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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,934,441
Total expenses
$1,093,805
Contributions and grants received
$6,071,361
Grants paid
$29,870
Program service revenue
$855,832
Investment income
$7,248
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$19,299,148
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,719
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,289,429
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$964,410
Management and general expenses
$105,808
Fundraising expenses
$23,587
Program service expenses (Part III)
$964,410

Program services were 88.2% 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

    $6,071,361

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $200

  • 2a · Program service revenue: IMMIGRATION SERVICES

    total $855,832 · related or exempt $855,832

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,248 · excluded $7,248

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $22,370 · program services $22,370

  • 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 $1,000 · program services $800 · management and general $200

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $370 · program services $296 · management and general $74

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48 · program services $39 · management and general $9

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,360 · management and general $46,360

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $132,390 · program services $105,316 · management and general $23,074 · fundraising $4,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,478 · program services $12,739 · fundraising $12,739

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,173 · program services $44,135 · management and general $2,590 · fundraising $448

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,586 · program services $10,190 · management and general $1,358 · fundraising $2,038

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,559 · program services $43,561 · management and general $2,556 · fundraising $442

  • 17 · Travel

    total $98,662 · program services $86,820 · management and general $9,803 · fundraising $2,039

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,846 · program services $29,416 · management and general $1,749 · fundraising $1,681

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,711 · program services $1,711

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,392 · program services $1,404 · management and general $11,988

  • 24a · Other expenses: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

    total $594,073 · program services $594,073

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $10,287 · program services $4,040 · management and general $6,047 · fundraising $200

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,975,003 · end of year $18,213,587

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,079,518

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

    $17,914

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

    $11,871

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,040 · end of year $6,043

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,566 · end of year $9,719

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $1,526,684

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,053,541 · end of year $14,801,030

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,395,252 · end of year $4,488,399

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EMPOWERING ARIZONAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING ARIZONAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.

  • IN 2023, ACES PROGRAMS REGISTERED A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO VOTE, ACHIEVED HISTORIC LEGISLATIVE VICTORIES, AND PROVIDED INCREASED AND IMPROVED DIRECT SERVICES FOR ARIZONAS IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. FROM VOTERIA TO OUR PEOPLE FIRST ECONOMY CAMPAIGN, ACES PROGRAMS ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED ARIZONANS. FOLLOWING OUR 2023 VICTORIES, ACE HAS POSITIONED ITSELF AS A LEADER IN ECONOMIC JUSTICE ORGANIZING, VOTER REGISTRATION PROGRAMMING, AND IMMIGRATION. ACE REGISTERED 10,000 VOTERS ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA. EMPOWERMENT SERVICES OUR SERVICIOS DEPARTMENT LED THEIR STRONGEST YEAR YET, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF A DOZEN DIRECT IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND CONTACTING OVER 1,000 PEOPLE. THE SERVICIOS TEAM HAS ALSO ADDED AN IMMIGRATION ORGANIZER THAT WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITIES TO BE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND GET INVOLVED AROUND IMMIGRATION POLICIES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THEM. THROUGH THE RESOURCES ACE PROVIDES, SUCH AS DACA APPLICATION ASSISTANCE AND ENGLISH CLASSES, AND OUR NEW ORGANIZING PROGRAM, WE WILL CONTINUE EMPOWERING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

    Expenses $964,410 · Grants $29,870 · Revenue $855,832

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alejandra Gomez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,312
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,134
    Other
    $9,178
    Hours/week
    20 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $154,134 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,178 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $163,312 related

  • Alicia Russell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Bridgette Gomez

    DIRECTOR STARTED 12/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Martin Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Montserrat Arredondo

    DIRECTOR STARTED 12/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Raquel Teran

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 10/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 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. 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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349325231

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