SARSEF-SOUTHERN ARIZONA RESEARCH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: SARSEF-SOUTHERN ARIZONA RESEARCH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FOUNDATION (EIN 86-0946185)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-16
IRS object ID: 201841369349301009
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-16T10:59:26-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	680586549	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Clear View Business Solutions	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7530 North La Cholla Blvd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tucson	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85741	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	860946185	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SARSEF Southern Arizona Research Science and Eng	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SARS	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3247 N Christmas Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tucson	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85716	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Kathleen A Bethel	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Direc	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5209401963	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-01	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Deborah Elver	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00461579	PTIN
Phone	5205440177	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-16	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	63.251.162.66	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-05-16	IPDt
IP Tm	12:31:28	IPTm
Federal Original Submission Id	8614502018136iyujkua	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2018-05-16	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	627C1F0906D30B93059F3E4EBF37270B2B61B2EF	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	627C1F0906D30B93059F3E4EBF37270B2B61B2EF	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SARSEF	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Kathleen A Bethel	PrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts	$697,930	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.sarsef.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1999	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AZ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	See attached schedule O statement	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1044	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$594,709	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$646,913	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$43,359	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$4,587	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$594,709	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$685,685	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$68,445	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$343,186	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$470,404	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$366,027	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$538,849	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$709,213	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$55,860	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$23,528	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$402,422	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$396,373	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	-$772	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$16,707	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$403,194	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$379,666	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	See attached schedule O statement	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$506,003	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$468,325	RevenueAmt
Desc	The SARSEF Educational Outreach Program directly teaches critical thinking and problem solving through research, by traveling to schools for free presentations. The Outreach Program impacted 66,350 underrepresented (minority/female) students, 1,778 parents and 1,434 teachers.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$72,868	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$61,065	RevenueAmt
Desc	SARSEF Fair Week was the culminating event for all SARSEF programs. 95,000 students conduct research requiring critical thinking to be selected for this competition where scholarships, trips and prizes are awarded each year.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$34,480	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$47,741	RevenueAmt
Desc	SARSEF partnered with Brain STEM to deliver motivational outreach to 5,500 students through after-school clubs, community presentations and programs in 23 schools and numerous community events.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (3 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmt	RevenueRevenueAmt	DescDesc
$16,244	$29,126	Arizona STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Adventure impacted 1,200 Gr. 48 students as 50 STEM organizations share their world, motivating children to enter the world of STEM. Teachers are provided Professional Development with best practices and materials for science lessons.
$11,488	$21,343	Imagne Your STEM Future Mentoring Project. A collaborative project between Raytheon, Desert View High School and SARSEF brought real-world female scientists and engineers together with 125 girls, Grades 9-12, who benefit from a single-gender classroom environment to encourage future STEM leaders.
$9,177	$13,732	ACES (Applied Career Explorattion in Science)Camp. ACES provided a week of science camp for 50 middle school girls at a critical time in their lives which allowed them to experience campus life so they know they can pursue higher education in STEM.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$36,909	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$64,201	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$650,260	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Kathleen A Bethel	PersonNm
Phone	5209401963	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3247 N Christmas Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tucson	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85716	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Alan Goldberg
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Schaefer
Honorary Chairman	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Doug Nutter
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Larry Lebofsky
Board memeber	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DaNel Hogan
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rajendran Subramaniam
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ravishankar Palanivelu
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Fosdick
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Margaret Wilch
Founding Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kathleen A Bethel
Chief Executive Officer	40.00	0.00		$30,900	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Betsy Bolding
President Founding Board Memb	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Anthony Ramirez
Secretary	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Sharon ONeal
Treasurer	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$30,900	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$85,909	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$561,004	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$646,913	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$39,639	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$39,639	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$11,378	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$7,658	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$3,720	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,720	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,720	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cost Of Goods Sold	$4,587	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$4,587	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$4,587	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$685,685	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$867	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$39,639	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,900	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,720	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,180	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$278,368	TotalAmt
Program Services	$269,122	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,246	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,724	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,672	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,194	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,898	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,296	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,300	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,300	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$210	TotalAmt
Program Services	$60	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$150	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,388	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,793	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,595	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,023	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,871	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,623	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,063	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$560	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,014	TotalAmt
Program Services	$996	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,537	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,532	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,005	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,752	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,498	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$254	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$47,759	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,775	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$984	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46	TotalAmt
Management And General	$46	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,592	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,273	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$319	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,931	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,319	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,612	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Equipment Rental	$24,006	$24,006
Outreach Expenses	$20,945	$20,158	$787
Student Awards	$54,233	$54,233
Student Supplies	$28,433	$28,433

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,235	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,838	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,397	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$709,213	TotalAmt
Program Services	$650,260	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$58,953	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,579	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,441	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$389,838	BOYAmt
EOY	$365,664	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$17,742	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$6,474	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,005	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,268	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$402,422	BOYAmt
EOY	$396,373	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$772	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,707	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$772	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,707	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$403,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$379,666	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$403,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$379,666	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$402,422	BOYAmt
EOY	$396,373	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$23,528	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$314,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$402,302	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$367,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$479,901	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$658,292	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,222,486	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$314,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$402,302	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$367,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$479,901	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$658,292	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,222,486	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$569,493	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,652,993	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$23,414	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$57,076	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$103	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	-$14,808	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$39,639	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$105,424	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,327,910	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.71010	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.75370	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$17,742	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,474	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$11,268	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$11,268	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Governing body meeting documentation Part VI line 8a	Minutes are recorded at each meeting and later voted on/approved at the next meeting
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	The Form 990 is provided to the board for review before filing
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c	When Board By-Laws were reviewed and approved at annual Board Meeing each year
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	Upon request
List of other expenses Part IX line 24e	Overflow Statement page 1: IX Statement of Functional Expenses Program Service line 24e
General explanation attachment	Full legal nameSARSEF: Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation Exempt Purpose: The mission of SARSEF is to ensure the future success of Southern Arizona economic region by teaching critical thinking and problem-solving through science, engineering, and research to K-12 students, with a focus on reaching those that are underrepresented and living in areas of poverty.