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ARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION
TUCSON, AZ · EIN 860096772 · Form 990 · FY2021 · NTEE P20 · Human Services · Large ($10M-$50M) · www.arizonaschildren.org
revenue
$36.0M
expenses
$45.1M
net assets
$-481K
employees
1,046
volunteers
27
program ratio
85%
mission · from form 990

PROVIDING CHILD WELFARE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ARIZONA'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

profile · synthesized from sources

Arizona's Children Association is an operational nonprofit that provides child welfare and behavioral health services to children, youth, and families across Arizona. They offer programs such as foster care, adoption, kinship services, and trauma-informed care. The organization aims to create and sustain healthy family environments and support individuals impacted by trauma and abuse.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2021

what they reported doing

Program narrative the organization filed with the IRS. Ordered by program spending.

  1. #1 primary $12.10M
    CHILD WELFARE - SEE SCHEDULE O
  2. #2 $2.82M
    PREVENTION - SEE SCHEDULE O
named programs · 13 · from sources

what they call their work

AKNP Model
Strength-based service model designed to support children, youth, and families in healing from trauma and abuse.
Behavioral Health & Trauma Response
Provides trauma-informed mental health services for children and families, including treatment for PTSD and emotional well-being support.
Children's Summer Camp
A free summer camp for children aged 8-17 who are enrolled in AHCCCS.
Children’s Summer Camp
Free summer camp program for children enrolled in AHCCCS, ages 8-17, focusing on enrichment and support.
Foster Care & Adoption
Provides foster care placement, adoption services, home study assessments, and support for kinship families through contracts with Arizona Department of Child Safety.
Gifts of Hope
A holiday campaign that matches donors with children or families in need to provide gifts and necessities during the holiday season.
Home Assessment & Courtesy Supervision (HACS)
Provides assessment and supportive services to children and kinship families served by the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS), including home study assessments and courtesy supervision.
Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC)
Ensures protection and services for children placed in foster care across state and county lines.
Kinship Services
Supports relatives and close family friends who are raising children not born to them, offering resources, education, and assistance with guardianship and benefits.
Kinship Support Services
Offers resource referrals, legal and guardianship assistance, benefit application help, advocacy, and support groups for relatives raising children.
Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics®
Evidence-based approach to assessing and treating children impacted by trauma, focusing on developmental needs and brain function.
Parent Education Services
Offers education and support programs for parents to strengthen family stability and child well-being.
Young Adult Services
Supports youth transitioning out of foster care with resources and services to promote independence and stability.
activities · 7 groups

