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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$366,429
Total expenses
$327,060
Contributions and grants received
$366,429
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$77,313
Total liabilities, end of year
$407
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$76,906
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$318,517
Management and general expenses
$7,354
Fundraising expenses
$1,189
Program service expenses (Part III)
$318,517

Program services were 97.4% 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

    $366,429

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,250 · program services $81,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $93,385 · program services $93,385

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,953 · program services $12,953

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,062 · program services $15,062

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $300 · program services $300

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,755 · program services $3,755

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,720 · program services $572 · management and general $5,148

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,763 · program services $58,763

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,837 · program services $1,648 · fundraising $1,189

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,216 · program services $17,216

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,353 · program services $23,147 · management and general $2,206

  • 17 · Travel

    total $818 · program services $818

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,904 · program services $5,904

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $3,744 · program services $3,744

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,704 · end of year $77,313

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $407

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $37,704 · end of year $76,906

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL, CHARITABLE, AND COMMUNITY GOALS BY PROVIDING NONPARTISAN ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ARIZONA TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN EVERY COMMUNITY.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)TO RESEARCH AND PROVIDE NONPARTISAN INFORMATION ON ALL AREAS OF K-12 EDUCATION IN ARIZONA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH AND PROVIDE NONPARTISAN INFORMATION ON ALL AREAS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AZ

  • SOSAZN EXTENDS CONVERSATIONS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS SCHOOL BOARDS, EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, LOCAL AND STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER GROUPS. OUTREACH ALSO INCLUDES COLLABORATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER STATES AND NATIONALLY BATTLING PRIVATIZATION AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC EDUCATION. SOSAZN SEEKS TO FOSTER CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN SUPPORTING LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO BUILD A STRONGER ARIZONA.

    Expenses $128,021

  • SOSAZN DEVELOPS AND DELIVERS WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, DISCUSSIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS THAT INFORM A WIDE VARIETY OF AUDIENCES ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. DURING 2022, SOSAZN ORGANIZED AND HOSTED DOZENS OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EDUCATION FORUMS BOTH LOCALLY AND FOR NATIONAL AUDIENCES, INCLUDING "SPEAKING OF SCHOOLS" WEBINARS, SCHOOL BOARD TRAININGS, BI-PARTISAN CANDIDATE FORUMS, LEGISLATION RECAPS, AND OTHERS. SOSAZN'S BLOG SERIES ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE VARIOUS METHODS AND PRACTICES OF DEFUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCLUDED 8 NEW POSTS.

    Expenses $103,892

  • SOSAZN USED ITS RESOURCES TO DEVELOP, AGGREGATE, ORGANIZE, AND DISSEMINATE RESEARCH, RESOURCES, AND INFORMATION RELATIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ARIZONA. THE NETWORK FOCUSES ON UNDERRESOURCED COMMUNITIES AND EFFORTS TO PRIVATIZE AND MONETIZE PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND HOW STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES IN FUNDING FORMULAS DISADVANTAGE POOR, IMMIGRANT, NATIVE AMERICAN, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. OUR RESEARCH HAS INCLUDED DETAILED, NONPARTISAN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW SCHOOL TEST SCORES DISADVANTAGE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED DISTRICTS, HOW UNIVERSAL VOUCHERS THREATEN TO BANKRUPT ARIZONA, AND THE CRISIS OF TEACHERS LEAVING THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $86,604

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Geoffrey Mobisson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Goff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Debbie Nez-Manuel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dionne Mills

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 1/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Gookin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Berdetta Hodge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Lewis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $50,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Melinda Iyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $31,250
    From this org
    $31,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Catherine Sigmon

    OPERATIONS AND FINANCE DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349328222

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