INTERNATIONAL SONORAN DESERT ALLIANCE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C99Z

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 687

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 · 2024

• THE INTERNATIONAL SONORAN DESERT ALLIANCE (ISDA) WORKS TO IMPROVE SONORAN DESERT COMMUNITIES THROUGH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. ISDA IS A LEADER IN RURAL "CREATIVE PLACEMAKING" WITH A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL HISTORIC RENOVATION AND RE-PURPOSING PROJECTS IN AJO, AZ. ISDA RESTORED AND CONVERTED THE HISTORIC CURLEY SCHOOL IN INTO 30 AFFORDABLE LIVE/WORK APARTMENTS FOR ARTISTS, ARTISANS, AND CREATIVE HOME ENTREPRENEURS. ISDA RENOVATED OTHER HISTORIC BUILDING ON THE CURLEY CREATIVE CAMPUS INTO AN INTERNATIONAL RETREAT CENTER, A COMMUNITY KITCHEN, A CLAY STUDIO, AND WOOD SHOP. ISDA IS UNDERTAKING A MULTI-YEAR RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC TOWN PLAZA, BRINGING BACK THE ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES AT THE HEART OF THE AJO COMMUNITY BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE USE. CREATIVE PLACEMAKING EFFORTS BY THE ORGANIZATION CONSTITUTE APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE ANNUAL REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

  Expenses $1,506,612 · Revenue $571,097

• ISDA SPEARHEADS TRI-NATIONAL CONVENING EFFORTS THAT INCLUDE HOSTING THE BIENNIAL TRI-NATIONAL SONORAN DESERT SYMPOSIUM AND CHAIRING THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE SONORAN DESERT BIOSPHERE REGION - A MEMBER OF THE UNESCO WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES. IN FY 24 THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED APPROXIMATELY 230,000 TOWARD THESE EFFORTS.

• THE INTERNATIONAL SONORAN DESERT ALLIANCE PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE CONTINUUM OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY OF AJO AND THE SURROUNDING REGION. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION & GED CLASSES; UTILITY, RENT & FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; APPRENTICESHIP AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES; VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE; MINOR HOME REPAIR & WEATHERIZATION; AND BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES. IN FY 24 THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED APPROXIMATELY 300,000 TO THESE PROGRAMS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,814,397

  Expenses

  $1,648,641

  Contributions

  $1,178,577

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,832,017

  Expenses

  $2,382,296

  Contributions

  $1,080,580

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,614,523

  Expenses

  $1,710,610

  Contributions

  $462,307

  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

  $1,477,808

  Expenses

  $1,560,358

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,917,580

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,834,440

  Expenses

  $1,563,580

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,078,739

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,701,060

  Expenses

  $1,521,268

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,867,723

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,866,022

  Expenses

  $1,655,517

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,669,926

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,311,413

  Expenses

  $1,334,693

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,491,898

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,192,347

  Expenses

  $1,163,867

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,404,226

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,103,862

  Expenses

  $1,064,327

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,006,529

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,211,910

  Expenses

  $958,959

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,966,116

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,546,156

  Expenses

  $859,714

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,618,778

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $908,449

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,110,522

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

• WILDERNESS SOCIETY

  $183,000

  2023 · CONSERVATION PROJECTS

• WILDERNESS SOCIETY

  $120,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION PROJECTS

• ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $65,000

  2024 · SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS

• COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC

  $65,000

  2023 · Partner Grant

• ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $45,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC

  $37,143

  2024 · General use

• UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC

  $25,225

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $20,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING

• UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC

  $20,000

  2022 · GENERAL USE

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $15,250

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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