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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA.

Totals

Total revenue
$643,397
Total expenses
$454,593
Contributions and grants received
$631,299
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,922
Investment income
$176
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$211,829
Total liabilities, end of year
$115
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$211,714
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$409,463
Management and general expenses
$36,222
Fundraising expenses
$8,908
Program service expenses (Part III)
$409,463

Program services were 90.1% 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

    $631,299

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEE

    total $11,922 · related or exempt $11,922

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $176 · excluded $176

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,000 · program services $8,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,579 · management and general $19,579

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,795 · management and general $1,795

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $428 · fundraising $428

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $269,033 · program services $268,833 · management and general $200

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $85,210 · program services $85,210

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,854 · program services $10,062 · management and general $6,792

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,933 · management and general $2,933

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,762 · management and general $4,762

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,014 · program services $11,853 · management and general $161

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $17,404 · program services $17,404

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $8,480 · fundraising $8,480

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $7,246 · program services $7,246

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $855 · program services $855

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5 · end of year $887

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,516 · end of year $210,942

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,789 · end of year $115

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,732 · end of year $211,714

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA (SOSAZ) IS A NONPARTISAN, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION FOUNDED TO PROMOTE, ADVOCATE FOR, AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRITICAL VALUE OF AN ADEQUATELY RESOURCED, ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NON-PARTISAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION FIGHTING FOR STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR A STRONG ARIZONA

  • SOSAZ UTILIZED ITS EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE IMPACTS OF ARIZONA'S UNIVERSAL VOUCHER PROGRAM. SOSAZ CONDUCTED RESEARCH INTO AND COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE COSTS AND IMPACTS OF VOUCHERS. THE WORK CONSISTED OF INFORMING LEGISLATORS AND THE PUBLIC OF THE IMPACTS OF POLICY ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ATTENDING AND SPEAKING AT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND ORGANIZING OTHERS FROM AN ACTIVE, STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER NETWORK TO DO THE SAME. SOSAZ HAS BECOME AN AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE FOR INSIGHT AND INFORMATION ABOUT EDUCATION PRIVATIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES, THE ECONOMY, AND ARIZONA'S SOCIAL COHESION.

    Expenses $221,110 · Revenue $11,922

  • SOSAZ AND ITS NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS WORKED TO SUPPORT PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION POLICIES, MEASURES, AND CANDIDATES THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. THIS INCLUDED PRODUCING FLYERS AND CANVASSING MATERIALS, RUNNING SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND ADVERTISING, AND HOLDING TOWNHALLS AND PUBLIC EVENTS. IT ALSO INCLUDED DIRECT VOTER CONTACT IN THE FORM OF KNOCKING DOORS AND CALLING AND TEXTING VOTERS.

    Expenses $139,217

  • SOSAZ ORGANIZED VOLUNTEERS AROUND ARIZONA TO FORM LOCALLY BASED GROUPS TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONG, PRO-STUDENT EDUCATION POLICY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, AND AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE. SOSAZ AND ITS VOLUNTEER NETWORKS ADVOCATED FOR INCREASING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AND AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO DRAIN FUNDING FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. VOLUNTEER GROUPS DELIVERED PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, SPOKE AT TOWNHALLS, ADVOCATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN LOCAL PAPERS, AND MORE. SOSAZ ASSISTED VOLUNTEERS WITH PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION MESSAGING, AS WELL AS STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES.

    Expenses $49,136

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Yasmin Kassel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Jacob Martinez

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Iain Hamp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jill Humpherys

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wes Oswald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Missa Foy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Goff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • Signa Oliver

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Raquel Mamani

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick Brown

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Lewis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $70,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    22 + 18 related

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349304505

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