World Hunger Ecumenical Arizona Task Force Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742386488
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
6029555076
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,673,486
Expenses
$4,148,090
Assets
$2,429,220
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tamera Zivic (Executive Director/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tamera Zivic (Executive Director/CEO): $75,364 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of WHEAT is to educate, advocate, engage and empower individuals to action in the fight against hunger and poverty. WHEAT's major empowerment programs include EFSP Staffing, SNAP Outreach, Hand to Hand, a fair trade initiative, The Clothes Silo and Management Training & Mentoring.

What it reported doing in 2025

WHEAT's education programs provide awareness, ongoing training and tools for action in the fight against hunger including workshops, presentations, skill building. Programs include the Norma Johansen Hunger Library providing resources of all kinds, free of charge, for book discussions, youth motivation, teaching and more. WHEAT's Training and Mentoring program provides high level training, including on-the-job training, workshops, personal and professional development for those who are unemployed or underemployed. This job trainings gives the participants marketable skills to become gainfully employed. The program includes ICan Youth Leadership programs, providing mentors to youth at risk, while receiving job experience, workshops on career development and future educational opportunities. Recipients are low income Arizona residents. WHEAT also provides SNAP Outreach and Application Assistance as well as staffing the EFSP National Program in Arizona.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,159.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.