Arizona Border Rights Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The main purpose of our organization is that of a Grassroots human rights education and advocacy.
- Income
- $195,050
- Spending
- $148,047
- Reserves
- 19.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 19.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 24% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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)
- $19,871 spent. Public education, Coalition building, Production of educational curriculum and clinics for advocacy of "know your Rights", and education about interacting "Beyond Borders", In addition, the cost of the annual education about the Day of the Death in celebration of migrants found dead on the desert. Also, the celebration of the International Migrants Day, Stop the Hate Project, Todos Somos Uno., Collective Families Educational Program about LGBTQ+ communities, End Streamline Project and other miscellaneous services
- $24,470 spent. Cultural and Theatrical manifestations about the border, CBP Staff Abuse Reporting Clinic, Climate Change Migration Interviews, Migrants asylum education project and other theatrical representations about human rights.
- $101,571 spent. Jobs with Justice Educational Project for building capacity in Arizona to engage in national immigration and infrastructure campaigns and carry out other programmatic work.
- $2,135 spent. Other program services include those expenses related to Office and Administrative operations. We leased office space to carry out the normal operations of the organization and the expense on this respect includes Telephone and Internet services, Office supplies and support, Licensing, Subscriptions, and Memberships, Occupancy Rent and Utilities, bank fees, and miscellaneous other expenses.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 March 2003.
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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