2026-05-15T11:46:56-04:00 2025-06-30 SNYDER & BROWN CPAS PLLC 3933 S MCCLINTOCK DRIVE SUITE 505 Tempe AZ 85282 990 2024-07-01 932097814 AZURA INC % MARK YOUNG AZUR 4808342108 137 East University Drive Mesa AZ 85201 MARK YOUNG PRESIDENT AND CEO 4809698601 2026-05-11 false true ROBERT SNYDER P01230612 4803397114 2026-05-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Mark Young 137 East University Drive Mesa AZ 85201 1737479 false X azuracares.org X 2023 AZ Azura empowers people to break the cycle of poverty through smart strategies and tangible actions that address root causes. 10 10 44 425 0 0 4256769 712718 350000 350000 24314 101709 67517 115116 4698600 1279543 171258 35013 0 990956 1045902 0 136599 376712 455472 1538926 1536387 3159674 -256844 4633314 5058391 1409702 1839494 3223612 3218897 Azura empowers people to break the cycle of poverty through smart strategies and tangible actions that address root causes. false false 495209 35013 350000 Azura, like its organizational forerunner Mesa United Way, believes that poverty is the root cause of almost every social problem in our world and therefore exists to eliminate this blight. The commitment to this mission is evident as Azura continues to look for new and better ways of addressing the root causes of poverty across the state of Arizona. Azura Solutions partners with developing nonprofits to provide a variety of services that help them thrive and are effective in our communities. From coaching to logistical support to accounting to fiscal agency, Azura is proud to be empowering the next generation of nonprofits. Were driven to address the root causes of poverty. We do this with accountability and transparency, with innovative ideas, showing dignity and respect to everyone in our orbit, through collaboration, and with a forceful grit. 265856 Azura VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program supports the organizations mission to alleviate poverty by providing free, high-quality tax preparation services to individuals and families with low to moderate incomes, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and individuals with limited English proficiency. Services are delivered by IRS-certified volunteers and are designed to ensure accurate tax filings and access to all eligible tax credits. To increase accessibility, VITA operates at multiple community sites with extended hours during peak season. This last tax year, the VITA program and its volunteers contributed 9799 hours, serving 5,490 clients, to ensure timely and accurate assistance throughout the filing season, returning more than $6 million in refunds. But VITA isnt simply about tax refunds. Our impact also reached an additional 1669 individuals who are gaining access to vital financial resources and services they might otherwise miss. In collaboration with partners like the YWCA and local financial institutions, our program offers financial empowerment courses that equip clients with foundational knowledge that supports long-term financial well-being. With monthly newsletters, were providing tax updates, financial education, and community resources year-round. Tax season can be stressful, especially for those unfamiliar with the U.S. tax system or facing language, educational, or technological barriers. Our program provides a welcoming, judgment-free environment, personalized assistance from trained volunteers, relief from the anxiety of tax filing, and confidence that tax returns are accurate and filed on timewithout cost. Clients leave not just with filed taxesbut with peace of mind and a renewed sense of financial stability. 169942 Azura Veterans Coalition-By helping veterans access transportation, employment training, mental health counseling, housing assistance, support groups, and more, Azura Vets is serving those who have served. Using a trauma-informed, comprehensive case-management approach, Azura Vets empowers veterans and their families to achieve success, stability, and fulfillment beyond their military careers. This last year, the program served more than 600 veterans and the program will be officially launched into independence in the coming fiscal year. 154438 Azura Literacy strives to prevent poverty through literacy. Arizona ranks 47th in the nation for education and 74% of the states Fourth Graders are not proficient in reading, disproportionately affecting students in foster care and in low-income homes. Students who are not reading proficiently by the 4th grade are 4 times less likely to graduate from high school, putting them at higher risk for poverty, poor health, and incarceration. Children struggling with reading need one-on-one support to help them succeed. By partnering with community volunteers, university internships, and work-study programs, as well as ASUs America Reads Program, we can provide free, high-impact, one-on-one tutoring in reading, utilizing a virtual platform to elementary students in low-income and foster families throughout the state of Arizona. Evidence-based assessments and strategies are used to provide personalized, human-centered, engaging tutoring sessions, helping each student become a confident, successful reader. Our innovative virtual model removes the transportation and schedule barriers that many students in low-income and foster families face, providing quality support to students at home where parents can be involved in their childs reading development. Our partners help remove the technology barrier for families, and our increasing recruitment of bilingual tutors ensures anyone can access our program. With support from the Nina Mason Pulliam Foundation, the ASU America Reads Program, Kids Need to Read, Compudopt, Mesa Public Schools, Tempe Elementary District, Kingman Area Literacy Program, Bisbee Rotary Club, Read On Arizona/Read on Mesa, Mesa Community College, University of Advancing Technology, Department of Child Safety and the Gila Bend Unified School District, not only have we provided 1452 hours of tutoring to 113 elementary students this year, weve served 200 elementary students with free books to build their home libraries. In the coming year, we expect to increase the number of students served by 121%. 