A FOR ARIZONA

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $16K · expenses $72K · assets $0

EIN
85-1341587
Address
1016 SASHA LANE, ROSWELL, GA 30075
Website
AFORARIZONA.ORG
NTEE code
B99 Education N.E.C. (Education) inferred (by a small language model from the name and 990 text, confidence 0.60; not an IRS classification)
Exempt type
-
Ruling date
-
Principal officer
Emily Anne Gullickson (its 2019 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2019 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

A FOR ARIZONA IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND STUDIES, ANALYZES AND EDUCATES COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON METHODS, PRACTICES, AND POLICIES THAT PRIORITIZE STUDENT SUCCESS, EXPAND ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLS AND ALLOW SCHOOL LEADERS FLEXIBILITY TO BE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATIVE, WITH THE GOAL OF PREPARING EVERY STUDENT TO SUCCEED IN THE COMPETITIVE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
Ned Blum INTERIM CEO2024 $14,227$14,227 2

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

11 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
Amilyn Pierce INTERIM CHAIRMAN2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Derrell Bradford DIRECTOR2020-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Janelle Wood DIRECTOR2020-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jennifer Mellor DIRECTOR2020-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Kent Wilson DIRECTOR2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
John Donahue (former) CHAIRMAN (THRU 2/1/24)2020-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Ashley Ragan (former) TREASURER (THRU 2/1/24)2020-2023 0 $0 reported 2
Lee Benson (former) DIRECTOR (THRU 1/1/24)2020-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Luis Ramirez (former) DIRECTOR (THRU 3/1/24)2020-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Aaron Smith (former) DIRECTOR (THRU 8/30/23)2020-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Emily Anne Gullickson (former) CEO2020-2023 40 $0 reported 2

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $14K · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NED BLUM INTERIM CEO0 $14,227$0$0 $14,2272
AMILYN PIERCE INTERIM CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
DERRELL BRADFORD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JANELLE WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JENNIFER MELLOR DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
KENT WILSON DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
EMILY ANNE GULLICKSON CEO40 $0$0$0 $02
JOHN DONAHUE CHAIRMAN (THRU 2/1/24)1 $0$0$0 $01
AMILYN PIERCE INTERIM CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
ASHLEY RAGAN TREASURER (THRU 2/1/24)0 $0$0$0 $02
AARON SMITH DIRECTOR (THRU 8/30/23)1 $0$0$0 $01
DERRELL BRADFORD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JANELLE WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JENNIFER MELLOR DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
KENT WILSON DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
LEE BENSON DIRECTOR (THRU 1/1/24)1 $0$0$0 $01
LUIS RAMIREZ DIRECTOR (THRU 3/1/24)0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 9 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN DONAHUE CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
ASHLEY RAGAN TREASURER0 $0$0$0 $02
LEE BENSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DERRELL BRADFORD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JENNIFER MELLOR DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
AMILYN PIERCE DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
LUIS RAMIREZ DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
AARON SMITH DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JANELLE WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
KENT WILSON DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
EMILY ANNE GULLICKSON CEO40 $0$0$0 $02
2021 · 10 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 9 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN DONAHUE CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
LEE BENSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DERRELL BRADFORD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JENNIFER MELLOR DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
AMILYN PIERCE DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
LUIS RAMIREZ DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
AARON SMITH DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JANELLE WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
EMILY ANNE GULLICKSON CEO40 $0$0$0 $02
ASHLEY RAGAN TREASURER0 $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 10 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 9 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN DONAHUE CHAIRMAN1 $0$0$0 $01
LEE BENSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DERRELL BRADFORD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
JENNIFER MELLOR DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
AMILYN PIERCE DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
LUIS RAMIREZ DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
AARON SMITH DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JANELLE WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
EMILY ANNE GULLICKSON CEO40 $0$0$0 $02
ASHLEY RAGAN TREASURER0 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

