Sahuarita Unified School District Educational Enrichment Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION IS TO ENRICH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH A VARIETY OF EDUCATION-RELATED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
- Income
- $159,400
- Spending
- $133,710
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 18.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 85%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 25
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 18.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 52% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1575% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 82% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $100,659 spent. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS - A MAJOR ACTIVITY OF THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION (SEEF) DURING FY 2024-2025 WAS THE DISTRIBUTION OF $42,511.98 FROM NINE SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS TO SIXTEEN STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED FROM ONE OF THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES ATTENDED ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COLLEGES: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL ARIZONA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS MANAGED BY SEEF PROVIDE ONE-TIME AWARDS, TWO FUNDS COMMIT TO THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOUR YEARS AS LONG AS THE AWARDEE CONTINUES TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
- SAHUARITA BOOK PROJECT: THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION HAD MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE CREATION OF A BOOK ABOUT SAHUARITA, ARIZONA. THE BOOK, "SAHUARITA, ARIZONA: TREASURED NUGGETS FROM THE PAST," WAS SELF-PUBLISHED BY AMAZON. ITS 495 PAGES CONTAIN PICTURES, ANECDOTES, AND INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT SAHUARITA WHICH WAS DESCRIBED ON THE BOOK'S COVER AS A "ONCE SLEEPY AGRICULTURAL, RANCHING AND MINING COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BLOSSOMED INTO A BUSTLING SUBURBAN OASIS IN THE HEART OF THE SONORAN DESERT. NOTABLY, THE BOOK INCLUDES CONSIDERABLE CONTENT ON THE AREA'S EARLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS. THE FOUNDATION WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE GROUP OF AUTHORS (SOME OF WHOM ARE TEACHERS) AGREED THAT THE BOOK ROYALTIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION. THUS, AS OF JUNE 30, 2025, THE FOUNDATION HAD RECEIVED MORE THAN $3,900 FROM AMAZON. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO CARRY OUT SEEF'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION.
- SAHUARITA COMMUNITYSHARE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: IN 2020, SEEF BEGAN SUPPORTING A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS CALLED COMMUNITYSHARE. THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN TUCSON AND ITS MISSION IS DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING, AND ADVANCING EXEMPLARY PRACTICES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING THAT TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR EDUCATORS. INITIALLY, A SMALL NUMBER OF DISTRICT TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE FELLOWSHIP ATTENDED MEETINGS IN TUCSON. BUT CONSISTENT WITH A COMMUNITYSHARE OBJECTIVE, THE SAHUARITA COMMUNITYSHARE FELLOWSHIP WAS LAUNCHED WITHIN THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (SUSD) WITH A TOTAL OF THIRTEEN TEACHERS PARTICIPATING DURING FY 2024-25. A DISTRICT ART TEACHER WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED THE TUCSON-BASED COMMUNITYSHARE PROGRAM SERVED AS THE SAHUARITA PROGRAM COORDINATOR. PARTICIPATING TEACHERS ATTENDED MONTHLY TRAINING MEETINGS IN DISTRICT FACILITIES AND IMPLEMENTED INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM PROJECTS INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE SKILLFUL AND KNOWLEDGEABLE MEMBER OF THE SAHUARITA/GREEN VALLEY COMMUNITY. EXAMPLES OF THE THIRTEEN PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN THIS YEAR ARE: NEUROSCIENCE & METACOGNITION; JOURNALISM/MEDIA STORIES; BUSINESS/MARKETING/WEB DEVELOPMENT FOR PODCAST; RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES; SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR TEENS & FAMILIES; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES CAMPAIGN HUMAN IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM. THE FOUNDATION REIMBURSED TEACHERS FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PROJECTS AND UTILIZED THE GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE SMALL STIPENDS TO THE TEACHERS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT TIME THEY SPENT ATTENDING MEETINGS AND PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THEIR PROJECTS AS COMMUNITYSHARE FELLOWS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WELL OVER 400 INDIVIDUALS BOTH PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTSREALIZED THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM DURING THE 2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION IS GRATEFUL THAT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY PARTNERSARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND OTHERS WERE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR "REAL-WORLD" EXPERIENCES WITH STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS WHERE ARTISTIC PROJECTS (E.G., MURALS OR CREATIVE WALLS) WERE IMPLEMENTED.
