Pipeline AZ Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883797648
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Employment Procurement Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,046,948
- Expenses
- $3,087,528
- Assets
- $3,305,515
- Liabilities
- $237,225
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amber Smith (CEO)
- Mary Foote (Former CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Amber Smith (CEO): $222,135 total reported compensation
- Mary Foote (Former CEO): $17,997 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dedicated to creating economic opportunity by aligning all facets of the employment ecosystem in Arizona; talent, education, industry and community. Its primary mission is to bridge the gap between industry needs and arizonas current and future workforce through stakeholder col
What it reported doing in 2024
-empowered 91,000+ students (grades 6-12) by raising awareness of career pathways and future opportunities. -provided access to 7,000+ education and training programs for learners of all ages, ensuring informed career and education decisions. -supported 37,000+ college students in progressing through guided pathways, from enrollment to program completion. -highlighted non-traditional healthcare careers, expanding awareness of high-growth opportunities across all age groups. -connected individuals to over 6,000 employers through technology-driven career navigation and collaboration with education and workforce partners, pipeline az continues to bridge education and employment, ensuring all arizonans have access to meaningful career pathways.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.4%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 48.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 114.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 142.8% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.4% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.