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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PODER IN ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,925,757
Total expenses
$2,061,589
Contributions and grants received
$1,851,870
Grants paid
$90,604
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$73,887
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,965,893
Total liabilities, end of year
$325,774
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,640,119
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,581,022
Management and general expenses
$414,046
Fundraising expenses
$66,521
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,581,022

Program services were 76.7% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $372,078

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,479,792

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,887 · excluded $73,887

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $79,970 · program services $79,970

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,634 · program services $10,634

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $406,819 · program services $218,661 · management and general $157,545 · fundraising $30,613

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $544,278 · program services $534,484 · management and general $6,274 · fundraising $3,520

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $105,722 · program services $83,836 · management and general $21,886

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,717 · program services $59,492 · management and general $13,225

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $321,212 · program services $230,082 · management and general $72,730 · fundraising $18,400

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,618 · management and general $8,618

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,815 · program services $475 · management and general $47,340

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,829 · program services $41,404 · management and general $2,425

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $161,528 · program services $160,778 · management and general $750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,958 · program services $14,609 · management and general $8,335 · fundraising $6,014

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,819 · program services $14,747 · management and general $21,542 · fundraising $530

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $78,695 · program services $41,892 · management and general $34,476 · fundraising $2,327

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,668 · program services $8,633 · management and general $829 · fundraising $2,206

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,591 · program services $23,375 · management and general $2,738 · fundraising $478

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,073 · program services $2,740 · management and general $2,181 · fundraising $152

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,256 · program services $3,918 · management and general $3,120 · fundraising $218

  • 24a · Other expenses: Community Events

    total $40,516 · program services $38,337 · management and general $580 · fundraising $1,599

  • 24b · Other expenses: Maintenance and Repair

    total $15,471 · program services $8,354 · management and general $6,653 · fundraising $464

  • 24c · Other expenses: Training and Development

    total $4,519 · program services $3,489 · management and general $1,030

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $2,881 · program services $1,112 · management and general $1,769

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,161,032 · end of year $2,217,608

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,367,742 · end of year $2,437,666

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $412,797 · end of year $91,275

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $270,042 · end of year $219,344

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,278 · end of year $126,605

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $239,384 · end of year $199,169

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,925,951 · end of year $4,640,119

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Poder in Action is an anchor organization that is shifting the landscape of social justice, community development, and community driven public policy by training under represented, low income Arizonans to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue, form collaborative partnerships, and take action to address local issues.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Training under represented, low income Arizonans to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue from collaborative partnerships and take action to address local issues to shift the landscape of social justice and public policy.

  • Barrios al Poder connects immigrant and mixed status families with civic engagement skills to advocate for policy changes at the local and state level. Neighborhood by neighborhood, this group of parents mobilizes Phoenix residents to win vital city resources and services for their communities. Barrios al Poder hosts multiple Know Your Rights events and educational workshops on local city government and budget process. Barrios develops leaders to learn to organize for the change they want to see in their communities. In 2025, this program had approximately 700 participants.

    Expenses $242,257 · Grants $90,604

  • Expenses $28,710

  • Expenses $24,006

  • Other programs include Fiscal Sponsorship, Family Justice Collective, civic engagement, and healing and wellness.

    Expenses $1,286,049

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Viridiana Hernandez

    Executive Director (Now Former)

    Total calculated
    $213,322
    From this org
    $213,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,322
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $213,322

  • Ben Laughlin

    Co-Exeuctive Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Isabel Garcia

    Co-Exeuctive Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Nichole Cassidy

    President

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Maher Osman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Cordel

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Zarinah Tavares

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

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

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.

  • PODER

    501c4 · Cost Share of Staff · AZ

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611999349300701

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