what they do

  • Foster and Kinship Family Support Services 17 activities
    • Adoption and Foster Care Placement
      Facilitates adoptions and places children and youth in foster homes, having facilitated 326 adoptions and placed over 1,200 children and youth in foster homes in the last fiscal year.
    • Foster Care and Adoption Services
      Facilitates adoptions and places children and youth in foster homes, including providing Home Assessment & Courtesy Supervision services across all fifteen counties of Arizona. The organization also prepares Annual Guardianship Reports for children and youth with Permanency Guardianship.
    • Foster Care and Adoption Services
      Facilitated 326 adoptions and placed over 1,200 children and youth in foster homes in the last fiscal year, while also completing comprehensive Home Study Assessments for prospective kinship caregivers.
    • Foster Care and Adoption Services
      Facilitates foster care placements and adoptions across Arizona, including comprehensive Home Study Assessments for kinship caregivers and monthly home visits for children in foster care placed outside their referring region.
    • Foster Care and Adoption Services
      Facilitates adoptions and places children and youth in foster homes, including providing Home Assessment & Courtesy Supervision services across all fifteen counties of Arizona. The organization also prepares Annual Guardianship Reports for children and youth with Permanency Guardianship.
    • Guardianship Reporting and Supervision
      Prepares Annual Guardianship Reports for children or youth one year after Permanency Guardianship is granted and provides Home Assessment & Courtesy Supervision services across all fifteen counties of Arizona.
    • Guardianship and Post-Permanency Services
      Prepares Annual Guardianship Reports one year after Permanency Guardianship is granted and supports families through guardianship processes, including assistance with court-related procedures in Tucson.
    • Kinship Care Advocacy
      Advocates for kinship caregivers and children within various systems including school systems, courts, healthcare, mental health agencies, benefits programs, and the Department of Child Safety (DCS).
    • Kinship Care Advocacy
      Advocates for kinship caregivers and children within various systems including school systems, courts, healthcare, mental health agencies, benefits programs, and the Department of Child Safety in Phoenix and Tucson. The organization's kinship model has been approved as a "supported" practice by the US Department of Health & Human Services’ Prevention Services Clearinghouse.
    • Kinship Care Advocacy
      Advocates for kinship caregivers and children within various systems including school systems, courts, healthcare, mental health agencies, benefits programs, and the Department of Child Safety in Phoenix and Tucson. The organization's kinship model has been approved as a "supported" practice by the US Department of Health & Human Services’ Prevention Services Clearinghouse.
    • Kinship Care Advocacy and System Navigation
      Offers advocacy and system navigation support for kinship caregivers and children within school systems, courts, healthcare, mental health agencies, benefits programs, and the Department of Child Safety in Phoenix and Tucson.
    • Kinship Care Support Services
      Provides direct support to kinship caregivers across Arizona, including assistance with guardianship applications, access to public benefits (TANF, AHCCCS, Kids Care), fingerprint clearance, legal resources, school enrollment, and navigation of health and social service systems.
    • Kinship Caregiver Support Services
      Provides comprehensive support services to kinship caregivers across Arizona, including information and resource referrals, advanced education, assistance with guardianship packets, legal resource information, support groups, and help with public benefits applications. This includes home study assessments for prospective kinship caregivers and monthly home visits for children in foster care.
    • Kinship Caregiver Support Services
      Provides comprehensive support services to kinship caregivers across Arizona, including information and resource referrals, advanced education, assistance with guardianship packets, legal resource information, support groups, and help with public benefits applications. This includes home study assessments for prospective kinship caregivers and monthly home visits for children in foster care.
    • Kinship Caregiver Support Services
      Provides comprehensive support services to kinship caregivers across Arizona, including information and resource referrals, advanced education, assistance with guardianship packets, legal resource information, support groups, and help with public benefits applications. This includes home study assessments for prospective kinship caregivers and monthly home visits for children in foster care placed outside their region.
    • Resource Referrals for Kinship Caregivers
      Provides information and resource referrals to kinship caregivers statewide, including legal resource information and advocacy within school systems and courts in Phoenix and Tucson.
    • Support for Kinship Caregivers
      Provides services to help kinship caregivers navigate systems and access community resources, including assistance with guardianship packets and public benefits applications in Phoenix and Tucson.
  • Trauma-Informed Training and Professional Consultation 5 activities
    • Trauma Informed Care Training
      Provides Trauma Informed Care training to all staff as part of daily practice to enhance service delivery and support for children and families.
    • Trauma-Informed Care Capacity Building
      Implements Trauma Informed Care training for all staff as part of daily practice to improve service delivery and organizational responsiveness to trauma.
    • Trauma-Informed Care Training
      Provides Trauma Informed Care training to all staff as part of their daily practice to ensure a consistent and supportive approach in their services.
    • Trauma-Informed Care Training
      Provides Trauma Informed Care training to all staff as part of their daily practice to ensure a consistent and supportive approach in their services.
    • Trauma-Informed Care Training
      Provides Trauma Informed Care training to all staff as part of daily practice to ensure a consistent approach to care.
  • Hygiene and Diaper Distribution 4 activities
    • Provision of Essential Items
      Provides needed items to over 40,000 children and families in Arizona through an Amazon Wish List program.
    • Provision of Essential Items
      Provides needed items to over 40,000 children and families in Arizona through an Amazon Wish List program.
    • Provision of Essential Items
      Provides essential items to over 40,000 children and families in Arizona through an Amazon Wish List program.
    • Resource Distribution via Amazon Wish List
      Provides essential items to over 40,000 children and families in Arizona through a managed Amazon Wish List program.
  • Youth Foster Care Transition Support 4 activities
    • Youth Transition Support
      Provides support services for youth transitioning out of Arizona State or Tribal Foster Care, including skill-building opportunities and resources for successful living after leaving the foster care system.
    • Youth Transition Support Services
      Provides skill-building and support services for youth transitioning out of Arizona State or Tribal Foster Care, including resources to promote resilience, social connections, cognitive development, and successful independent living after foster care.
    • Youth Transition and Skill-Building Programs
      Provides support services and skill-building opportunities for youth transitioning out of Arizona State or Tribal Foster Care, focusing on resilience, adolescent brain development, social connections, and cognitive and social-emotional competency.
    • Youth Transition and Skill-Building Programs
      Provides support services and skill-building opportunities for youth transitioning out of Arizona State or Tribal Foster Care, focusing on resilience, adolescent brain development, social connections, and cognitive and social-emotional competency.
  • Summer and School Break Camps 1 activity
    • Children's Summer Camp
      Operates a free summer camp for children aged 8-17 who are enrolled in AHCCCS.
  • Supervised Family Visitation Services 1 activity
    • Statewide Program Operations
      Operates more than a dozen programs and services across all fifteen counties of Arizona to support child well-being and family stability.
  • Uncategorized 11 activities
    • Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning
      Provides clinical assessment and treatment planning using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) to support trauma-affected youth.
    • Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning
      Provides clinical assessment and treatment planning using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT).
    • Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) Clinical Services
      Provides clinical assessment and treatment planning using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT).
    • Parent Education Services
      Offers voluntary, non-clinical, individualized parent education services tailored to the expressed needs of attending families, including classes and workshops in English and Spanish.
    • Parent Education and Child Development Support
      Offers voluntary, non-clinical, individualized parent education services, including classes and workshops in English and Spanish, to support child development from birth to age five.
    • Parent Education and Early Childhood Development Support
      Provides training, tools, and non-clinical parent education services to families with children from birth to age five, including workshops in English and Spanish at community-friendly locations to support child development.
    • Parent Education and Support
      Offers voluntary, non-clinical, individualized parent education services, including classes and workshops in English and Spanish, to support child development from birth to age five.
    • Parent Education and Support
      Offers voluntary, non-clinical, individualized parent education services, including classes and workshops in English and Spanish, to support child development from birth to age five.
    • Summer Camp for AHCCCS-Enrolled Youth
      Operates a free summer camp for children and youth ages 8–17 who are enrolled in Arizona’s AHCCCS health program.
    • Summer Camp for Children
      Operates a free summer camp for children ages 8-17 who are enrolled in AHCCCS.
    • Support Groups and Advanced Education for Kinship Caregivers
      Facilitates support groups and offers advanced education programs for kinship caregivers in Phoenix and Tucson to strengthen caregiving capacity and peer support networks.
financials · form 990 · fy2021
revenue
Total revenue$36.00M
Contributions & grants$21.43M60%
Program service revenue$14.56M40%
Investment income$-19K-0%
Other revenue$31K
expenses
Total expenses$45.08M
Program expenses85%
Admin / overhead13%
Fundraising2%
Salaries & benefits$34.72M
Grants paid out$74K
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$13.14M
Cash$1.10M
Investments$4.26M
Liabilities$13.62M
Net assets$-481K
Liquid reserves1.4 mo
3 years on record · 2019–2021 · YoY revenue -28.9%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2021