154438 1085445 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false true false false true false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true 19 0 true 44 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X Allison Johnson 4808342108 137 East University Drive Mesa AZ 85201 Mark Young CEO & President 15.00 25.00 X 111444 0 15200 Allison Johnson Chief Financial Officer 10.00 30.00 X 88895 0 12875 Dana Hicks Chief Operating Officer 20.00 20.00 X 65693 0 17600 Paul Anderson Board Chairman 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Keisha McKinnor Board Vice Chair 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Alfaro Carlos Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Azza Abuseif Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Adam Gunderson Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Federick McClellan Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Regnaert Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Ruth Santiago Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Julie Spilsbury Board Secretary 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 Josh Flake Board member 4.00 4.00 X 0 0 0 266032 0 45675 1 false false false 300000 160000 252718 42683 712718 Management Fee 561000 350000 350000 350000 92221 92221 101252 101252 101252 101252 406762 397274 9488 9488 9488 64456 60662 3794 3794 OTHER 561499 10070 10070 10070 1279543 360070 0 206755 35013 35013 385549 237891 143434 4224 535681 417319 42335 76027 43988 8398 23695 11895 51771 51745 26 28913 20816 2487 5610 7679 7571 108 44558 44558 27708 27708 23810 19925 3885 38427 32202 5782 443 48238 44133 2851 1254 104115 84210 19905 8495 8091 404 1232 957 275 76522 76522 28718 28718 5529 4454 1046 29 Credit card fees 34839 2827 5 32007 Dues & memberships 5602 4653 429 520 1536387 1085445 314343 136599 56633 75366 11336 94550 45000 125524 283728 1400000 52650 1376068 1347350 2969203 3306947 4633314 5058391 378280 534392 1031422 1006693 298409 1409702 1839494 X 2497972 2622715 725640 596182 3223612 3218897 4633314 5058391 -256844 252129 0 X X false true X true false X 685704 1037718 1723422 25000 25000 685704 1062718 1748422 50209 1698213 24314 202961 227275 13864 13864 1989561 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 725640 234423 174458 785605 700020 25620 725640 0.70000 0.30000 false false 280000 280000 1120000 52650 1067350 1347350 Payable to related organizations 298409 298409 Once Upon A 64456 64456 6450 5022 40887 8303 64456 64456 6450 5022 40887 8303 60662 3794 true DONATED CLOTHING FURNITURE HYGIENE PRODUCTS BOOKS AND GIFT CARDS 17331 17682 FMV DONATED CLOTHING FURNITUREHYGIENE PRODUCTSBOOKS X 17683 FMV X 1 25000 Rent stated in lease false true false Organizational document changes Part VI line 4 IN JULY 2023, MESA UNITED WAY CREATED TWO NEW NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS: AZURA INC. AND FOSTER360 (WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY OPERATED AS A PROGRAM OF HELENS HOPE CHEST). ADDITIONALLY, HELENS HOPE CHESTS AFFILIATION WITH MESA UNITED WAY WAS ELIMINATED AND REORGANIZED AS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT CORPORATION. THE PURPOSE OF THESE STRUCTURAL CHANGES FURTHERED MESA UNITED WAYS GOAL OF LAUNCHING SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMMING THAT DIRECTLY IMPROVES THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE NEWLY INCORPORATED PROGRAMS THAT PREVIOUSLY OPERATED UNDER THE MESA UNITED WAY ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS THE MESA UNITED WAY INITIATIVES OF 12BOOKS/MESA YOUTH UNITE, MESA VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER, AND VITA, WERE PLACED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF AZURA INC. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE DRAFTS OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 SUBMITTED FROM THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE FORM 990 TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE FORM 990 IS PUT TO THE GENERAL BOARD ALONG WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS AND A COPY OF THE DRAFTED FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c EACH FISCAL YEAR, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN AND DATE A NEW COPY OF THE CODE OF ETHICS. THECODE OF ETHICS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS THAT A BOARD MEMBER DIVULGE ANY AND ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES WITH WHOM THEY HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THAT ALSO SHARES A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION. ALL STAFF MEMBERS MUST SIGN A NEW COPY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK EACH FISCAL YEAR. ALL TRANSACTION AND VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONDUCTED AT ARMS LENGTH. THREE COMPETING BIDS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY POTENTIAL EXPENDITURE OVER $10,000. BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE A RELATED PARTY TO ANY TRANSACTION ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THAT TRANSACTION. CONFLICTS ARE MONITORED AND ENFORCED CONTINUOUSLY AND BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM A SEARCH COMMITTEE MADE UP OF BOARD MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS. THIS SEARCH COMMITTEE REVIEWS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR COMPENSATION LEVELS OF CEOS IN SIMILAR SIZED ORGANIZATIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY RECOMMENDS A COMPENSATION LEVEL TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ONCE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A VOTE. THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW/UPDATE PROCESS WAS COMPLETED IN 2023. COMPENSATION FOR ALL OTHER POSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION IS DETERMINED BY THE CEO WHO REVIEWS COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS IN SIMILARLY SIZED ORGANIZATIONS. BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE CONSULTED, BUT BOARD APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIRED. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Audited by an independent accountant Part XII line 2b THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE DRAFTS OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 SUBMITTED FROM THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE FORM 990 TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE FORM 990 IS PUT TO THE GENERAL BOARD ALONG WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS AND A COPY OF THE DRAFTED FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. 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