Jupiter Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811162363
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4806430075
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $552,242
- Expenses
- $548,270
- Assets
- $107,404
- Liabilities
- $3,619
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROSS SIMON (PRESIDENT)
- AARON DEFEO (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROSS SIMON (PRESIDENT)
- AARON DEFEO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KEITH CAYWOOD (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The jupiter foundation is a non-profit organization that advances the craft of bartending through educational programs and events while benefiting our local Arizona hospitality and other worthy causes. We assist those in need by providing scholarships and grants to members.
What it reported doing in 2025
Annual 3-day "Arizona cocktail weekend" event to advance the craft of the cocktail and benefit the local hospitality industry. Activities include bartending classes, cultural events, cocktail education and tasting, industry and bartender support, and a mixologist competition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $547K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $500K reported
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.