Public Charity

THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES

THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES is a Public Charity headquartered in PHOENIX, AZ. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $11.4M revenue, $11.1M expenses, $11.3M total assets. IRS filings disclose 1,257 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $70.1M.

EIN: 860560664 PHOENIX, AZ Public Foundations NTEE: T30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$11.4M
Total Expenses$11.1M
Total Assets$11.3M
Grants Given1,257
Grant Total$70.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE THUNDERBIRDS CHARITIES CORPORATION CONDUCTS BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA SERVING AS THE HOST ORGANIZATION FOR THE PGA TOUR EVENT THAT IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY IN THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA, AND THROUGH DONATIONS TO ARIZONA BASED ORGANIZATIONS, (CONT'D SCHED O) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND OTHERS IN NEED AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE OF ARIZONA'S COMMUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Thunderbirds Charities

How Thunderbirds Charities divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$99 Programs the work itself
$1 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 $99 for programs

$86
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 $9,620,500 to various…
87% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 18 organizations; 36 organizations; 20 organizations
$13
Birdies for charity program is a two-part program designed to generate donations to local non-profit organizations
13% of 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.

Before you apply to Thunderbirds Charities

Rarely funds new orgs 9% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

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Officers & Directors

EXEC. DIRECTOR Chance Cozby
DIRECTOR Chris Camacho
DIRECTOR David Brannon
DIRECTOR Dodge Earnhardt
DIRECTOR Dr Michael Golding
DIRECTOR Dr Wayne Franklin

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Youth Development
$16,879,670 307 grants
General Support
$15,237,490 301 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$9,707,243 104 grants
Education
$9,325,689 217 grants
Health & Medicine
$7,462,005 123 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $11.4M $11.1M $11.3M
2024 $11.3M $7.0M $11.0M
2023 $8.1M $7.9M $6.6M
2022 $6.4M $5.7M $6.4M
2021 $2.9M $6.1M $5.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.9M to $11.4M (+298%), with total assets most recently reported at $11.3M.

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

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AZ, MA.

AZMA

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