Arizona · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL
SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $298k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $90k
- Net assets
- $116k
What Southern Arizona Education Council does
Mission
We empower a more educated and engaged community by democratizing access to learning, service, and opportunity for all. We empower learners to achieving personal and professional aspirations through a commitment to service and lifelong learning, and celebrate their supporters.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
The Tucson Teen Town Hall allows for young people to connect with local leaders and become informed and engaged citizens in the spirit of service. The Tucson Teen Congress develops young civic leaders through hands-on service, training, and connection with community leaders. The Teen Legislative Day affords students the opportunity to practice informed advocacy at the state capitol, utilizing the report from the Teen Town Hall. In partnership with Tucson Young Professionals, early career educators are afforded free membership benefits, such as mixers and mentor programs. The Peer Coach program recruits, trains, and deploys high school seniors to assist fellow students with college and career applications and transitions. Through workshops across the region, our network assists students and families in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
$109,265 spentof which $109,265 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $109,265.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $147k to $83k (−43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 80% · 2018 83% · 2019 53% · 2020 84% · 2021 64% · 2026 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Rocque Perez
CEO & president
Board chair
Marla Franco
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $43k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 100% · 2021 47% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 284 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 284 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL?
- SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $90,000 in grants to SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL?
- NATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN ARIZONA EDUCATION COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing