Arizona Community Action Association

“ACAA has three membership categories 1 individual members can be any Arizona resident 18 years of age or older 2 Organizational members are those organizations with an interest in meeting the needs of low-income Arizona residents including but not limited to community action agencies, their subcontractors and other private and public organizations including government agencies and 3 corporate members are private for-profit organizations. Each individual member has one vote at membership meetings, including the annual planning meeting. Each organizational member designates, in writing, one representative who is entitled to cast one vote at all membership meetings. Executive directors of agencies or their alternatives are automatically accepted as representatives of their organizational members and entitled to cast one vote.”

“Individual, organizational, and corporate member representatives who are present at the annual meeting vote on the membership-at-large director positions. No proxy voting is allowed all votes must be cast in person including virtually. Persons who are organizational representatives, and who also possess an individual membership, may vote twice -- once as an organizational representative and once as an individual member.”

“The following acts require approval from the membership body 1 amendments to ACCAs bylaws and 2 dissolution of ACAA.”

“A copy of the Form 990 is circulated to all board members for review at a regularly scheduled board meeting. The document is then discussed and an opportunity for comments, questions, and concerns is provided. Changes are made as needed from the boards review, and the board ultimately approves the document for filing.”

“At each board and committee meeting, if there is a discussion of selecting or engaging a vendor or service provider, all in attendance are asked to recuse themselves from this discussion if there could be a perceived conflict. Annually, ACAA reviews and discusses the conflict of interest policy and requests that each board member list and acknowledge any known conflicts.”

“ACAA reviews the compensation for the Executive Director by comparing their compensation to the compensation of individuals in like positions, in comparable organizations, using Forms 990, compensation studies, and other available data. The board then approves any changes in compensation based on this information as part of the annual budget approval process. ACAA has no paid officers or employees meeting the IRS definition of a key employee.”

“ACAA will provide, in a timely manner, copies of all tax returns, governing documents, including its conflict of interest policy, and financial statements when requested in writing or in person.”

“Program Service Expenses 87,487, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 RPIC The RPIC grant supports Wildfires ability to provide training and technical assistance to our Community Action Agency members. Additionally, it allows us to learn from and partner with our sister organizations in California, Hawaii and Nevada. We collaborate on training as well. One of the focused uses of this grant funding is to provide training for ROMA and encourage and support members of our network to become ROMA certified trainers.”

“Program Service Expenses 221,437, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE VITA Wildfire applied for and received a US Treasury grant to support the Maricopa Volunteer Income Tax Network. Funding supports the deployment of 30 VITA sites across Maricopa County, supported by volunteer tax preparers, who prepared tax returns for no cost for Maricopa County individuals and families.”

“Program Service Expenses 16,881,224, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ERAP In March 2021 a supplemental agreement was executed for Emergency Rental Assistance ERA monies under the Consolidated Appropriations Act the Act for the purpose of assisting qualified residents who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with rent and utility costs.”

“Program Service Expenses 32,065, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 HEALTH EQUITIES Funds received through the Arizona Department of Human Services support the partnership between five rural Community Action Agencies and the local public health departments. Program partnerships include the creation and sharing of dental services, enhancement of healthy homes, and the care and support of seniors.”

“Program Service Expenses 115,472, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 EVICTION ADVOCACY Wildfire works on policy issues to increase the availability of truly affordable housing and institute protections for renters who are threatened with eviction, working with landlords, renters, and community partners to align policy with practice and to protect those who are at risk of eviction. Policy work includes legislative modifications needed and partnerships with organizations throughout Arizona working to develop and implement programmatic support.”