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SUNNYSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC

EIN 86-0656064 TUCSON, AZ

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Revenue 2023
$751,013
Expenses 2023
$568,645

Program services were 64.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2238 E GINTER RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS IN SUSD AND THE BROADER SOUTH SIDE OF TUCSON.

  • SUNNYSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION (SUSDF) OR (THE ORGANIZATION) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE BY PROVIDING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT WORK THAT ENRICHES THE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND WELL-BEING OF ALL SUNNYSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (SUSD) CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT RESIDE IN TUSON?S SOUTHSIDE. THE SUSD IS THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA AND SERVES MORE THAN 12,000 STUDENTS. OVER 80% OF THE CHILDREN LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, SUSDF HAS EXPANDED THEIR CAPACITY TO STRATEGICALLY COALESCE A COLLECTIVE POWER WITHIN TUCSON?S SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY, RELIEVING HARDSHIP AND ENSURING EASIER ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS PEOPLE. THEIR THREE FUNDING PRIORITIES INCLUDE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, EMERGENCY RELIEF, AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FUND ENHANCES THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSD STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS AND SUPPLIES IN THE AREAS OF LITERACY, STEM, HEALTH & WELLNESS, AND ARTS & CULTURE; SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATING SENIORS AND DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITYSHARE, AND INVESTING IN STRENGTHENING CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL COURSES. THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND FOCUSES ON ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF COMMUNITY CHALLENGES BY BUILDING UPON AND AMPLIFYING THE EXCELLENT WORK, MUTUAL SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY THAT SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY DOING. THIS WORK HAS INCLUDED EMERGENCY RENTAL, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES, FOOD BOX AND TOILETRIES DISTRIBUTION, AND DIGITAL EQUITY WORK INCLUDING IN-HOME WIFI INSTALLATION. THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES WHICH BUILD UPON THE WORK CURRENTLY UNDERWAY BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND WITHIN THE LARGER SOUTH SIDE OF TUCSON. THIS WORK HAS INCLUDED SERVING AS A FISCAL SPONSOR TO GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ROOTED EFFORTS AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AT THE EL PUEBLO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. THE SUSDF IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING AND SECURING NEW FINANCIAL RESOURCES THROUGH NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WHERE THE ORGANIZATION AND DONORS WORK TOGETHER ON IMPACTFUL PROJECTS TO SERVE STUDENTS AND THE LARGER SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY IN TUCSON.

    Expenses $367,997

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Elizabeth Soltero

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $87,452
    From this org
    $87,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Patrick Robles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Louie Ramirez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Eddie Barton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Jennifer Overpeck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Gilbert Garcia

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Celyna Cervantes

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Brenda Granillo

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Michael Barton

    President

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $751,013
    Expenses
    $568,645
    Contributions
    $629,296
    Grants paid
    $229,269
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $828,229
    Expenses
    $835,668
    Contributions
    $707,841
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $793,733
    Expenses
    $602,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $735,555

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $73,720
    Expenses
    $87,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $266,110

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $216,028
    Expenses
    $215,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $233,820

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $216,028
    Expenses
    $215,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $233,820

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $191,774
    Expenses
    $200,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $261,786

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $142,190
    Expenses
    $156,714
    Assets (EOY)
    $253,923

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $165,316
    Expenses
    $179,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $266,420

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $112,821
    Expenses
    $139,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $319,011

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $141,381
    Expenses
    $181,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $325,327

  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $115,246
    Expenses
    $200,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $354,273

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.