SECULAR COMMUNITIES FOR ARIZONA INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $87K · expenses $224K · assets $414K

EIN
46-2530441
Address
PO BOX 47756, PHOENIX, AZ 85068-7756
Website
SECULARAZ.ORG
NTEE code
B99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Zenaido Quintana (its 2018 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2018 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

SECULAR AZ WORKS TO ENSURE THE CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IN ARIZONA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Jeanne Casteen EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2022-2024 $70,833$189,333 2

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

26 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Whitney Johnson BOARD CHAIR2022-2024 3 $0 reported 2
Suzanne Story SECRETARY2023-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Diana Ashley TREASURER2024 1 $0 reported 1
Craig Beckman DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dianne Post DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Iain Hamp DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Kalyn Thompson DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Karen Mcclelland DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Kevin Hickman DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Kristina Ambri DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Martha O'Connor DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Mary Ganapol DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Sami Al-Asady DIRECTOR2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Vickie Strangl DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Rt Justice (former) BOARD CHAIR2022 3 $0 reported 2
Joe Blakenship (former) TREASURER THRU 8/1/222022 5 $0 reported 1
Keirsten Anderson (former) DIRECTOR2019-2022 1 $0 reported 2
Vanessa Torre (former) DIRECTOR2022 1 $0 reported 2
Joe Blankenship (former) Treasurer2019-2021 12 $0 reported 2
R T Justice (former) Chairman2019-2021 8 $0 reported 1
Zenaido Quintana (former) CHAIRMAN2015-2019 8 $0 reported 2
James Lippard (former) TREASURER2015 4 $0 reported 2
Caleb Naugle (former) DIRECTOR2015 4 $0 reported 2
Anne Mardick (former) DIRECTOR2015 4 $0 reported 2
Michael Shelton (former) DIRECTOR2015 4 $0 reported 2
Lisa Laurence (former) SECRETARY2015 4 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 15 people listed · 1 paid, $71K · 3 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JEANNE CASTEEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $70,833$0$0 $70,8332
WHITNEY JOHNSON BOARD CHAIR3 $0$0$0 $02
SUZANNE STORY SECRETARY3 $0$0$0 $01
DIANA ASHLEY TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
CRAIG BECKMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DIANNE POST DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
IAIN HAMP DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KALYN THOMPSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
KAREN MCCLELLAND DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KEVIN HICKMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KRISTINA AMBRI DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MARTHA O'CONNOR DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
MARY GANAPOL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
SAMI AL-ASADY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
VICKIE STRANGL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 14 people listed · 1 paid, $50K · 0 employees · 13 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JEANNE CASTEEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $49,500$0$0 $49,5002
WHITNEY JOHNSON BOARD CHAIR3 $0$0$0 $02
MARTHA O'CONNOR SECRETARY3 $0$0$0 $02
CRAIG BECKMAN DIRECTOR SINCE 10/1/20231 $0$0$0 $01
DIANNE POST DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
IAIN HAMP DIRECTOR SINCE 10/1/20231 $0$0$0 $01
KALYN THOMPSON DIRECTOR SINCE 10/1/20231 $0$0$0 $01
KAREN MCCLELLAND DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KEVIN HICKMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KRISTINA AMBRI DIRECTOR SINCE 10/1/20231 $0$0$0 $01
MARY GANAPOL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
SAMI AL-ASADY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
SUZANNE STORY DIRECTOR SINCE 10/1/20231 $0$0$0 $01
VICKIE STRANGL DIRECTOR SINCE 10/1/20231 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 12 people listed · 1 paid, $69K · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JEANNE CASTEEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $69,000$0$0 $69,0002
RT JUSTICE BOARD CHAIR3 $0$0$0 $02
MARTHA O'CONNOR SECRETARY3 $0$0$0 $02
JOE BLAKENSHIP TREASURER THRU 8/1/225 $0$0$0 $01
SAMI AL-ASADY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KEIRSTEN ANDERSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
MARY GANAPOL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KEVIN HICKMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
WHITNEY JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
KAREN MCCLELLAND DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
DIANNE POST DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
VANESSA TORRE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
R T Justice Chairman8 $0-- $01
Joe Blankenship Treasurer12 $0-- $02
Keirsten Anderson Secretary8 $0-- $02
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ZENAIDO QUINTANA CHAIRMAN8 $0-- $02
R T JUSTICE VICE-CHAIRMAN4 $0-- $01
JOE BLANKENSHIP TREASURER8 $0-- $02
KEIRSTEN ANDERSON SECRETARY4 $0-- $02
2015 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ZENAIDO QUINTANA CHAIRMAN4 $0$0$0 $02
LISA LAURENCE SECRETARY4 $0$0$0 $02
JAMES LIPPARD TREASURER4 $0$0$0 $02
MICHAEL SHELTON DIRECTOR4 $0$0$0 $02
CALEB NAUGLE DIRECTOR4 $0$0$0 $02
ANNE MARDICK DIRECTOR4 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,047$224,412 $413,527$413,527 $72,184$0 $70,833315
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,589$172,626 $542,671$541,171 $92,594$0 $49,500013
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$709,887$158,859 $620,350$620,208 $709,843$0 $69,000020
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,991$90,596 $105,687$51,158 $84,889- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$114,917$63,584 $111,333$41,451 $114,876- ---
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,017$26,979 $32,965$10,965 $39,728$0 $006

