ARIZONANS FOR AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: ARIZONANS FOR AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY (EIN 82-4396386)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-05-11
IRS object ID: 201901339349300945
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-05-11T09:57:00-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	742920819	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ATCHLEY & ASSOCIATES LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1005 LA POSADA DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUSTIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78752	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	824396386	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARIZONANS FOR AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ARIZ	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6024514292	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2211 E HIGHLAND AVE STE 210	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHOENIX	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85016	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ASHLEY RAGAN	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6024514292	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-05-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RENAE DUNCAN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01257722	PTIN
Phone	5123462086	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	198.72.42.2	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-05-11	IPDt
IP Tm	09:56:49	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	67FD18272B35929DC9649FF596C31D7DB5922050	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	90429FE735017E454A1B9C5F9DE6B05461DADD4C	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Initial Return	Yes (X)	InitialReturnInd
Principal Officer	ANDREW COMPTON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2211 E HIGHLAND AVE STE 210	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHOENIX	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85016	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$39,675,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2018	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AZ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE FORMED TO DEFEAT BALLOT INITIATIVE PROPOSITION 127 IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	2	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	1	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$39,675,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$39,675,000	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$37,528,785	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$37,528,785	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,146,215	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,146,215	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,146,215	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE FORMED TO DEFEAT BALLOT INITIATIVE PROPOSITION 127 IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$37,483,563	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$39,675,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE FORMED TO DEFEAT BALLOT INITIATIVE PROPOSITION 127 IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$37,483,563	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	Yes (1)	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	18	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	2	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	1	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	0	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	0	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ASHLEY RAGAN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6024514292	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2211 E HIGHLAND AVE STE 210	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHOENIX	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85016	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ASHLEY RAGAN
TREASURER	20.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$57,527	$0	$0
ANDREW COMPTON
CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$57,527	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
MENTZER MEDIA
210 W PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SUITE 250	TOWSON	MD	21204	MEDIA PRODUCTION	$13,744,195
AZ PETITION PARTNERS LLC
77 E WELDON SUITE 100	PHOENIX	AZ	85012	ADVOCACY CONSULTING	$8,338,347
DIRECT RESPONSE GROUP
16845 N 29TH AVE SUITE 1-550	PHOENIX	AZ	85053	COMMUNICATION SERVICES	$7,100,362
SNELL AND WILMER
400 EVAN BUREN 1900	PHOENIZ	AZ	85004	LEGAL FEES	$3,044,094
ARIZONA GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES
2650 E SOUTHERN AVENUE	MESA	AZ	85204	ADVOCACY CONSULTING & OPERATIONS SERVICE	$2,305,124

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	11	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$39,675,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$39,675,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$39,675,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,090,410	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,090,410	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,397,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,397,412	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$138,159	TotalAmt
Program Services	$138,159	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$347	TotalAmt
Management And General	$347	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
MEDIA	$15,043,127	$15,043,127
OPERATIONS	$2,743,308	$2,743,308
MAILERS	$1,581,926	$1,553,834	$28,092
POLLING	$410,291	$410,291

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,805	TotalAmt
Program Services	$107,022	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,783	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,528,785	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,483,563	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,222	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,146,215	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,146,215	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,146,215	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,146,215	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,146,215	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,146,215	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$28,092	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	0	VolunteerHoursCnt
Expended527 Activities	$28,092	Expended527ActivitiesAmt
Total Exempt Function Expend	$28,092	TotalExemptFunctionExpendAmt
Form1120 POL Filed	0	Form1120POLFiledInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I-A, LINE 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES FOR MAILERS RELATED TO AZ CANDIDATE	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	REVIEWED BY TREASURER AND LEGAL COUNSEL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	A COPY OF THE 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15(B)	AS REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS, THE TREASURER'S COMPENSATION WAS APPROVED BY A DISINTERESTED OFFICER (THE CHAIRMAN), WHO INDEPENDENTLY DETERMINED THAT THE TERMS OF THE COMPENSATION WERE REASONABLE. THE TREASURER DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CHAIRMAN'S EVALUATION OR AUTHORIZATION OF HER COMPENSATION.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	PETITION CONSULTING SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 8,524,871. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 8,524,871. COMMUNICATION SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 5,872,541. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 5,872,541.