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SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED

EIN 86-0407179 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2024
$72,178,986
Expenses 2024
$77,450,565

Program services were 84.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2850 N 24TH ST

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

Mission

SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT STRENGTHENS THE FOUNDATION ARIZONA'S CHILDREN NEED FOR A GREAT START IN LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATION ARIZONA'S CHILDREN NEED FOR A GREAT START IN LIFE.

  • HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START: THE PROGRAMS WORK WITH INCOME-ELIGIBLE FAMILIES TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, DENTAL, NUTRITIONAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE RESOURCES. HEAD START PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, ALONG WITH HEALTH SCREENINGS, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PARENT TRAINING. EARLY HEAD START HELPS PARENTS WITH CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PARENTING AND LIFE SKILLS DURING THE PRENATAL PERIOD AND IN YEARS BEFORE THEIR BABY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS HELP FAMILIES LEARN HOW TO ENSURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN SUCCESS AND TO SUSTAIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING PROCESS. TWELVE OF OUR SITES OFFER EXTENDED DAY HOURS THAT OPERATES YEAR-ROUND FROM 7:00AM TO 5:30PM, DIRECTLY ALIGNING WITH OUR MISSION AS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARLY EDUCATION RESEARCH AND OTHERS HAVE FOUND THAT CHILDREN IN FULL-DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS BEGIN KINDERGARTEN BETTER PREPARED THAN CHILDREN IN HALF-DAY PROGRAMS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT'S PROGRAMS SERVED 830 CHILDREN AT ITS 20 SITES LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS: BALSZ, CREIGHTON, OSBORN, AND PARADISE VALLEY. IN ADDITION, SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVED APPROXIMATELY 319 CHILDREN IN OUR EXTENDED DAY SITES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

    Expenses $21,346,311 · Revenue $60,717

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AND LITERACY: SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OFFERS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN ACROSS ARIZONA, THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE AGENCY IS COMMITTED TO TRAINING THAT IS INTERACTIVE AND APPLICABLE TO EVERYDAY WORK WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. KEY ELEMENTS INCLUDE GROUP PARTICIPATION, DISCUSSION OF REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IDEAS LEARNED DURING THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE. CORE PROGRAMS INCLUDE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY COMMUNITIES, QUALITY FIRST ACADEMY, QUALITY FIRST ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY FIRST COACHING / INCENTIVES. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE PROVIDED 8,295 COACHING HOURS TO EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS, TRAINED 1,624 EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS AND PERFORMED 3,438 CHILD CARE ASSESSMENTS. OUR EARLY COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PROGRAMS HELP YOUNG CHILDREN BUILD THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL READERS NOW, WHILE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG LITERACY. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE SERVED 65,204 CHILDREN AND PARTNERED WITH 50 MEDICAL PRACTICES. ALSO CENTRAL TO THIS WORK IS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PDI) AT EDUCARE ARIZONA, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 2018 WITH THE VISION TO ACT AS THE STATE'S LEADING EARLY LEARNING PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY. ITS GOAL IS TO IMPROVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY AND PRACTICE, WHICH WILL LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN, INCLUDING PREPARATION FOR KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND. A CENTRALIZED INSTITUTE AT EDUCARE ARIZONA BRINGS ALL OF THE COMPONENTS NEEDED FOR A HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ONE PLACE, ACTING AS A LIVING LABORATORY AND PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIRECT OBSERVATION OF HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING PRACTICES AND ENVIRONMENTS AND HANDS-ON LEARNING FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL TEACHER AND/OR DIRECTOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE PDI PERFORMED 3,482 COACHING SESSIONS TO CHILD CARE CENTERS, TRAINED 2,393 EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS. THE SUPPORT LINE RECEIVED 657 CALLS TO ASSIST CHILD CARE CENTERS AND 53 CHILD CARE CENTERS WERE ENROLLED IN BOOKKEEPING SESSIONS.

