Sahuarita Unified School District Educational Enrichment Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Other foundation accomplishments: during the year, the foundation used a total of $710.56 for the purchase of supplies and minor equipment for the sopori preschool program which provides high quality, comprehensive early childhood services to improve literacy and parent support. About 20 families with children ages 3-5 are served in a full-day, preschool setting, and additional families with children up to 5 years are able to participate in a weekly "stay and play program" involving parent and child interaction in a learning setting. A total of about 100 children and parents are served in the program during a typical year. Funds in the amount of $10,853.00 were spent on another program for young children known as link (for learning involves the nurturing of kids). Link is a licensed childcare program that offers before and after school care, an all-day program for children aged 4 years, and a full-day summer program. The mission of link is to provide quality care at an affordable price to as many families needing such care as possible in a safe, welcoming and learning environment. Approximately 400 individuals participate in link programs each year.during the past year, a total of $13,793.69, $2,291.00 of which came from our stem fund, was used for the regular mini-grant program for teachers of schools in the sahuarita unified school district. Titles of some of the twenty-one mini-grant projects carried out during the past school year are therapeutic ranch for animals and kids (trak); creating book covers to create meaning; social emotional classroom resources, chicken and ducks, oh my!!; and high interest books for literature circles. An estimate of the number of teachers and students benefitting from this program is more than 400.during the past fiscal year, a grant in the amount of $3,000 was received from the greater green valley community foundation for a new initiative of the foundation referred to as the sahuarita unified school district employee fellowship program. Seef's board of directors recommended the initiation of this program to enable employees who are not teachers to apply for a grant to pay for a course or other educational opportunity or training to enhance skills and/or knowledge that can be used as they fulfill the responsibilities of their district positions. While very good teachers are essential to achieve a high-quality educational program, seef recognizes that other types of school district employees (e.g., counselors, coaches, school social workers, and mental health professionals) also affect the quality of a district's educational program. These funds were put to use in their entirety for the fall 2024 supervisor skills development program put on by pima community college. In november of 2024, seef partnered with sahuarita unified school district to launch a new dyslexia program. Seefs initial contribution to susd for $8,000.00 enabled susd to procure the licensing and offer training for dyslexia tutors. This program is designed to be self-sustaining in that these dyslexia tutors can go on to become certified dyslexia trainers, enabling them to conduct ongoing training, mentorship, and oversight to guarantee impact and ongoing support.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 61st 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.34; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings