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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$631,299
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEE
total $11,922 · related or exempt $11,922
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3 · Investment income
total $176 · excluded $176
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $8,000 · program services $8,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $19,579 · management and general $19,579
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,795 · management and general $1,795
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $428 · fundraising $428
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11g · Fees: other
total $269,033 · program services $268,833 · management and general $200
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $85,210 · program services $85,210
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13 · Office expenses
total $16,854 · program services $10,062 · management and general $6,792
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14 · Information technology
total $2,933 · management and general $2,933
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17 · Travel
total $4,762 · management and general $4,762
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $12,014 · program services $11,853 · management and general $161
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24a · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE
total $17,404 · program services $17,404
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24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES
total $8,480 · fundraising $8,480
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24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO
total $7,246 · program services $7,246
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24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH
total $855 · program services $855
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5 · end of year $887
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $23,516 · end of year $210,942
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,789 · end of year $115
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Yasmin KasselYASMIN KASSEL
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
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Jacob MartinezJACOB MARTINEZ
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Iain HampIAIN HAMP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jill HumpherysJILL HUMPHERYS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Wes OswaldWES OSWALD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Missa FoyMISSA FOY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Elizabeth GoffELIZABETH GOFF
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
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Signa OliverSIGNA OLIVER
DIRECTOR (LEFT 8/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Raquel MamaniRAQUEL MAMANI
DIRECTOR (LEFT 2/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Patrick BrownPATRICK BROWN
DIRECTOR (LEFT 8/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Elizabeth LewisELIZABETH 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.
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SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK
501(C)(3) · EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH · AZ
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503149349304505
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