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Filing year 2024

DESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION

Phoenix, Arizona·EIN 81-1028132·NTEE T30 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$1.2M
Total assets
$1.1M
Total expenses
$1.2M
Reported officers
11
Mission

TO PROMOTE THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS TO NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS, AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$54k
$56k
Director
board member
$42k
$44k
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$41k
$42k
Director (left 4/2024)
board member
$32k
$34k
Vp/exec Dir Df Foundation
officer (unspecified)
$28k
$30k
Director
board member
$21k
$22k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Down 92%
from 2023

From $747k in 2023 to $59k in 2024.

$747k
2023
$59k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 92% in real terms$793k to $61k

Estimated with Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

DESERT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.1M
$1.1M
2023
$1.2M
$1.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Arizona

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Arizona pay their highest-earning executive a median of $45,000.

25th percentile
$16k
Median
$45,000
75th percentile
$102k
90th percentile
$260k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 55 organizations across 55 filings (2021 – 2023).

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