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← ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,871,567
Total expenses
$3,261,716
Contributions and grants received
$11,378,483
Grants paid
$750,384
Program service revenue
$8,916
Investment income
$484,168
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$28,574,241
Total liabilities, end of year
$674,001
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,900,240
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,003,740
Management and general expenses
$112,752
Fundraising expenses
$145,224
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,003,740

Program services were 92.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,378,483

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $400,438

  • 2a · Program service revenue: IMMIGRATION SERVICES

    total $230 · related or exempt $230

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM FEES

    total $3,600 · related or exempt $3,600

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM

    total $5,086 · related or exempt $5,086

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $484,168 · excluded $484,168

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $750,384 · program services $750,384

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $32,311 · program services $24,660 · management and general $7,651

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $61,401 · program services $46,051 · management and general $7,675 · fundraising $7,675

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,289 · management and general $6,289

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $730,834 · program services $572,678 · management and general $83,579 · fundraising $74,577

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,091 · program services $36,091

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,835 · program services $57,412 · management and general $3,495 · fundraising $2,928

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,610 · program services $17,649 · management and general $981 · fundraising $980

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,125 · program services $52,313 · management and general $2,907 · fundraising $2,905

  • 17 · Travel

    total $106,292 · program services $106,292

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $561,590 · program services $505,431 · fundraising $56,159

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,711 · program services $1,711

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $175 · management and general $175

  • 24a · Other expenses: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

    total $590,739 · program services $590,739

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $242,329 · program services $242,329

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,213,587 · end of year $26,656,395

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,079,518 · end of year $1,512,061

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $17,914

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $13,582

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,043 · end of year $4,332

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $401,453

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,719 · end of year $674,001

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,801,030 · end of year $27,552,240

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,488,399 · end of year $348,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EMPOWERING ARIZONAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING ARIZONAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.

  • ACE CONDUCTED NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AT THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE AND, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE FIRST ECONOMY COALITION, HELPED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS CLEAR INFORMATION ON ISSUES AFFECTING THEM. ACE COMPLETED 218 COMMUNITY EVENTS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENTS SUCH AS MONEY TALKS, JEFAS EVENTS, AND LARGE-SCALE FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTS TO ENCOURAGE VOTER TURNOUT. ACE ALSO COMPLETED 7,861 VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS DURING OUR VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, VOTERIA.

    Expenses $3,003,740 · Grants $750,384 · Revenue $8,916

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alejandra Gomez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,204
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,204
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $184,204 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $184,204 related

  • Montserrat Arredondo

    DIRECTOR FROM 12/10/24

    Total calculated
    $32,311
    From this org
    $32,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alicia Russell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Martin Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Raquel Teran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ricardo Zamudio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Includus Fund

    $750,000

    Takeovers, Media, Concert Funding

  • Others under reporting threshold

    $384

    Operation Support

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349326925

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