    Expenses $20,618,948 · Revenue $395,798

  • FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES AND CHILD WELFARE: SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OFFERS AN ARRAY OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS AS THEY RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL CAREGIVERS HAVE THE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR PARENTING SKILLS, WHILE PROMOTING POSITIVE PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS, ENHANCING THEIR CHILD'S HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND INCREASING THEIR FAMILY'S ECONOMIC WELL-BEING. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTIONS STUDIES, HEALTHY FAMILIES, AND KINSHIP CARE AND ADOPTIONS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THESE PROGRAMS SERVED A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1,406 CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS, PERFORMED A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 274 VISITS AND PERFORMED 364 HOME ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $10,860,201 · Grants $8,707

  • MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT: THE BIRTH TO FIVE HELPLINE/FUSSY BABY PROGRAM, A FREE, STATEWIDE QUESTION LINE, AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M., FOR PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND PROFESSIONALS WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT CHILDREN BIRTH TO 5. WE ALSO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION TO EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THROUGH OUR SMART SUPPORT PROGRAM. THE AZ STEPS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING, CONSULTATION AND SUPPORT TO HELP CHILD CARE PROVIDERS PREVENT SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS WHILE STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPORT ALL CHILDREN. OUR HARRIS INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING INSTITUTE OFFERS TWO INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE BIRTH TO FIVE HELPLINE HAD 1,896 CALLS; SMART SUPPORT PROVIDED 5,116 VISITS TO EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE, AZ STEPS TRAINED/CONSULTED WITH 475 CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND THE HARRIS PROGRAM GRADUATED 29 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $6,594,595 · Revenue $75,866

  • HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES (FORMALLY KNOWN AS SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES): THE AGENCY PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT'S BIRTH TO FIVE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE) PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. THE COE IS FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN BIRTH TO FIVE WITH COMPLEX DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (AUTISM, FEEDING DISORDERS, ABUSE AND TRAUMA) BY PROVIDING STATE-OF-THE-ART, COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT PLANNING, AND INTERVENTION SERVICES. OUR INTEGRATED MODEL, WHICH BLENDS MEDICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND BEHAVIORAL/MENTAL HEALTH APPROACHES, REFLECTS BEST-PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. ADDITIONAL SERVICES/PROGRAMS INCLUDES OUR ADAPT SHOP, SMOOTH WAY HOME FRAGILE INFANT PROGRAM (SWH), WHICH INCLUDE VIRTUAL NEONATAL SUPPORT VINES PROGRAM (VINES), THE HIGH RISK PERINATAL PROGRAM (HRPP), NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP (NFP), AND THE INCLUSION PROGRAM FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE SERVED A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 777 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEVELOPED CUSTOM EQUIPMENT FOR 212 CHILDREN, PROVIDED 1,393 COCAHING SESSIONS TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, AND PROVIDED 104 TRAININING SESSIONS TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.

    Expenses $5,994,331 · Revenue $1,160,107

  • FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS: DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 911 FAMILIES RECEIVING SERVICES THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS WITH RENT, UTILITIES, AND FAMILY BASIC NEEDS.

    Expenses $155,860 · Grants $155,860

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.

  • CHRISTINE NOWACZYK

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • TOM HOOF

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIE SHAW

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISAIAH WILSON II

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THERESA ESPARZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW FRETZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN GOETTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TINA GOUNDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANEL HOLAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER KOLESAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL MARSH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM MCCLUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIDGET OLESIEWICZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID ROTH-GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN SANDLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDY SHAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CELESTE TABARES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEMA TATINENI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IRENE TAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDUARDO URQUIDES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHLEEN WALKER

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAYO WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TREVOR YAMADA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GINGER WARD

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $260,151
    From this org
    $241,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,857
    Hours/week
    50 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,370
    Bonus
    $1,355
    Other
    $13,569
    Deferred
    $10,267
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,590
    Filer's total
    $260,151

  • JEANETTE RAMOS

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $199,256
    From this org
    $174,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,816
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,478
    Bonus
    $1,272
    Other
    $5,690
    Deferred
    $8,114
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,702
    Filer's total
    $199,256

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $72,178,986
    Expenses
    $77,450,565
    Contributions
    $68,783,936
    Grants paid
    $164,567
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $84,883,259
    Expenses
    $86,082,450
    Contributions
    $82,204,495
    Grants paid
    $109,117
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $71,416,741
    Expenses
    $65,453,421
    Contributions
    $68,669,841
    Grants paid
    $63,621

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
    $65,223,466
    Expenses
    $63,484,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,445,155

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $86,389,325
    Expenses
    $64,015,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,108,335

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $67,763,606
    Expenses
    $65,351,746
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,986,620

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $65,107,166
    Expenses
    $63,964,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,399,294

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,080,796
    Expenses
    $63,977,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,787,799

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,544,994
    Expenses
    $61,900,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,424,816

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,347,815
    Expenses
    $57,701,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,123,587

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,180,850
    Expenses
    $54,498,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,980,037

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,336,994
    Expenses
    $51,290,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,211,177

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $48,914,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,893,115

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

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • EDUCARE ARIZONA

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING, FAMILY SUPPORT AND HEALTH CARE · AZ · controlled entity

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.