Impact of Southern Arizona

“When the 990 draft is prepared by the organizations cpa, the executive director and the treasurer, who is also a cpa, review the document for accuracy and report any questions to the organizations cpa. If there are any questions about the prepared document, they are discussed between the three individuals; and once all questions or concerns have been addressed to everyones satisfaction, the cpa prepares a final document to be signed by the treasurer, and it is subsequently filed electronically. The treasurer then reports to the board of directors that the 990 has been filed, and copies of those related electronic forms are filed in the organizations records.”

“The policy and personnel committee of the board of directors gathers information from salary surveys and studies comparable executive director compensation packages, reviews the executive director's performance, and proposes a compensation package for the upcoming year to the board of directors. The committee's proposal is made to the board of directors at a regularly scheduled meeting, typically in june of each year, and voted upon.”

“Copies of all documents are on file at the organization's main office, and available to the public during business hours.”

“Emergency food assistance - impact continues to serve underserved communities in the tucson basin: primarily nw tucson, marana, oro valley, catalina, and se pinal county, especially in the copper corridor. We also serve any southern az client referred to us through another tucson non- profit, local agency, or area case worker. Through our agency relationships with the united and community food banks, we serve anyone who qualifies for food distribution from seven counties: pima, pinal, cochise, gila, graham, greenlee and santa cruz. We also serve people passing through our area who might come from other regions in az or are traveling through to other states, and need food along their journey. The people we serve live in areas which are predominantly rural, and all are low to moderate income households. Demand for services in these areas continued to grow this past year due to increased economic pressures and often because of medical setbacks that effect their available income. Much of the growth seemed to be in our pinal clientele, especially because the copper corridor region is losing many standard resources. There are no longer basic full-service grocery stores, banks or other corporate retail stores. Residents rely on gas station convenience stores and dollar generals. Healthy food access is minimal. Pinal county is the fastest growing us county west of the mississippi, and we are providing bonus commodities food service to more than 180 lowest of income pinal seniors, delivering to many who have no transportation at all. Our service numbers continued to grow and we expect a to see consistent growth in community needs in the future, as more people learn about impact of soaz, the economy is less stable and people continue to move into az. During the fiscal year, our food bank served 5159 unduplicated individuals (up from 4574 last fy). These people came from 1749 unduplicated households (153 more than the previous year) of diverse ages, race and ethnicity. People in pima county report to us they drive up to catalina from all over tucson even though there is emergency food assistance available closer to their neighborhoods because our food distribution was better and our customer service was far superior, especially in the way we treat all our clients, with dignity and respect. This year, the value of food we provided was over 1.8mm. Fresh fruits and vegetables as well as meats and dairy to supplement our shelf stable distribution help our clients live healthier lives through better nutrition and reduced financial and hunger stress. On average we distribute 50,000 pounds of food each month. We continue to provide our impact food bag of pantry items that fit the usda recommended items, thanks to generous support from community businesses and individuals. All inbound donation items are weighed, sorted, logged into a database for record keeping, checked for food safety and properly stored. The average demand has us serving about 800 families each month, with new pima and pinal residents enrolling regularly. Not all families come in every month. Our generous, thoughtful clientele do not participate if they feel there is another family struggling more; but we encourage all to come get food, to bolster their food availability and as a way to stretch their earned income so they can purchase other necessities. We are fortunate to have long-term partnerships of many area grocery stores such as fry's, safeway, target, walmart, whole foods, trader joes, bashas', and of many small businesses bakeries and chains. They all provided us with fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, and other perishable foods, as well as special pricing when we have to buy bulk. A large corps of trained volunteers picks up from markets every day, including saturday to ensure we have the inventory needed to feed our growing enrollment. We are thankful for their partnerships which allow us to provide a robust distribution. We continue our exciting relationship with ua”