Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,279,543

Total expenses

$1,536,387

Contributions and grants received

$712,718

Grants paid

$35,013

Program service revenue

$350,000

Investment income

$101,709

Other revenue

$115,116

Total assets, end of year

$5,058,391

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,839,494

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,218,897

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,085,445

Management and general expenses

$314,343

Fundraising expenses

$136,599

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,085,445

Program services were 70.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Azura, like its organizational forerunner Mesa United Way, believes that poverty is the root cause of almost every social problem in our world and therefore exists to eliminate this blight. The commitment to this mission is evident as Azura continues to look for new and better ways of addressing the root causes of poverty across the state of Arizona. Azura Solutions partners with developing nonprofits to provide a variety of services that help them thrive and are effective in our communities. From coaching to logistical support to accounting to fiscal agency, Azura is proud to be empowering the next generation of nonprofits. Were driven to address the root causes of poverty. We do this with accountability and transparency, with innovative ideas, showing dignity and respect to everyone in our orbit, through collaboration, and with a forceful grit.

  Expenses $495,209 · Grants $35,013 · Revenue $350,000

• Azura VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program supports the organizations mission to alleviate poverty by providing free, high-quality tax preparation services to individuals and families with low to moderate incomes, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and individuals with limited English proficiency. Services are delivered by IRS-certified volunteers and are designed to ensure accurate tax filings and access to all eligible tax credits. To increase accessibility, VITA operates at multiple community sites with extended hours during peak season. This last tax year, the VITA program and its volunteers contributed 9799 hours, serving 5,490 clients, to ensure timely and accurate assistance throughout the filing season, returning more than $6 million in refunds. But VITA isnt simply about tax refunds. Our impact also reached an additional 1669 individuals who are gaining access to vital financial resources and services they might otherwise miss. In collaboration with partners like the YWCA and local financial institutions, our program offers financial empowerment courses that equip clients with foundational knowledge that supports long-term financial well-being. With monthly newsletters, were providing tax updates, financial education, and community resources year-round. Tax season can be stressful, especially for those unfamiliar with the U.S. tax system or facing language, educational, or technological barriers. Our program provides a welcoming, judgment-free environment, personalized assistance from trained volunteers, relief from the anxiety of tax filing, and confidence that tax returns are accurate and filed on timewithout cost. Clients leave not just with filed taxesbut with peace of mind and a renewed sense of financial stability.

  Expenses $265,856

• Azura Veterans Coalition-By helping veterans access transportation, employment training, mental health counseling, housing assistance, support groups, and more, Azura Vets is serving those who have served. Using a trauma-informed, comprehensive case-management approach, Azura Vets empowers veterans and their families to achieve success, stability, and fulfillment beyond their military careers. This last year, the program served more than 600 veterans and the program will be officially launched into independence in the coming fiscal year.

  Expenses $169,942

• Azura Literacy strives to prevent poverty through literacy. Arizona ranks 47th in the nation for education and 74% of the states Fourth Graders are not proficient in reading, disproportionately affecting students in foster care and in low-income homes. Students who are not reading proficiently by the 4th grade are 4 times less likely to graduate from high school, putting them at higher risk for poverty, poor health, and incarceration. Children struggling with reading need one-on-one support to help them succeed. By partnering with community volunteers, university internships, and work-study programs, as well as ASUs America Reads Program, we can provide free, high-impact, one-on-one tutoring in reading, utilizing a virtual platform to elementary students in low-income and foster families throughout the state of Arizona. Evidence-based assessments and strategies are used to provide personalized, human-centered, engaging tutoring sessions, helping each student become a confident, successful reader. Our innovative virtual model removes the transportation and schedule barriers that many students in low-income and foster families face, providing quality support to students at home where parents can be involved in their childs reading development. Our partners help remove the technology barrier for families, and our increasing recruitment of bilingual tutors ensures anyone can access our program. With support from the Nina Mason Pulliam Foundation, the ASU America Reads Program, Kids Need to Read, Compudopt, Mesa Public Schools, Tempe Elementary District, Kingman Area Literacy Program, Bisbee Rotary Club, Read On Arizona/Read on Mesa, Mesa Community College, University of Advancing Technology, Department of Child Safety and the Gila Bend Unified School District, not only have we provided 1452 hours of tutoring to 113 elementary students this year, weve served 200 elementary students with free books to build their home libraries. In the coming year, we expect to increase the number of students served by 121%.

  Expenses $154,438

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

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.

• MESA UNITED WAY

  501C3 · OPERATING SUPPORT · AZ

• HELENS HOPE CHEST

  501C3 · EQUIPS FOSTER CARE INDIVIDUALS · AZ

• FOSTER360

  501C3 · PROGRAM ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST FORMER FOSTER CARE IND · AZ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202601359349304720

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