Arizona School Boards Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860288067
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6022541100
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,036,492
- Expenses
- $4,823,589
- Assets
- $5,441,619
- Liabilities
- $358,672
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MITRA KHAZAI (PRESIDENT ELECT/PRESIDENT)
- DESIREE FOWLER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- WENDY EFFING (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- TADEO DE LA HOYA (PRESIDENT/PAST PRESIDENT)
- ELLEN L WHITE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ELLEN L WHITE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $156,005 total reported compensation
- HEIDI VEGA (EMPLOYEE): $126,552 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER KOTTERMAN (EMPLOYEE): $123,892 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Promoting community volunteer governance of public education and continuous improvement of student success by providing leadership and assistance to public school governing boards.
What it reported doing in 2024
Asba serves school boards, school districts, and public charter schools and their board members. We continued to train school board members, deliver policy services to our member boards and school administrators, and advocated for our members and public education generally. For training, asba staff conducted or facilitated approximately 10 major conferences and over 100 training/meetings to inform, educate, and better prepare these board members to govern effectively, strengthen student outcomes, and support high-quality public education. Our policy services program provided model policy updates, periodic policy reviews, and responded to subscriber requests for information on policy implementation and application. Asba continues to provide leadership and advocacy on issues affecting public education in Arizona.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 66.3%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 66.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $156K · 32 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $629K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.