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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

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Plain text FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. Strategy Studio, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2016–2024. https://strategystudio.org/org/860985485. Retrieved 2026-10-20.

APA Strategy Studio. (n.d.). FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS [Nonprofit organization profile; tax years 2016–2024]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://strategystudio.org/org/860985485

MLA “FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.” Strategy Studio, tax years 2016–2024, https://strategystudio.org/org/860985485. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Retrieved 2026-10-20; covers tax years 2016–2024. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $627K · expenses $875K · assets $1.6M

Also known as
SCHOOLS
EIN
86-0985485
Address
5048 E OAK ST, PHOENIX, AZ 85008-2522
Website
WWW.FAISAZ.ORG
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2001
Cross-check
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Mission

NONE

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 14 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

14 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Laura Keathley President2022-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Eliana Mazel Secretary2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Mark Pickerel Director2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Hanna Brighella Treasurer2024 1 $0 reported 1
Krista Northcutt Vice President2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Chantal Gregg (former) Secretary2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Ro Ayers (former) Director2023 1 $0 reported 1
Abbey Ross (former) President2021-2022 1 $0 reported 2
Lori Perkins (former) Director2017-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Samantha Hirsch (former) Director2016-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Samera Anderson (former) President2017-2020 1 $0 reported 1
Steven Neidhart (former) President2016-2019 3 $0 reported 1
Sean Fagan (former) Director2016 2 $0 reported 1
Kendall Chester (former) Director2016 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA KEATHLEY President1 $0$0$0 $02
ELIANA MAZEL Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK PICKEREL Director2 $0$0$0 $01
HANNA BRIGHELLA Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
KRISTA NORTHCUTT Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA KEATHLEY President1 $0$0$0 $02
ELIANA MAZEL Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK PICKEREL Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
CHANTAL GREGG Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
RO AYERS Director1 $0$0$0 $01
KRISTA NORTHCUTT Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA KEATHLEY President1 $0$0$0 $02
ELIANA MAZEL Vice President3 $0$0$0 $01
MARK PICKEREL Treasurer3 $0$0$0 $01
CHANTAL GREGG Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
ABBEY ROSS President1 $0$0$0 $02
LORI PERKINS Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ABBEY ROSS President1 $0$0$0 $02
ELIANA MAZEL Vice President3 $0$0$0 $01
MARK PICKEREL Treasurer5 $0$0$0 $01
CHANTAL GREGG Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
SAMANTHA HIRSCH Director0 $0$0$0 $01
LORI PERKINS Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SAMANTHA HIRSCH Director1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI PERKINS Director1 $0$0$0 $01
SAMERA ANDERSON President1 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVEN NEIDHART President3 $0$0$0 $01
SAMANTHA HIRSCH Director1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI PERKINS Director4 $0$0$0 $01
SAMERA ANDERSON President5 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVEN NEIDHART President5 $0$0$0 $01
SAMANTHA HIRSCH Director1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI PERKINS Director1 $0$0$0 $01
SAMERA ANDERSON Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVEN NEIDHART President5 $0$0$0 $01
SAMANTHA HIRSCH Director1 $0$0$0 $01
LORI PERKINS Director1 $0$0$0 $01
SAMERA ANDERSON Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2016 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVEN NEIDHART President5 $0$0$0 $01
SAMANTHA HIRSCH Secretary2 $0$0$0 $01
SEAN FAGAN Director2 $0$0$0 $01
KENDALL CHESTER Director2 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2017 · 2 grants to organizations · $778K
2016 · 2 grants to organizations · $979K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$627,121$875,489 $1,581,670$1,581,670 $596,852$0 $005
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$525,817$620,416 $1,830,038$1,830,038 $521,489$0 $006
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$809,308$827,073 $1,924,637$1,924,637 $809,168$0 $006
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,057,427$878,923 $1,942,402$1,942,402 $1,057,264$0 $005
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$898,515$334,432 $1,758,898$1,758,898 $897,983$0 $003
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$915,336$725,157 $1,189,315$1,189,315 $897,163$0 $005
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,042,158$838,890 $999,136$999,136 $1,034,278$0 $005
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2018-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$859,511$802,657 $795,868$795,868 $859,157$0 $005
2016 · Form 990 period ending 2017-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$833,798$996,686 $739,014$739,014 $833,410$0 $005

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $31 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS” 2020-2023 4$31 2023$16
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Who funds organizations like this

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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor$2,587,95037 172016–2024 NEODESHA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND; STREATOR TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION NFP; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS FOUNDATION I INC; CONEJO SCHOOLS FOUNDATION and 13 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $875,489 spent · pay $0 · grants $852,994 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $852,994$852,994-- 97.4%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $9,545-$9,545- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $8,908-$8,908- 1.0%
Advertising and promotion $3,099--$3,099 0.4%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $943--$943 0.1%
Total$875,489100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $620,416 spent · pay $0 · grants $599,912 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $599,912$599,912-- 96.7%
Fees: accounting $9,462-$9,462- 1.5%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $4,173-$4,173- 0.7%
Information technology $3,529--$3,529 0.6%
Advertising and promotion $3,340--$3,340 0.5%
Total$620,416100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $827,073 spent · pay $0 · grants $791,178 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $791,178$791,178-- 95.7%
Fees: accounting $17,910-$17,910- 2.2%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $7,842-$7,842- 0.9%
Advertising and promotion $3,920--$3,920 0.5%
Information technology $3,890--$3,890 0.5%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $1,238--$1,238 0.1%
Fees: other services $777-$777- 0.1%
Office expenses $318-$318- 0.0%
Total$827,073100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $878,923 spent · pay $0 · grants $867,308 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $867,308$867,308-- 98.7%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $8,428-$8,428- 1.0%
Advertising and promotion $2,010--$2,010 0.2%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $637--$637 0.1%
Fees: accounting $275-$275- 0.0%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $265-$265- 0.0%
Total$878,923100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $334,432 spent · pay $0 · grants $318,192 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $318,192$318,192-- 95.1%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $8,408-$8,408- 2.5%
Fees: accounting $4,371-$4,371- 1.3%
Advertising and promotion $1,608--$1,608 0.5%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $1,567--$1,567 0.5%
Office expenses $286-$286- 0.1%
Total$334,432100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $725,157 spent · pay $0 · grants $711,367 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $711,367$711,367-- 98.1%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $7,809-$7,809- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $5,299-$5,299- 0.7%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $682-$148$534 0.1%
Total$725,157100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $838,890 spent · pay $0 · grants $824,258 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $824,258$824,258-- 98.3%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $8,748-$8,748- 1.0%
Fees: accounting $4,958-$4,958- 0.6%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $926-$926- 0.1%
Total$838,890100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $802,657 spent · pay $0 · grants $778,401 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $778,401$778,401-- 97.0%
Fees: accounting $9,921-$9,921- 1.2%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $8,616-$8,616- 1.1%
Fees: other services $3,371-$3,371- 0.4%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $2,348-$2,348- 0.3%
Total$802,657100%

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2016 · Form 990 · $996,686 spent · pay $0 · grants $979,507 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $979,507$979,507-- 98.3%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $10,582-$10,582- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $4,110-$4,110- 0.4%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $2,487-$2,487- 0.2%
Total$996,686100%

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