Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society Inc(SAEMS)provides educational, networking,development, and community improvement opportunities for professionals,students,and the general public to learn about environmental concerns and issues related to our growing desert community. These events also help support the SAEMS organization and develop scholarship opportunities for students seeking degrees in environmental disciplines.
- Income
- $54,876
- Spending
- $60,296
- Reserves
- 3.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 94%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 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)
- $5,000 spent. SAEMS awards scholarships annually to the University of Arizona students pursuing degreesin the environmental, health and safety fields of study that are within the SAEMS mission.Since the very first awards in 1991, SAEMS scholarship awards total over $249,000 to over 100 students.
- $32,428 spent. RCRA Annual Seminar promotes awareness, education, and understanding of environmental issues associated with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and provides a forum for people employed in environmental and safety industries to network, learn, and contribute to the community. Topics include RCRA Basics, Governmental Waste Program Updates, Local Emergency Planning Committee Updates, Managing Waste and Disposal Scenarios, Waste Minimization and Recycling Optimization.
- $13,993 spent. Monthly Educational Seminars to promote awareness, education, and understanding of environmentalissues and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information between private enterprises, government, industry, and research/education institutions.
- $34 spent. Trash & Bash - Kino Parkway Cleanup. SAEMS provides opportunities to help improve the quality of the environment directly by participating in community cleanups. SAEMS has hosted and teamed with other organizations, such as Tucson Clean & Beautiful, in cleanups of wildcat dumpsites in the Tucson area. For almost two decades, SAEMS volunteers met quarterly to pick up trash along a one mile stretch of highway east of the Sonoita exit. We also formerly sponsored a regular trail cleanup in the Tucson mountains. We are currently evaluating new opportunities to continue this SAEMS tradition. We encourage anyone interested to provide suggestions and to come out and help keep Tucson beautiful!
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 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 October 13, 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 November 6, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending May 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1992.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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