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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROGRESSNOW AZ.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,523,584
Total expenses
$2,901,605
Contributions and grants received
$2,523,584
Grants paid
$475,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$458,812
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,785
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$450,027
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,634,631
Management and general expenses
$249,516
Fundraising expenses
$17,458
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,634,631

Program services were 90.8% 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

    $2,523,584

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $475,000 · program services $475,000

  • 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 $0

  • 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 $752,843 · program services $639,916 · management and general $105,399 · fundraising $7,528

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $64,634 · program services $54,939 · management and general $9,048 · fundraising $647

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,113 · program services $12,846 · management and general $2,116 · fundraising $151

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $205,426 · program services $174,612 · management and general $28,760 · fundraising $2,054

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $551,029 · program services $468,366 · management and general $77,075 · fundraising $5,588

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,758 · program services $38,428 · management and general $6,330

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,736 · program services $20,178 · management and general $3,322 · fundraising $236

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,148 · program services $12,027 · management and general $1,980 · fundraising $141

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,527 · program services $31,896 · management and general $5,255 · fundraising $376

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,869 · program services $5,841 · management and general $961 · fundraising $67

  • 20 · Interest

    total $209 · program services $178 · management and general $29 · fundraising $2

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

    total $643,000 · program services $643,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIGITAL COORDINATION

    total $10,570 · program services $8,987 · management and general $1,476 · fundraising $107

  • 24c · Other expenses: VIDEO PRODUCTION

    total $35,599 · program services $30,268 · management and general $4,972 · fundraising $359

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRAPHIC DESIGN

    total $20,000 · program services $17,005 · management and general $2,793 · fundraising $202

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,144 · program services $1,144

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $813,841 · end of year $261,127

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $197,685

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $793 · end of year $8,785

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $828,048 · end of year $450,027

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROGRESS ARIZONA IS AN ARIZONA NONPROFIT CORPORATION LOCATED IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. PROGRESS ARIZONA IS AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2018 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT KEY POLICY ISSUES USING DIGITAL ORGANIZING AND COMMUNICATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROGRESS ARIZONA IS AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 2018 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT KEY POLICY ISSUES USING DIGITAL ORGANIZIING AND COMMUNICATIONS.

  • WE USED SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL ORGANIZING, EARNED MEDIA, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS TACTICS TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE ARIZONANS ON KEY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES, WITH A FOCUS ON VOTING RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, TAXES, AND CLEAN ENERGY, AMONG OTHER TOPICS. WE WORKED WITH DOZENS OF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, APPEARED IN A VARIETY OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS, HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH OUR WORK, AND REACHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ABOUT POLICIES AND TOPICS AFFECTING THEIR LIVES.

    Expenses $2,634,631 · Grants $500,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ariel Reyes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josselyn Berry

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Belen Sisa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramon Alejandro Alvarez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • COPPER STATE RESEARCH GROUP LLC

    POLLING · AZ · income $1,742,781 · assets $172,899

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543109349303364

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