Arizona Civic Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921176282
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
9285878370
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,000
Expenses
$7,542
Assets
$2,458
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Tara Bartlett (Co-Director)
  • Tammy Waller (Senior Advisor)
  • Elizabeth Evans (Co-Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Arizona Civic Coalition (AZ Civ Co) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Its primary exempt purpose is to strengthen civic education, civic engagement, and democratic participation by supporting educators, students, schools, and communities across Arizona. The organization advances high-quality civic learning through educational programs, professional development, partnerships, research, and public engagement initiatives that promote informed, responsible, and active citizenship.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Arizona Civic Coalition (AZ Civ Co) advances high-quality civic education and civic engagement throughout Arizona by convening educators, community organizations, and civic partners to expand access to meaningful civic learning opportunities. During this year, AZ Civ Co planned and hosted Arizona Civics Night at the Museum, a statewide public event that engaged over 100 students, families, educators, and community members in interactive exhibits and activities designed to increase civic knowledge, encourage informed participation, and highlight Arizona's civic and historical institutions. Guest speakers included the President of Arizona Town Hall and the local county recorder. The organization also collaborated with coalition partners to develop and deliver educational programming, including educator workshops, public forums, civic learning events, and resource-sharing initiatives that strengthened civic education statewide. These partnerships connected schools with civic organizations, museums, universities, and government agencies to broaden access to experiential learning opportunities and promote best practices in civics instruction. Since many of these programmatic activities were done in partnership with other organizations, our reach stretched into the thousands of students impacted and hundreds of teachers equipped with high-quality resources to teach civics. In addition, AZ Civ Co conducted community outreach by participating in local conferences, education events, and community festivals, where volunteers and board members staffed informational exhibits, distributed civic education resources, recruited new partners, and raised public awareness of civic learning opportunities. Through coalition-building, public engagement, and educational programming, AZ Civ Co worked to strengthen civic knowledge, participation, and collaboration among organizations dedicated to preparing informed and engaged citizens. Program service expenses supported the Arizona Civic Coalition's educational mission to strengthen civic learning and engagement across Arizona. The organization's largest investment funded the Arizona Civics Night at the Museum event. Additional program expenditures supported the development and distribution of outreach and educational materials used at community events, conferences, and coalition activities to increase public awareness of civic education opportunities and expand engagement with educators and community members. The organization also maintained its website and digital collaboration platform to facilitate communication among coalition partners, provide access to civic education resources, promote public events, and coordinate statewide educational initiatives.

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 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.