Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$851,367

Total expenses

$617,784

Contributions and grants received

$851,367

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$254,994

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,213

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$253,781

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$488,930

Management and general expenses

$75,443

Fundraising expenses

$53,411

Program service expenses (Part III)

$488,930

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SOSAZ NETWORK SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY COLLABORATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, LOCAL AND STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER GROUPS. OUTREACH ALSO INCLUDES COLLABORATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH NON-PARTISAN 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER STATES AND NATIONALLY FACING SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC EDUCATION. SOSAZ SEEKS TO FOSTER ROBUST SUPPORT FOR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND EDUCATION LEADERS ORDER TO BUILD A STRONGER ARIZONA.

  Expenses $293,358

• SOSAZ NETWORK DEVELOPS AND DELIVERS WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, DISCUSSIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS THAT INFORM A WIDE VARIETY OF AUDIENCES AND MEDIA ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. DURING 2024, SOSAZ NETWORK ORGANIZED AND HOSTED DOZENS OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EDUCATION FORUMS BOTH LOCALLY AND FOR NATIONAL AUDIENCES, INCLUDING "SPEAKING OF SCHOOLS" WEBINARS, AN EDUCATION ROADSHOW PRESENTATION, THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN ARIZONA WEBINAR, POLICY BRIEFINGS, AND MORE.

  Expenses $122,233

• SOSAZ NETWORK DEVELOPS, ORGANIZES, AND DISSEMINATES RESEARCH, RESOURCES, AND INFORMATION RELATIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ARIZONA. SOSAZN NETWORK DELIVERS FACTUAL INFORMATION AROUND SCHOOL FUNDING, UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, EFFORTS TO PRIVATIZE AND MONETIZE PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND HOW INEQUITIES IN FUNDING FORMULAS DISADVANTAGE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. RESEARCH HAS INCLUDED DETAILED, NONPARTISAN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW UNIVERSAL VOUCHERS IMPACT ARIZONA'S BUDGET AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOW UNIVERSAL VOUCHERS CONTRIBUTE TO SCHOOL CLOSURES OCCURRING IN THE STATE, AND THE PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

  Expenses $48,893

• SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK ENGAGED IN NON-PARTISAN VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS ACROSS THE STATE. STATEWIDE, WE FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON COMMUNITY TABLING AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CMMUNITY COLLEGES. IN YUMA COUNTY, WE FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON TWO HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND A LOCAL, NON-PROFIT. FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, WE REGISTERED VOTERS AT TWO HEALTH DEPARTMENT LOCATIONS AND NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE ARE WEEKLY EVENTS THAT RUN CONSISTENTLY WITH BREAKS FOR SUMMER. WE MOBILIZED VOLUNTEERS BY CALLING THE "FEDERAL ONLY" VOTERS LIST TO SUPPORT VOTERS IN PROVIDING CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY DOCUMENTATION WHICH IS REQUIRED IN AZ TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE BALLOT. WE ALSO TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO REGISTER VOTERS. ULTIMATELY OVER 50 EVENTS AND 10 FORMAL VOTER REGISTRATION TRAININGS WERE HELD.

  Expenses $24,446

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA

  501(C)(4) · PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCACY · AZ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

18 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523019349302267

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