Arizona Nonprofit Intel

Comprehensive solutions (and free resources) to help manage your fundraising, tax exemption, license renewals, and other nonprofit compliance activities in Arizona, and across the US.

“The Community Impact Grant program is a powerful expression of OneAZ’s purpose to truly improve the lives of our members, our associates, and the communities we serve,” said Robert Raygoza. “By investing in nonprofit partners across….

Since 1980, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona has distributed more than $200 million to regional nonprofits and educational institutions. Dollars have been directed toward programs spanning animal welfare, arts and culture,….

The streamlined Form 1023-EZ is available only to organizations meeting specific limits on projected revenue, assets, and activity types. Filing 1023-EZ when ineligible produces a determination that is technically valid but vulnerable to retroactive revocation if discovered. The full 1023 is harder to file but harder to challenge.

Most states require charities soliciting donations from their residents to register before solicitation, regardless of where the charity is based. "Solicitation" includes web fundraising pages accessible to residents, not just direct mail. Compliance gaps surface during state attorney-general inquiries or unrelated litigation discovery.

Donor-restricted gifts must be tracked separately and used only for the restricted purpose; using them for general operations — even with intent to "pay back" later — is a fiduciary breach and an audit finding. The most-common fact pattern: cash-flow shortage in operations, restricted-grant balance available, transfer "borrowed" with no formal repayment plan.