2023 · 1 contractor · $167K
NameLocationServicePaid
LGN COLLABORATIONSKING GEORGE, VASTRATEGIC CONSULTING$167,000
2022 · 2 contractors · $548K
NameLocationServicePaid
GREAT LEADERS STRONG SCHOOLSPHOENIX, AZCOST SHARING EXPENSES$396,663
THE FULLER STORYPHOENIX, AZVIDEO PRODUCTION$151,600
2021 · 2 contractors · $506K
NameLocationServicePaid
GREAT LEADERS STRONG SCHOOLSPHOENIX, AZCOST SHARING EXPENSES$337,554
JOURNEYAGE LLCPHOENIX, AZGRANT SERVICES$168,250
2020 · 1 contractor · $130K
NameLocationServicePaid
GREAT LEADERS STRONG SCHOOLSPHOENIX, AZCOST SHARING EXPENSES$130,417

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2023 · 24 grants to organizations · $13.0M
2022 · 30 grants to organizations · $10.4M
2021 · 45 grants to organizations · $19.3M
2020 · 29 grants to organizations · $1.3M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

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 2025-02-10 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$15,720$71,939 $0$0 $15,720$0 $14,22705
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$13,575,690$13,887,362 $60,219$56,219 $13,569,793$0 $005
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$12,412,976$12,192,096 $630,163$367,891 $12,410,794$0 $009
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$20,021,245$20,381,232 $382,830$147,011 $19,978,298$0 $009
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,295,104$1,805,545 $591,569$506,998 $2,294,500$0 $009

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

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $437,009 in all, tax years 2021 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

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
BURTON FAMILY FOUNDATION $270,0002 $20,0002022 2021-2022 Public charity Exact
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YES EVERY KID FOUNDATION $50,0001 $50,0002022 2022 Public charity Exact
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MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION $45,0002 $25,0002022 2021-2022 DAF sponsor Exact
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GREAT LEADERS STRONG SCHOOLS $30,3691 $30,3692024 2024 Public charity Exact
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EVERY KID COUNTS OKLAHOMA INC $26,3291 $26,3292021 2021 Public charity Exact
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ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $10,0001 $10,0002023 2023 DAF sponsor Exact
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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATION INC $5,3111 $5,3112023 2023 Public charity Exact
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Nearby + Similar BETA

Organizations like this one: what they do and who they are linked to

Same category: NTEE code and revenue

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. Same state only

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
ARIZONA FUTURE FORUMAZNot reported $45,000$41,222 DIRECTOR$0 Similar name, revenue within 5x
ARIZONA FCAZN64 $725,648$784,178 President$33,405 Similar name, revenue differs more than 10x
FOSTER ARIZONAAZO50 $688,173$741,878 CEO AND FOUNDER$60,000 Similar name, revenue differs more than 10x
ALS ARIZONAAZE60 $1,664,806$1,643,875 President & CEO$153,066 Similar name, revenue differs more than 10x
RISE FOR A BETTER ARIZONAAZNot reported -- PRESIDENT$0 Similar name

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 5 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedTypeYearsWhich ones
GARCIA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC $170,0001 1Private foundation2022–2022 FOSTER ARIZONA
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC $158,2359 2DAF sponsor2019–2025 ALS ARIZONA; FOSTER ARIZONA
ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION funds this one $86,6548 2DAF sponsor2015–2024 FOSTER ARIZONA; ALS ARIZONA
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $79,1005 1DAF sponsor2018–2024 ALS ARIZONA
NINA MASON PULLIAM CHARITABLE TR $75,0001 1Private foundation2024–2024 FOSTER ARIZONA
JANIS CHAPMAN MERRILL FOUNDATION $60,0003 1Private foundation2022–2024 FOSTER ARIZONA
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING $39,2584 1DAF sponsor2018–2024 ALS ARIZONA
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA $32,6523 1DAF sponsor2022–2024 ALS ARIZONA
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND $29,7012 1DAF sponsor2023–2024 ALS ARIZONA
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $26,1953 1DAF sponsor2022–2024 FOSTER ARIZONA
GLOBAL IMPACT $25,3251 1DAF sponsor2020–2020 ALS ARIZONA
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM $17,0001 1DAF sponsor2024–2024 FOSTER ARIZONA
ALTA FOUNDATION $15,0002 1Private foundation2023–2024 FOSTER ARIZONA
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND $12,9232 1DAF sponsor2023–2024 ALS ARIZONA
UNION PACIFIC FOUNDATION $12,0001 1Private foundation2022–2022 FOSTER ARIZONA

