Tucson Community Cable Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860473973
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2013
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5206249833
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Television

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$346,729
Expenses
$348,132
Assets
$224,006
Liabilities
$51,185

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA HORNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LISA HORNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $59,382 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Access tucson is a community resource facilitating public dialogue and participatory democracy through citizen access to television and other electronic media. Access tucson has been fulfilling our mission since 1984.

What it reported doing in 2013

* utilization - access tucson provides an award-winning tele-production and educational facility for use by all citizens and groups in tucson on a non-discriminatory basis. During fye 2014 the facility had 5,659 individual visits and served 323 internet users.* facilities - access tucson provides studios and equipment to citizens and organizations wishing to videotape and cablecast productions. In fye 2014 access tucson provided 1,127 studio and control room hours, 227 equipment package checkouts, 2,193 editing hours, started 93 new projects and served 49 organizations.* education - access tucson provides training courses in television production, post production and electronic graphics, audio production and media literacy. In fye 2014 access tucson conducted 101 training courses, trained 254 people and issued 331 training certifications.* consultation - access tucson provides staff consultations for individuals and organizations wishing to produce and cablecast television programs to the public. In fye 2014 access tucson held 411 staff consultation meetings and 56 channel scheduling meetings.* membership - access tucson strives to build active membership and volunteer support in the organization. Since 1984 there have been 22,382 members. In fye 2014 there were 240 new members, 1,365 active members and access tucson had 2,073 volunteer hours donated.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $260K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.