Impact of Southern Arizona

What it reported doing in 2024

Emergency food assistance - impact serves underserved communities in the tucson basin: primarily nw tucson, marana, oro valley, catalina, and se pinal county, especially in the copper corridor. We also serve any southern az client referred to us through another tucson non-profit, local agency, or area case worker. Through our agency relationships with the untied and community food banks, we serve any low to moderate income person who qualifies under des for usda food distribution from seven counties: pima, pinal, cochise, gila, graham, greenlee and santa cruz. People who are experiencing an emergency food shortage but not qualified through the federal program may still receive non-usda food from impact, thanks to donations from our community partnerships. We also serve people passing through our area who come from other regions in az or are traveling through to other states, and need food along their journey. The people we serve regularly, live in areas which are predominantly rural, and are generally all low to moderate income households. Demand for services in these areas continued to grow this past year due to increased economic pressures and often because of medical setbacks that effect their available income. Much of the growth seemed to be in our pinal clientele, especially because the copper corridor region is losing many standard resources. There are no longer basic full-service grocery stores, banks or other corporate retail stores. Residents rely on gas station convenience stores and dollar generals. Healthy food access is minimal. Pinal county is the fastest growing us county west of the Mississippi, and we are providing bonus commodities food service to more than 190 lowest of income pinal seniors, delivering to many who have no transportation at all. We expect to see consistent growth in community needs in the future, as more people learn about impact of soaz, the economy is less stable, cost of living is on the rise, and people continue to move into az. During the fiscal year, our food bank served 5684 unduplicated individuals (up from 5159 last fy). These people came from 1864 unduplicated households (115 more than the previous year) of diverse ages, race and ethnicity. People in pima county report to us they drive up to catalina from all over tucson even though there is emergency food assistance available closer to their neighborhoods because our food distribution is better in quality and volume, and our customer service was far superior, especially in the way we treat all our clients, with dignity and respect. This year, the value of food we provided was over 1.969mm. Fresh fruits and vegetables as well as meats and dairy to supplement our shelf stable distribution help our clients live healthier lives through better nutrition and reduced financial and hunger stress. On average we distribute 50,000 pounds of food each month. We continue to provide our impact food bag of pantry items that fit the usda recommended items, thanks to generous support from community businesses and individuals. All inbound donation items are weighed, sorted, logged into a database for record keeping, checked for food safety and properly stored. The average demand has us serving about 800 families each month, with new pima and pinal residents enrolling regularly. Not all families come in every month. Our generous, thoughtful clientele do not participate if they feel there is another family struggling more; but we encourage all to come get food, to bolster their food availability and as a way to stretch their earned income so they can purchase other necessities. We are fortunate to have long-term partnerships of many area grocery stores such as fry's, safeway, target, walmart, whole foods, trader joes, bashas', and of many small businesses bakeries and chains. They all provided us with fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, and other perishable foods, as well as special pricing when we have to buy bulk. A large corps of trained volunteers p

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: $90.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings