Arizona Therapeutic Learning Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273409430
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
6022307373
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,735
Expenses
$867,525
Assets
$404,038
Liabilities
$116,110

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUSTIN BAYLESS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUSTIN BAYLESS (PRESIDENT): $69,956 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's purposes shall include, but not be limited to, (a) making grants to charitable, educational and other organizations qualified and recognized as exempt from federal income tax under irc section 501(c)(3); (b) making grants exclusively for public purposes to federal, state or local governments; (c) awarding scholarships to qualified individuals; and (d) engaging in any other activities that are appropriate and proper under IRS section 501(c)(3).

What it reported doing in 2024

Aztlc provides a founder-in-residence program including direct and in-kind financial support, education, and leadership development. Founders research, prototype, and test healthcare venture concepts to solve healthcare disparities through innovative, technology enabled solutions. During the program, founders set a clear vision for their business plan, ensure a data-informed path towards product market fit, and manage an allocated budget for business building and validation.in ye 06/30/26, the organization will be amending its purpose to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including providing education, training, creative workspace, mentorship, and access to resources for emerging artists and other historically underrepresented and marginalized individuals, including persons who face barriers to participation in the arts and creative economy because of limited access to professional training, networks, capital, or affordable workspace. These changes were made to better align the corporation's governing documents and public identity with its actual and intended exempt activities and to enable the corporation to serve a broader charitable class through arts education, workforce development, and community-based programming that advances public benefit rather than private interests.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 32
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7,292.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $274K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.