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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 · $71,939 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $34,508-$34,508- 48.0%
Fees: accounting $14,227-$14,227- 19.8%
Information technology $10,145-$10,145- 14.1%
Fees: legal $9,000-$9,000- 12.5%
Insurance $3,361-$3,361- 4.7%
Office expenses $698-$698- 1.0%
Total$71,939100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $13,887,362 spent · pay $0 · grants $13,046,242 · events $30,380
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $13,046,242$13,046,242-- 93.9%
Other (as described)COST SHARING EXPENSES $364,068$239,265$124,803- 2.6%
Fees: other services $275,216$130,006$145,210- 2.0%
Fees: accounting $86,300-$86,300- 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $30,380-$30,380- 0.2%
Fees: legal $28,750$10,000$18,750- 0.2%
Information technology $19,770$156$19,614- 0.1%
Travel $18,579$2,581$15,998- 0.1%
Insurance $12,237$3,496$8,741- 0.1%
Office expenses $4,788$12$4,776- 0.0%
Advertising and promotion $1,032$83$949- 0.0%
Total$13,887,362100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $12,192,096 spent · pay $0 · grants $10,415,000 · events $31,406
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $10,415,000$10,415,000-- 85.4%
Fees: other services $813,292$711,355$101,937- 6.7%
Other (as described)COST SHARING EXPENSES $544,385$418,887$125,498- 4.5%
Information technology $225,216$198,162$27,054- 1.8%
Fees: accounting $61,860-$61,860- 0.5%
Travel $34,241$4,983$29,258- 0.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $31,406-$31,406- 0.3%
Advertising and promotion $30,268$20,685$9,583- 0.2%
Fees: legal $15,000$15,000-- 0.1%
Insurance $14,540$6,418$8,122- 0.1%
Office expenses $6,888$575$6,313- 0.1%
Total$12,192,096100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $20,381,232 spent · pay $0 · grants $19,327,000 · events $91,361
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $19,327,000$19,327,000-- 94.8%
Other (as described)COST SHARING EXPENSES $429,598$299,942$129,656- 2.1%
Fees: other services $255,579$159,240$96,339- 1.3%
Information technology $102,091$86,144$15,947- 0.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $91,361$73,942$17,419- 0.4%
Advertising and promotion $71,573$71,395$178- 0.4%
Fees: accounting $60,293-$60,293- 0.3%
Travel $20,970$20,970-- 0.1%
Fees: legal $15,000$13,750$1,250- 0.1%
Insurance $4,648-$4,648- 0.0%
Office expenses $2,906$402$2,504- 0.0%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES $213-$213- 0.0%
Total$20,381,232100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $1,805,545 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,307,800 · events $6,059
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $1,307,800$1,307,800-- 72.4%
Other (as described)COST SHARING EXPENSES $228,388$150,871$77,517- 12.6%
Fees: other services $157,099$154,178$2,921- 8.7%
Advertising and promotion $32,078$32,026$52- 1.8%
Fees: accounting $28,276-$28,276- 1.6%
Fees: legal $21,250$14,375$6,875- 1.2%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES $6,510-$6,510- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $6,059$5,880$179- 0.3%
Information technology $5,878$3,910$1,968- 0.3%
Insurance $5,450-$5,450- 0.3%
Travel $3,100$3,100-- 0.2%
Office expenses $2,014$1,651$363- 0.1%
Occupancy $1,643-$1,643- 0.1%
Total$1,805,545100%

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