- OTHER FOUNDATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS: DURING THE YEAR, THE FOUNDATION USED A TOTAL OF $710.56 FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE SOPORI PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES TO IMPROVE LITERACY AND PARENT SUPPORT. ABOUT 20 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGES 3-5 ARE SERVED IN A FULL-DAY, PRESCHOOL SETTING, AND ADDITIONAL FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UP TO 5 YEARS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A WEEKLY "STAY AND PLAY PROGRAM" INVOLVING PARENT AND CHILD INTERACTION IN A LEARNING SETTING. A TOTAL OF ABOUT 100 CHILDREN AND PARENTS ARE SERVED IN THE PROGRAM DURING A TYPICAL YEAR. FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,853.00 WERE SPENT ON ANOTHER PROGRAM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN KNOWN AS LINK (FOR LEARNING INVOLVES THE NURTURING OF KIDS). LINK IS A LICENSED CHILDCARE PROGRAM THAT OFFERS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE, AN ALL-DAY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGED 4 YEARS, AND A FULL-DAY SUMMER PROGRAM. THE MISSION OF LINK IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE TO AS MANY FAMILIES NEEDING SUCH CARE AS POSSIBLE IN A SAFE, WELCOMING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. APPROXIMATELY 400 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN LINK PROGRAMS EACH YEAR.DURING THE PAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF $13,793.69, $2,291.00 OF WHICH CAME FROM OUR STEM FUND, WAS USED FOR THE REGULAR MINI-GRANT PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF SCHOOLS IN THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. TITLES OF SOME OF THE TWENTY-ONE MINI-GRANT PROJECTS CARRIED OUT DURING THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR ARE THERAPEUTIC RANCH FOR ANIMALS AND KIDS (TRAK); CREATING BOOK COVERS TO CREATE MEANING; SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CLASSROOM RESOURCES, CHICKEN AND DUCKS, OH MY!!; AND HIGH INTEREST BOOKS FOR LITERATURE CIRCLES. AN ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BENEFITTING FROM THIS PROGRAM IS MORE THAN 400.DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 WAS RECEIVED FROM THE GREATER GREEN VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW INITIATIVE OF THE FOUNDATION REFERRED TO AS THE SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. SEEF'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDED THE INITIATION OF THIS PROGRAM TO ENABLE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT TEACHERS TO APPLY FOR A GRANT TO PAY FOR A COURSE OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY OR TRAINING TO ENHANCE SKILLS AND/OR KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE USED AS THEY FULFILL THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR DISTRICT POSITIONS. WHILE VERY GOOD TEACHERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVE A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, SEEF RECOGNIZES THAT OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES (E.G., COUNSELORS, COACHES, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS) ALSO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF A DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. THESE FUNDS WERE PUT TO USE IN THEIR ENTIRETY FOR THE FALL 2024 SUPERVISOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PUT ON BY PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, SEEF PARTNERED WITH SAHUARITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LAUNCH A NEW DYSLEXIA PROGRAM. SEEFS INITIAL CONTRIBUTION TO SUSD FOR $8,000.00 ENABLED SUSD TO PROCURE THE LICENSING AND OFFER TRAINING FOR DYSLEXIA TUTORS. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING IN THAT THESE DYSLEXIA TUTORS CAN GO ON TO BECOME CERTIFIED DYSLEXIA TRAINERS, ENABLING THEM TO CONDUCT ONGOING TRAINING, MENTORSHIP, AND OVERSIGHT TO GUARANTEE IMPACT AND ONGOING SUPPORT.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2004.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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