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ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC

EIN 16-1738730 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2024
$50,176,532
Expenses 2024
$43,518,885

Program services were 96.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P820
Classification
1000
Street
5025 E WASHINGTON ST STE 212

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

Our mission is to help as many families as possible with individualized supports. The Organization's vision is to help families statewide with comprehensive support services for all ages. In carrying out its mission, the Organization's primary activities are to provide services and related programs for individuals with autism and their families, including habilitation, speech therapy, intensive behavioral intervention, respite care, parent training, school support, community integration, and continuing education.

  • Family and Community Services:Clinical Family Coaching (CFC) This unique treatment model consists of intensive parent and family training over a period of at least 6 months. This program involves parents and family members working directly with a clinical team from 2-5 days per week, for 2-4 hours at a time, in the family home or in the community. These sessions focus on helping parents learn the skills to prevent, manage, and replace complex behavior challenges and other barriers to community integration. Through this program parents and family members learn how making changes to how they approach discipline, communication, rewards, and routines can impact behavior challenges they are experiencing with their child(ren). Parents are also taught strategies to improve their relationships with family members as well as their own challenging emotions if and when they are an obstacle to behavior change.

    Expenses $34,018,066 · Grants $5,175 · Revenue $1,698,354

  • Children and Youth Services:Habilitation This service is provided in the home and community setting by Habilitation Providers that work one-to-one with children. Habilitation services are authorized by the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). To be eligible for funding, families must be approved through Arizona Long Term Care Services (ALTCS). The Organization is available to assist families at no cost through the process of applying for ALTCS eligibility and requesting habilitation services through DDD. Respite This service provides short-term care and supervision for the child to provide relief for the parents or caregivers. It may take place in the childs home or in the community. Respite services are authorized by the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). The maximum annual approval for respite is typically 600 hours. To be eligible for funding, families must be approved through Arizona Long Term Care Services (ALTCS). The Organization is available to assist families at no cost through the process of applying for ALTCS eligibility and requesting habilitation services through DDD.Applied Behavior Analysis Treatment (ABA) ABA therapy is one of the most effective and research-supported treatments available for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. A team of highly trained clinicians provide a custom and comprehensive treatment package. Overseen by licensed Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and implemented by Behavior Technicians, the Organization provides the level of support and expertise needed to help a child learn comprehensive life skills and improve interfering behavior challenges to meet their fullest potential. This service takes place in the home or in an Arizona Autism United clinic setting. Treatment is tailored to the childs strengths and needs; addressing communication, socialization, behavior challenges, self-help skills or other living skills that improve quality of life and community integration opportunities for the family and child. Speech Therapy This service is provided by a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) or Speech-Language Pathologist Assistants (SLPA). It includes evaluation and treatment. Assessments are administered to measure the childs speech and language skills. Assessments may include formal standardized tests or an informal assessment of communication skills along with a comprehensive parent interview and developmental history. Observation of social interactions and play will also contribute to establishing goals. Based on the results of the assessment, goals are selected, and implemented during individual speech therapy sessions. Sessions are typically scheduled for one hour, one time per week. Parent involvement in each session is encouraged as much of the session will include dialogue of specific therapy techniques and a suggested plan for at-home practice. Sessions take place in the home or at the Organizations clinic.

    Expenses $7,745,394 · Revenue $46,926,480

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • AARON BLOCHER-RUBIN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $316,891
    From this org
    $267,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,248
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,643
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $24,371
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,877
    Filer's total
    $316,891

  • JENIFER WENTZ

    COO

    Total calculated
    $180,622
    From this org
    $162,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,164
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,458
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,245
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,919
    Filer's total
    $180,622

  • PAULA SIGNORELLI

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $176,328
    From this org
    $165,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,068
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,260
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,068
    Filer's total
    $176,328

  • CAREY BERANEK

    HIGHLY COMPENSATED

    Total calculated
    $165,275
    From this org
    $147,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,441
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,834
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,426
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,015
    Filer's total
    $165,275

  • EHREN WERNTZ

    HIGHLY COMPENSATED

    Total calculated
    $161,552
    From this org
    $147,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,866
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,686
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,915
    Filer's total
    $161,552

  • SHANNON SCHEIDT

    HIGHLY COMPENSATED

    Total calculated
    $156,578
    From this org
    $136,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,704
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,874
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,704
    Filer's total
    $156,578

  • KYLE FYFE

    HIGHLY COMPENSATED

    Total calculated
    $145,758
    From this org
    $138,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,600
    Hours/week
    40

  • ERICA SKEPNEK

    HIGHLY COMPENSATED

    Total calculated
    $137,730
    From this org
    $126,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,536
    Hours/week
    40

  • STACY HARKINS

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN WEBDALE

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY JO JERDE

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARA PRESLER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMEY ZURAWSKI

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA HULKE

    Director

    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. 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
    $50,176,532
    Expenses
    $43,518,885
    Contributions
    $1,216,933
    Grants paid
    $5,175
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,040,451
    Expenses
    $28,031,818
    Contributions
    $1,069,738
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,902,434
    Expenses
    $17,825,078
    Contributions
    $886,843
    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
    $16,189,376
    Expenses
    $13,865,726
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,096,794

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,115,712
    Expenses
    $10,881,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,425,109

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,994,396
    Expenses
    $8,696,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,552,373

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,302,454
    Expenses
    $8,171,537
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,806,629

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,344,815
    Expenses
    $7,758,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,404,668

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,718,610
    Expenses
    $7,316,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,911,125

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,032,354
    Expenses
    $6,128,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,564,559

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,142,289
    Expenses
    $4,913,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,599,227

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,459,000
    Expenses
    $4,192,100
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,063,472

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,872,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $771,603

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.

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