UCP of Southern Arizona

Legal name: United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860416461
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tucson, AZ, US
Phone
520.795.3108
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,441,776
Expenses
$49,929,203
Assets
$34,698,978
Liabilities
$6,071,447

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA MARS (CEO)
  • SHARON FINEFROCK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CYNTHIA MARS (CEO): $219,320 total reported compensation
  • DEBORA OLSON (CFO): $142,338 total reported compensation
  • RHONDA MURRAY (COO): $133,818 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona (UCPSA) is a non-profit organization that provides home-based services for individuals with all types of disabilities and the elderly. These services allow people to live in their own homes and communities, helping them develop greater independence.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, ucpsa provided attendant care, habilitation, and respite services to 1,351 clients across tucson (752), yuma (452), and green valley (147). Tucson and green valley maintained consistent client levels, while yuma continued its foster care respite program and increased caseloads across all services. The workability program in tucson and yuma served 242 clients (199 in tucson; 43 in yuma) and placed 29 students in competitive jobs. Tucsons days without walls (dta) program provided services for 26 clients. Workabilitys pre-employment transition services (pre-ets) program provided employment-focused workshops to youth ages 1422, covering five core employment-related topics. In 2025, the pre-ets program delivered workshops to over 300 students. As part of the meals for life program, workability provided 1,105 meals to ucpsa clients in 2025. By the fourth quarter of 2025, ucpsa employed over 1,800 staff across all locations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $967.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $219K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $323K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.