2026-05-15T11:44:15-04:00 2025-06-30 SNYDER & BROWN CPAS PLLC 3933 S MCCLINTOCK DRIVE SUITE 505 Tempe AZ 85282 990 2024-07-01 860198599 MESA UNITED WAY INC % Mark Young MESA 4809698601 137 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE Mesa AZ 85201 MARK YOUNG President and CEO 4809698601 2026-05-12 false true ROBERT SNYDER P01230612 4803397114 2026-05-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Mark Young 137 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE Mesa AZ 85201 1042613 false X mesaunitedway.org X 1966 AZ United we fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in Mesa. 3 3 0 8 0 0 1023212 1016811 0 113633 0 1476 25802 1138321 1042613 2659626 477366 0 13291 22812 0 27533 574634 324522 3247551 824700 -2109230 217913 2337097 2223102 689610 357702 1647487 1865400 United we fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in Mesa. false false 582771 477366 Founded in 1966, Mesa United Way operates as a nonprofit philanthropic corporation under the State of Arizona laws. Historically a staunch supporter of addressing the poverty challenges faced by vulnerable populations, Mesa United Way continues to enhance community partnerships which align with this goal. In particular, Mesa United Way focuses on funding solutions related to the day-to-day needs of foster/kinship children, housing and self-sufficiency for youth aging out of foster care, free tax assistance and financial literacy for low- and moderate-income households, affordable housing for the chronically disabled and working poor, and the critically important work of improving childhood literacy. To do all this, Mesa United Way depends on individual and corporate contributions. Launched by Mesa United Way in 2009, the Helens Hope Chest program focused on the needs of foster and kinship children from infancy through early childhood. In 2014, Helens Hope Chest became a legal entity of its own but operated as a subsidiary under Mesa United Way. Never sitting on its laurels, Mesa United Way continued creating more programs that filled more gapsVITA, Foster360, 12Books and the Mesa Veterans Resource Center. In 2023, once it became evident that the community members served by these necessary programs had grown well beyond the geographic boundaries of the City of Mesa, Mesa United Way created a new nonprofit corporation, Azura Inc., and placed these direct-service programming beneath that umbrella. This included Helens Hope Chest and Foster360, now a legal entity as well. The purpose of these organizational changes furthered Mesa United Ways goal of launching sustainable programming that directly improves the lives of our community members while also allowing the new Azura family of solutions to flourish and grow without the limitations of the United Way structure that governs Mesa United Way. Whether through its traditional United Way workplace campaigns or finding the next gap in services that needs a solution, Mesa United Way remains committed to both supporting the work of its progeny while also remaining even more closely focused on its core mission of fighting for the health, education and financial stability of every person in Mesa. 582771 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true 3 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X Allison Johnson 4809698601 137 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE Mesa AZ 85201 Mark Young President & CEO 5.00 35.00 X 0 111444 15200 Allison Johnson Chief Financial Officer 10.00 30.00 X 0 88895 12875 Dana Hicks Chief Operating Officer 0.00 40.00 X 0 65693 17600 Ron Schmidt Board Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cathy Grosso Board Chair 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nicole Wheeldon Board Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 266032 45675 0 false false false 375015 641796 333000 1016811 0 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS 561499 25802 25802 25802 1042613 25802 0 0 477366 477366 17927 638 17289 3562 165 3397 1323 1323 200000 200000 9101 9101 259 259 39 39 10972 1381 5031 4560 15425 14621 804 1528 1523 5 250 129 121 62578 62578 6537 6537 Dues & memberships 17833 17833 824700 582771 214396 27533 411480 219435 91575 193364 266516 453168 350000 350000 9816 2491798 1494479 1059897 997319 157629 2337097 2223102 356610 70109 333000 287593 689610 357702 X 469603 908753 1177884 956647 1647487 1865400 2337097 2223102 217913 0 X X false true X true false X 4126840 1296838 905080 1023212 1016811 8368781 763475 551926 1315401 4126840 2060313 1457006 1023212 1016811 9684182 9684182 23661 26101 69917 54223 173902 9858084 0.98240 0.98250 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false true true 12475 12475 1522000 765555 756445 670569 448702 221867 286754 280222 6532 997319 Payables to related third parties 287593 287593 1042354 1042354 259 259 1042613 824441 824441 259 259 824700 true AZURA INC 127 East University Dr Mesa AZ 85201 932097814 501C3 300000 Contribute to its programs FOSTER360 127 East University Dr Mesa AZ 85201 932314888 501C3 115000 Contribute to the program La Mesa Ministries 805 N Country Club Dr Mesa AZ 85201 823717093 501C3 45000 Build one of the first tiny Mesa homes 3 X 1 333000 Stated loan value false true false Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE DRAFTS OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 SUBMITTED FROM THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE FORM 990 TO THE BOARD. A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE FORM 990 IS PUT TO THE GENERAL BOARD ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE DRAFTED FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c EACH FISCAL YEAR, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN AND DATE A NEW COPY OF THE CODE OF ETHICS. THE CODE OF ETHICS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS THAT A BOARD MEMBER DIVULGE ANY AND ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES WITH WHOM THEY HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THAT ALSO SHARES A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION. ALL STAFF MEMBERS MUST SIGN A NEW COPY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK EACH FISCAL YEAR. ALL TRANSACTION AND VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONDUCTED AT ARMS LENGTH. THREE COMPETING BIDS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY POTENTIAL EXPENDITURE OVER $10,000. BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE A RELATED PARTY TO ANY TRANSACTION ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THAT TRANSACTION. CONFLICTS ARE MONITORED AND ENFORCED CONTINUOUSLY AND BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM A SEARCH COMMITTEE MADE UP OF BOARD MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS. THIS SEARCH COMMITTEE REVIEWS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR COMPENSATION LEVELS OF CEOS IN SIMILAR SIZED ORGANIZATIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY RECOMMENDS A COMPENSATION LEVEL TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ONCE APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A VOTE. THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW/UPDATE PROCESS WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE 2019. COMPENSATION FOR ALL OTHER POSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION IS DETERMINED BY THE CEO WHO REVIEWS COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS INSIMILARLY SIZED ORGANIZATIONS. BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE CONSULTED, BUT BOARD APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIRED. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Audited by an independent accountant Part XII line 2b THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE DRAFTS OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 SUBMITTED FROM THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE FORM 990 TO THE BOARD. A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE FORM 990 IS PUT TO THE GENERAL BOARD ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE DRAFTED FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. 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