Higher Ground A Resource Center

EIN: 273585869 501(c)(3) Education

Tucson, AZ

Total Revenue
N/A
Total Expenses
N/A
Total Assets
$411,761
Net Assets
$47,694
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Organization Details

Formation Year
2011
Legal Domicile
AZ
Principal Officer
Jansen Azarias
Phone
5208700722
Tax Period
2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30

Mission

Our mission is to empower one life at a time to REACH, TRANSFORM and ELEVATE their community through love and building character.For us, Higher Ground is more than just a place, but rather, it's a culture-infusing catalyst that aims to create system-wide change, building up our high-need communities - one child and family at a time - and creating collaborative networks of support that ultimately uplift our entire city. Our vision is to inspire youth and families to be part of lasting community contribution. We want to create the momentum for lasting sustainable change in the way we develop our children and youth to redefine success as community contribution, where schools and youth organizations become places where an individual transformation leads to stronger collective impact in their own communities

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

The Restart S.M.A.R.T. strategy, a local implementation of the community school model by Higher Ground, effectively organizes school and public resources to address specific community needs. By...

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The Restart S.M.A.R.T. strategy, a local implementation of the community school model by Higher Ground, effectively organizes school and public resources to address specific community needs. By integrating trained staff within the school community, we provide a crucial link between community services and families facing opportunity gaps. Our collaborative approach, partnering with students, their families, and the wider community, promotes individualized success. Restart S.M.A.R.T. emphasizes evidence-based, strategic, mindful, agile, aware, resilient, and trauma-responsive decision-making in every interaction.In the year 2021-2022, we have expanded from 2 to 7 school sites across Tucson, with discussions for an 8th site in Chandler, Arizona. Our work is acknowledged as a full-fidelity implementation model of the community school strategy, with research partnerships demonstrating outcomes beyond mere attendance improvement and negative behavior reduction. In the 2021-2022 academic year, we engaged 2,083 students, collaborated with 124 groups, businesses, and organizations, worked with 300 families, and leveraged resources across our seven school communities.Our impact is evident through a 10% increase in school enrollment, a 6.11% reduction in chronic absenteeism, a 75% improvement in attendance among served students, and up to an 80% reduction in disciplinary incidents at our school sites.

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Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $0
Program Service Revenue $0
Investment Income $0
Other Revenue $0
TOTAL REVENUE $0

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $0
Fundraising Expenses $0
Other Expenses $0
TOTAL EXPENSES $0

Year-over-Year Comparison

2023 2022 Change
Revenue N/A N/A N/A
Expenses N/A N/A N/A
Net Income N/A $0 N/A
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Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
10
Independent Members
10
Employees
N/A
Volunteers
10

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
5
$0
Total Directors
11
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Ramon Valadez Board Chair 2.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Ken Heeter Board Treasurer 2.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Barry Richardson Board Secretary (ended 12/ 2.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Alexys Rodgers Board Secretary (current) 2.00
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Randi Dorman Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Bill Spurbeck Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Michael Anderson Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Michael Guymon Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Lori Malangone Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Theresa Tenace Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Dr Charlinda Haudley Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Jansen Azarias CEO 40.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2025 No data No data No data No data
2024 No data No data $411,761 No data
2023 No data No data $411,761 No data
2022 $1,714,450 $1,231,346 $411,761 $483,104
2021 $747,100 $777,649 $134,916 $-30,549
2020 $535,703 $844,346 $131,161 $-308,643
2019 $1,088,716 $1,094,941 $60,899 $-6,225
2018 $1,151,906 $1,146,624 $61,351 $5,282
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