who runs it

paid leadership · 7
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
RAMIZ AUDI MEDICAL DIRECTOR 40 $290K
SHIVANA NAIDOO PSYCHIATRIST 40 $270K
THERESA NGUYEN PSYCHIATRIST 40 $244K
JACOB D SCHMITT PRESIDENT AND CEO 40 $200K
ILYSE ROSENBERG PSYCHIATRIST 40 $199K
SANDRA KOVACHI NURSE PRACTITIONER 40 $196K
KENNETH GORANSON CFO 40 $149K
board members · 18
  • ANNA OSBORN — PAST CHAIR
  • ASHLIE PENDLETON — DIRECTOR
  • CRAIG SHAY — DIRECTOR
  • CYNTHIA R LANDIN — DIRECTOR
  • CYNTHIA WILLIAMS — DIRECTOR
  • DAWN GRITTMANN — DIRECTOR
  • DEBORAH KRAMER — DIRECTOR
  • DOLORES DURAN-CERDA — DIRECTOR
  • ELIZABETH HOWELL — DIRECTOR
  • ELLEN HOWLETT — DIRECTOR
  • GERALD JERRY SMITH SR — CHAIR ELECT
  • HAROLD MAGALNICK — DIRECTOR
  • HOLLEY STACY — TREASURER
  • INGRID NOVODVORSKY — DIRECTOR
  • JILLIAN HANSEN — DIRECTOR
  • JUAN GABRIEL MARTINEZ — DIRECTOR
  • JULIET PETERS — DIRECTOR
  • KATHLEEN MCLAUGHLIN — DIRECTOR
relationships · 28

who they work with

  • Arizona Community Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Arizona Department of Child Safety Partner — Receives Home Study Assessments and Annual Guardianship Reports from AzCA and makes final placement decisions; all HACS referrals are routed through DCS.
  • Arizona Grandparent Ambassadors Partner — Collaborates on advocacy efforts related to kinship care.
  • Arizona State Government — Provides contract for foster care transition services.
  • Armstrong McDonald Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • BCBSAZ Foundation for Community and Health Advancement Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Bob’s Free Bikes Partner — Partnered to provide bikes to children and families served by AzCA.
  • Cardinals Charities Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Connie Hillman Family Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Council on Accreditation Network — Accredited by COA, indicating adherence to national quality standards in human services.
  • Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Diaper Bank Partner — Provides support to the Kinship Support Services program.
  • Edna M. Martin Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Fry's Community Rewards Partner — Partners with Fry's Community Rewards Program to receive donations from grocery spending by supporters.
  • Health First Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Lester and Millie Rosen Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Mutual of America Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Government — Approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 6881).
  • Neurosequential Network Partner — Collaborates with Arizona's Children Association on the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
  • Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Pima Council on Aging Government — Partially funds Kinship Support Services in Tucson under contract as part of the Older American Act Program.
  • Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • The UPS Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Ticket To Dream Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.
  • Tribal Foster Care Government — Partner system in providing foster care transition services.
  • US Department of Health & Human Services Government — Approved Arizona Kinship Navigation Program as a “supported” practice in the Prevention Services Clearinghouse.
  • Weese Foundation Partner — Foundation partner that has donated $5,000 or more to support AzCA’s programs and services.