Arizona Citizens Defense League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710985345
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
6232429086
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Liberties

Reported finances

Revenue
$133,079
Expenses
$171,962
Assets
$110,723
Liabilities
$211

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL GIBBS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL TODD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID KOPP (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL GIBBS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL TODD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS WOODROW (SECRETARY/TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Azcdl is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the principle contained in article ii, section 2 of the Arizona constitution that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed and are established to protect and maintain individual rights.

What it reported doing in 2022

Education - outreach to educate the citizens of Arizona and involve them in the legislative process. 1) using volunteers, azcdl maintains outreach at public events related to our goals and accomplishments. We interact with thousands of citizens during the year and provide them with information on current law and pending legislation in Arizona. 2) during the legislative session we post the status of legislation we support or oppose on our website. 3) legislative alerts were sent to over 50,000 subscribers along with posting to our website. Our alerts contain updates on pending legislation we support or oppose. 4) we maintain an online legislative action center that allows constituents to contact state and federal elected and appointed officials. We make this available to the public to encourage them to use it. Over 60,000 messages were sent to Arizona legislators and the governor in 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 62.1%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.3% of revenue deployed · 62.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.