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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PODER.

Totals

Total revenue
$316,893
Total expenses
$759,504
Contributions and grants received
$312,940
Grants paid
$265,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,953
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,808,640
Total liabilities, end of year
$97,166
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,711,474
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$555,815
Management and general expenses
$137,216
Fundraising expenses
$66,473
Program service expenses (Part III)
$555,815

Program services were 73.2% 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

    $312,940

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,953 · excluded $3,953

  • 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 $265,000 · program services $265,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $12,835 · program services $12,835

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,677 · program services $2,355 · management and general $1,322

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,103 · management and general $24,103

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $51,280 · program services $45,980 · management and general $5,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,963 · program services $14,092 · management and general $823 · fundraising $48

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,840 · program services $3,008 · management and general $2,832

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,434 · program services $1,223 · management and general $84 · fundraising $127

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $951 · program services $899 · management and general $27 · fundraising $25

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $372,078 · program services $209,283 · management and general $96,522 · fundraising $66,273

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,193 · management and general $6,193

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $627 · program services $617 · management and general $10

  • 24b · Other expenses: Gifts & Awards

    total $378 · program services $378

  • 24c · Other expenses: Food & Beverage

    total $145 · program services $145

  • 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 $1,968,043 · end of year $1,808,545

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $90 · end of year $95

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $250,000

  • 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

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,048 · end of year $97,166

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,154,085 · end of year $1,711,474

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

We strengthen the voice and leadership of our communities to drive meaningful change. Through collective action, we work to break down barriers, improve quality of life, and create a future where our people can thrive with dignity, opportunity, and lasting freedom.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to create a future in Arizona where individuals and communities historically excluded from opportunity can thrive, lead, and shape the direction of their lives and their state, free from systemic barriers and limitation.

  • Poder engages Arizona voters through voter registration, voter guides, and information on how and where to vote. Poder provides community based political education on issues important to residents on the South and West sides of Phoenix. Voter Outreach involves canvassing, communications, digital advertising, graphics, literature pieces, voter registration tools, texting, calls, mailers, signs, and billboards.

    Expenses $555,815 · Grants $265,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ben Laughlin

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $110,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Isabel Garcia

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $110,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nichole Cassidy

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Maher Osman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Cordel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zarinah Tavares

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • PoderOSX PAC

    $265,000

    Gift to PAC

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 in Action

    501c3 · Training · AZ

  • Unity Against White Supremacy

    527 · Political · AZ

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202631999349300703

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