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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION/FFA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,158,382
Total expenses
$876,951
Contributions and grants received
$966,376
Grants paid
$582,713
Program service revenue
$10,100
Investment income
$33,721
Other revenue
$148,185
Total assets, end of year
$3,749,197
Total liabilities, end of year
$182,242
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,566,955
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$675,713
Management and general expenses
$115,641
Fundraising expenses
$85,597
Program service expenses (Part III)
$675,713

Program services were 77.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $224,238

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $742,138

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $100,336

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BUSINESS TOURS/CAREER

    total $8,600 · related or exempt $8,600

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPME

    total $1,500 · related or exempt $1,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,926 · excluded $30,926

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,594

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $799

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,795

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,795 · excluded $2,795

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $398,463

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $224,238

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $274,971

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $123,492 · excluded $123,492

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $45,730

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $21,037

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $24,693 · excluded $24,693

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $582,713 · program services $582,713

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,659 · program services $32,208 · management and general $23,299 · fundraising $38,152

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $49,543 · program services $17,036 · management and general $12,325 · fundraising $20,182

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,433 · program services $2,212 · management and general $1,600 · fundraising $2,621

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,477 · program services $3,947 · management and general $2,855 · fundraising $4,675

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,838 · program services $2,845 · management and general $21,993

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $499 · management and general $499

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,728 · management and general $22,500 · fundraising $14,228

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,027 · program services $2,027

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,634 · program services $21,932 · management and general $19,531 · fundraising $4,171

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,079 · program services $1,433 · management and general $4,078 · fundraising $1,568

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,360 · program services $9,360

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,961 · management and general $6,961

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $467,130 · end of year $578,694

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $118,934

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,225 · end of year $6,600

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,096 · end of year $28,539

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $676,142 · end of year $702,073

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,218,865 · end of year $2,314,357

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,202 · end of year $72,024

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $100,732 · end of year $110,218

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $24,295 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,001,472 · end of year $1,227,580

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,252,757 · end of year $2,339,375

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION CULTIVATES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SECURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO INVEST IN ARIZONA'S FFA MEMBERS, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS, & COMMUNITIES. THUS, WE EMPOWER FFA MEMBERS TO DEVELOP STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS, ACHIEVE PERSONAL GROWTH, & BUILD SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGRICULTURAL LEADERS: THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION/FFA FOUNDATION CULTIVATES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SECURES FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO INVEST IN ARIZONA'S FFA MEMBERS, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES. BY DOING SO, WE EMPOWER FFA MEMBERS TO DEVELOP STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS, ACHIEVE PERSONAL GROWTH, AND BUILD SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.

  • THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FFA FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE EDUCATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FFA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, AND THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, WHILE MAINTAINING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, TEACHERS, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $675,713 · Grants $582,713 · Revenue $10,100

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Farrah Smith

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Pilchard

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Doug Norton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Olsen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Goucher

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grant Boice

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyler Bowen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leigh Loughead-Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Bales

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brinton Colburn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Roeder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Dobson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alicia Owen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Santiago

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rochell Planty

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,399
    From this org
    $101,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,149
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA

    $414,069

    LEADERSHIP AND AWARD PROGRAMS, CHAPTER TRAVEL SUPPORT, BANQUET SUPPORT, TRANSPORTATION FOR STATE FFA CAMP, SUPPORT OF AN ASSISTANT POSITION, SCHOLARSHIPS

  • ARIZONA AGRICULTURE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

    $72,885

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, AWARDS PROGRAM, SUMMER CONFERENCE SUPPORT, FALL CONFERENCE SUPPORT, TEACHER INITIATIVE PROGRAM

  • U OF A COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

    $61,500

    CULLISON PROGRAM SUPPORT, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

  • FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - ESTRELLA

    $10,150

    SUPPORT FOR THE ESTRELLA REGION CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT, FFA JACKETS FOR EACH OF THE CHAPTERS IN THE REGION AND 2 CAMP REGISTRATIONS FOR EACH FFA CHAPTER IN THE REGION.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620149349301072

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