Social Venture Partners Tucson C/o Community Fdn for Southern Az

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822964855
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5207700800
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$808,420
Expenses
$1,236,430
Assets
$527,678
Liabilities
$150,985

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANNE MISKEY (PRESIDENT/CE)
  • JENNY FLYNN (PRESIDENT/CE)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANNE MISKEY (PRESIDENT/CE): $26,698 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Svp tucson is an ever expanding community of engaged philanthropists dedicated to building the capacity, strength and impact of nonprofits in addressing social problems. We accomplish this through: thoughtful and strategic investments and collaborations our partners engagement and expertise, and inspiring and equipping partners to be more strategic and effective with their giving

What it reported doing in 2024

Svp cultivates effective philanthropists, strengthens nonprofits, and invests in collaborative solutions building powerful relationships to tackle our communitys social challenges. Svp tucson's programming served 16 nonprofit organizations in 2025 touching over 97,000 people in pima county. Svp tucson provided over 40 capacity building projects for the nonprofits we served and over 26 coaching relationships. Svp tucson provided over 2755 volunteer hours completed resulting in 262,303 in total value for volunteer hours. Svp tucson held over 20 events that were social, educational, and collaborative throughout the year. Program objective: social venture partners (svp) tucson strengthens local nonprofits to create systems-level change that addresses the root causes of poverty. Through strategic grantmaking, capacity building, and coalition-building, svp tucson partners with nonprofits to expand their impact and help families achieve lasting stability. Our approach emphasizes collaboration, leveraging expertise and resources to help organizations solve complex social challenges more effectively. Long-term goal: svp tucson aims to break generational cycles of poverty in our community by fostering strong, resilient nonprofit organizations and cross-sector partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to create sustainable systems change- ensuring that families have access to equitable opportunities in education, housing, healthcare, and economic mobility, and that the community as a whole benefits from coordinated, high-impact solutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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; 76th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -52.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $27K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.