Arizona Peo Project Fund Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953671820
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5209063551
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,790
Expenses
$107,791
Assets
$820,553
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Roxann Wetlaufer (Member and ASC President)
  • Barbara Riesen (Member and ASC Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Becky Hill (Trustee)
  • Amy Foley (Trustee)
  • Ann Pickering (Trustee)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Arizona P.E.O. Project Fund Association (the "Association") is a nonprofit association organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, making distributions to individuals or organizations that qualify as exempt entities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision of any future United States federal income tax law (the "Code"). The following funds are included in the Association: 1) Arizona State Chapter Scholarship Funds - a) Elizabeth LaForce Grant Fund, and b) Jacqueline Dawson Scholarship Fund; and 2) Arizona State Chapter Charitable Funds - a) Faith McKee Fund, and b) Jean Bahde Hillding Endowment Fund.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided scholarships to five Arizona women for Fall and four Arizona women for Spring semesters to attend Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.61; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $105K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.