18.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AL, AZ, CO, FL, GA, HI, and 4 other states.

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Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.

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