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $218,065 in all, tax years 2014 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2014-2020, 2022-2024 10$160,052 2024$20,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2019-2020 2$44,000 2020$24,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2015 1$9,424 2015$9,424
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AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Secular Communities for Arizona Inc”, “SECULAR COMMUNITIES FOR ARIZONA INC” 2020-2024 21$3,916 2024$10
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SECULAR COMMUNITIES FOR ARIZONA INC” 2020-2023 4$673 2023$259
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $224,412 spent · pay $138,421 · grants $2,310 · events $1,205
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $70,833$49,583$8,500$12,750 31.6%
Other salaries and wages $58,500$40,950$7,020$10,530 26.1%
Fees: other services $46,599$32,620$5,592$8,387 20.8%
Fees: accounting $12,413-$12,413- 5.5%
Payroll taxes $9,088$6,361$1,091$1,636 4.0%
Office expenses $8,493$5,520$2,548$425 3.8%
Advertising and promotion $4,661$3,263-$1,398 2.1%
Other (as described)PROGRAM MATERIALS ACTIVITIES $3,794$3,794-- 1.7%
Information technology $3,156$1,472$1,434$250 1.4%
Grants to US individuals $2,310$2,310-- 1.0%
Fees: investment management $1,319-$1,319- 0.6%
Insurance $1,248-$1,248- 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,205$1,205-- 0.5%
Travel $793$793-- 0.4%
Total$224,412100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $172,626 spent · pay $49,500 · grants $2,769 · events $5,625
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $81,755$58,430$22,939$386 47.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $49,500$34,650$5,940$8,910 28.7%
Information technology $18,234$16,550$1,434$250 10.6%
Office expenses $5,729$3,724$1,719$286 3.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,625$5,375-$250 3.3%
Advertising and promotion $5,230$3,661-$1,569 3.0%
Grants to US individuals $2,769$2,769-- 1.6%
Insurance $1,517-$1,517- 0.9%
Travel $1,409$1,409-- 0.8%
Fees: accounting $858-$858- 0.5%
Total$172,626100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $158,859 spent · pay $69,000 · grants $0 · events $797
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $74,568$52,790$20,922$856 46.9%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $69,000$48,300$8,280$12,420 43.4%
Office expenses $5,209$3,444$1,469$296 3.3%
Advertising and promotion $5,003$3,553-$1,450 3.1%
Fees: accounting $2,635-$2,635- 1.7%
Travel $1,647$1,647-- 1.0%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $797$797-- 0.5%
Total$158,859100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $90,596 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $71,660 79.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,936 20.9%
Total$90,596100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $63,584 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $33,289 52.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $30,295 47.6%
Total$63,584100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $26,979 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $1,140
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $18,466$18,466-- 68.4%
Travel $2,781$2,781-- 10.3%
Office expenses $1,765$1,412$177$176 6.5%
Information technology $1,689$1,689-- 6.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,140$1,140-- 4.2%
Insurance $516-$516- 1.9%
Fees: accounting $450-$450- 1.7%
Advertising and promotion $172--$172 0.6%
Total$26,979100%

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