Arizona · Nonprofit
Somali American United Council of Arizona
Somali American United Council of Arizona (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,867 to it, the largest being International Rescue Committee INC ($84,204). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $137k
- Net assets
- $744k
What Somali American United Council of Arizona does
Mission
The mission and vision of the organization is to facilitate and improve communication channels and contribute to the well-being of the multiethnic refugee/immigrant community, helping them to achieve self-sufficiency and assisting them in becoming productive law-abiding citizens that can properly integrate for a great patriotism. The SAUC help newly arrived families adjust to their new lives, new location, new language and new culture.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program Development ADES 18-212371 that ended in September of 2023. In collaboration with the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP) for Maricopa County, we supported over 600 multiethnic refugees in 2023. We welcomed 222 new refugees into our program during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. This program is primarily focused on educating and assisting refugees to integrate successfully into the United States. Many were enrolled in our Improved Method of Learning English class for Somali, Swahili, Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Amharic, etc; Naturalization Preparation class; Professional Sewing and Women Empowerment; and others. We helped over 100 refugees to become citizens of the United States in 2023.
$212,291 spent$303,697 earned by the program27% of program spendingMaricopa County Refugee Relocation Program. In collaboration with the Maricopa County Human Services Department, we have supported many multiethnic refugees and underserved communities through housing assistance; case management; support services and interpretation; naturalization and immigration services; Improved Method of Learning English; digital literacy; preschool and youth leadership; and women empowerment, including professional sewing and employment services. We average about 1,000 services per month.
$130,465 spent$125,630 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe Community Development Program receives funding to provide the following educational programs for all multi-ethnic refugees in Maricopa County:- Improved Method of English for Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Farsi andSwahili speakers- Early Literacy Classes- Citizenship and Naturalization Preparation Classes- Women Empowerment Programs- Youth Enrichment and Development Programs, including Leaders for Life.- Community Awareness Presentations and teen Academy in partnership with FBI, assisting Multi-ethnic Refugees to become productive Law-abiding citizens that can integrate for a Great Patriotism.- Community engagement Programs in partnership with Police Department of Phoenix and Tempe: Bringing the Multi-ethnic Refugee Community & Law Enforcement together to Strengthen Public Safety for All.
$113,457 spent$72,935 earned by the program15% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: the purpose of the Women Empower Grant was to support women in acquiring sewing skills and to be able to design and create clothing for themselves and their families. during 2020, the focus was to learn how to make masks due to the pandemic. women that graduated from the program, received a sewing machine to continue producing items created by them and get ready to start their own businesses selling the items they created, taking steps towards self-sufficiency. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Maricopa Community Foundation Non Profit Assistance Grant - The program is to help Refugee Women, Youth to recover from the pandemic's continuing negative impact by establishing programs that lead them toward recovering and self-sufficiency, includes WEP, professional sewing, digital literacy, youth development and enrichment programs, preschool and other critically needed services, education and empowerment. The beauty of this program is that these Refugees are starting their own business producing dresses, pillowcases, quilts, and shirts that they have been able to sell to community members. After successfully completing the program, the women…
$322,046 spentof which $1,667 as grants$188,458 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $778,259.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $112k to $744k (+562%).
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: 2020 98% · 2021 96% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% · 2024 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Somali American United Council of Arizona’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Jack Salvatore
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $24 → $60k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Somali American United Council of Arizona’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
Somali American United Council of Arizona leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Somali American United Council of Arizona.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 43% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Somali American United Council of Arizona draws 91% 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. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
Somali American United Council of Arizona runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Somali American United Council of Arizona receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $600k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$600k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Somali American United Council of Arizona
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Somali American United Council of Arizona: 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 Somali American United Council of Arizona?
- Somali American United Council of Arizona (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,867 to it, the largest being International Rescue Committee INC ($84,204). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Somali American United Council of Arizona have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $136,867 in grants to Somali American United Council of Arizona, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Somali American United Council of Arizona?
- International Rescue Committee INC is the largest funder on record, with $84,204 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Somali American United Council of Arizona 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing