Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1990.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Who runs it and what they're paid
14 people listed on the 990; $72K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriela Jimenez | $91,503 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cynthia Gattorna | — | — | $76,479 | $72,085 | $72,150 | $65,000 |
| Gabriel Jimenez | — | $40,729 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Educates children and families to build pathways to success.
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Our flagship program, leaf (literacy elevates arizona families) provided early childhood education and whole family literacy to disadvantged children and their parents, whose absence of english literacy put their children at risk of school failure and reduced life choices.
Actively partnered with local high schools to identify and reconnect with former preschool students in order to provide college scholarships (billie gannaway memorial, william o. Smith memorial, and ivey stepping higher) for former preschool students. We awarded 27 scholarships to students for a total of $43,600.
Work-Training Program
High school graduates who were former pre- schoolers are encouraged to apply for one of two annual paid administrative internships. Two successful candidates are selected each year to work in the administrative office and are trained and mentored in providing front-office and computor support to the executive director, assf's programs…
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $835K | $984K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $508K | $470K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.4M | $1.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $94K | $210K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $121K | $54K | $22K | $46K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $2K | $2K | $650 | $0 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $13K | $6K | $2K | $5K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $9K | $4K | $2K | $3K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $10K | $0 | $10K | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $4K | $0 | $4K | $0 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $4K | $0 | $4K | $0 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $15K | $8K | $4K | $4K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $4K | $0 | $4K | $0 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $270K | $265K | $5K | $0 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $53K | $16K | $20K | $18K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $505K | $353K | $76K | $76K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $388K | $473K | −$85K | $1.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $682K | $824K | −$142K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $655K | $609K | $46K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $502K | $505K | −$2K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $528K | $423K | $104K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $898K | $441K | $457K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $502,202 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $504,641 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,493,241 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,283,374 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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