Sonoran Desert Aquatics

“As defined in the bylaws, a member shall be the family members (biological or custodial) of the swimmer who is enrolled in the organization's swim program and who is registered with usa swimming.”

“Each member, as defined in the bylaws, shall designate one adult family member representative to vote on its behalf. The board of directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of members. All member families must be current and in good standing with the organization to be entitled to vote.”

“A majority of the member representatives present at any meeting of the organization shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Unless otherwise stated in the bylaws, all matters shall be decided by the vote of a majority of members present at the meeting at which a quorum is present. There shall be one vote per member family, cast by the designated representative of the member family.”

“Form 990 is prepared by an independent cpa. A draft is provided to the entire board prior to filing for review and comment.”

“Any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect financial interest, is an interested person. An interested person must disclose the existence of a financial interest. After any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the meeting and the remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. The remaining board or committee shall determine whether the corporation can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction from a disinterested person, and if not, they shall determine by a majority vote whether the transaction with the interested person is in the corporation's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination, it shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction. Failure to disclose a conflict of interest shall result in disciplinary action by the board or committee. Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person: has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy; has read and understands the policy; has agreed to comply with the policy; and understands the corporation is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption, it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“During the fiscal year ending 08/31/20, the organization did not have a ceo, coo, executive director, or any key employees. For that reason, there was no process in place for determining compensation for these positions and part vi lines 15a and 15b have been answered "no."”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Sonoran desert aquatics offers two main programs: a swim team for youth ages 4 to 19, and a masters program for adults aged 20 and up. Flying fish of arizona swim team (fast), is a year-round competitive swim team that provides high quality, professional coaching and technique instruction for amateur swimmers of all abilities and economic backgrounds between the ages of 4 and 19. Supervised swim practice sessions are organized by age group and ability and are conducted monday through friday between 6:00am and 9:30am (depending on the time of the year), and between 3:00pm and 8:00pm monday through friday each week. Swim practices take place at the oro valley municipal pool, located at 23 west calle concordia in oro valley, arizona, and the el conquistador country club, located at 10555 n. La canada in oro valley, arizona. Swim practices prepare swimmers, through professional coaching, to compete in usa swimming sanctioned competitions at the rate of one to two swim meets per month. At supervised swim practices, coaching staff works with each swimmer on concepts such as confidence, concentration, motivation, attitude, composure, and goal setting. Coaching staff also accompany swimmers to usa swimming sanctioned meets, including swim meets hosted by the organization. Fast's masters program is for adults aged 20 and up. They are an extremely diverse group in terms of ability and skill level. All are welcome. Practices are monday, wednesday and friday and are supervised by qualified coaches.”

“Accrual to cash adjustments -25,281.”