Arizona Council for Exceptional Children LTD

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900781730
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,688
Expenses
$176,108
Assets
$258,838

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jay Johnson (President)
  • Robin Daliri (President-Elect)
  • Corey Montano (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Jay Johnson (President)
  • Robin Daliri (President-Elect)
  • Petra Schmid-Riggins (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this organization is to advance the education of individuals with exceptionalities and to establish programs and activities for the education of its members. Arizona Council for Exceptional Children provides professional development and training to special education teachers general education teachers principals special education directors and to related service personnel on strategies supports and legal requirements for the education of children with disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Collaborative professional development events provided by AzCEC and AZCASE for special education teachers, special education directors, general education teachers and principals and other professional working with students with disabilities in 2023-2024. These events include Survivors Conference for 87 special education leaders Principals Institute for 148 principals assistant principals department chairs Annual Conference for special education related staff 35 special education teachers and administrators attended the Special education Day at the Capitol and 140 special education leaders and teachers attending Threading the Needle to learn about recent legislation and changes in Special Education policy and rules. All income is split between the two organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 45% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 73.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.