2025-09-24T11:17:06-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 742386488 WORLD HUNGER ECUMENICAL ARIZONA TASK FORCE INC WORL 6029555076 4000 N 7th St Ste 118 Phoenix AZ 85014 Jody Fulmer Chief Financial Officer 6029555076 2024-05-08 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WHEAT Tamera Zivic 4000 N 7th St Ste 118 Phoenix AZ 85014 2349459 0 X HungerHurts.org X 1979 AZ The mission of WHEAT is to educate, advocate, engage and empower individuals to action in the fight against hunger and poverty. WHEAT's major empowerment programs include Hand to Hand, a fair trade initiative, The Clothes Silo and Management Training & Mentoring. 10 10 17 282 0 0 629126 1138452 18203284 1187960 22514 23047 0 0 18854924 2349459 17588534 0 0 0 152898 704250 0 0 1359 1052900 1226492 18794332 1930742 60592 418717 1083564 26592281 0 25090000 1083564 1502281 The mission of WHEAT is to educate, advocate, engage and empower individuals to action in the fight against hunger and poverty. WHEAT's major empowerment programs include EFSP Staffing, SNAP Outreach, Hand to Hand, a fair trade initiative, The Clothes Silo and Management Training & Mentoring. 0 0 750000 0 615000 WHEAT's education programs provide awareness, ongoing training and tools for action in the fight against hunger including workshops, presentations, skill building. Programs include the Norma Johansen Hunger Library providing resources of all kinds, free of charge, for book discussions, youth motivation, teaching and more. WHEAT's Training and Mentoring program provides high level training, including on-the-job training, workshops, personal and professional development for those who are unemployed or underemployed. This job trainings gives the participants marketable skills to become gainfully employed. The program includes ICan Youth Leadership programs, providing mentors to youth at risk, while receiving job experience, workshops on career development and future educational opportunities. Recipients are low income Arizona residents. WHEAT also provides SNAP Outreach and Application Assistance as well as staffing the EFSP National Program in Arizona. 335000 0 412725 WHEAT's Clothes Silo provides free, professional clothing to people in need who are entering or re-entering the workforce. The program provides clothing, as well as personal shoppers who give the clients special attention to find just the right outfit for the job interview or first day on the job. The programs, started in 1985, also provide special networking opportunities and additional workshops for clients throughout the year. The clothing is also available for much-reduced, affordable prices to the public to support the expenses associate with the program as well as to provide a great source of professional wear for those who have little extra to spend on attire or who are the keen on saving dollars while supporting a great cause and getting wonderful career wear. Recipients of free services are low income Arizona residents referred through partner social service agencies; customers come from all walks of life including discerning shoppers. 189500 260235 The Hand to Hand Project, a fair trade initiative, is another of WHEAT's major empowerment programs. It includes the Fair Trade Store, making fairly traded gifts and goods available to the public through purchase while helping the artisans and farmers, locally and globally, become self sustaining, able to feed, clothe, shelter and educate themselves and their families. Fair trade is a very successful and positive way to fight hunger and poverty, worldwide. 25500 0 0 Volunteer Support for all the wonderful people who share their time with WHEAT to make the programs so successful and meaningful. 607100 0 600504 WHEAT serves as the Administrative and Fiscal agency for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program Local Boards in 8 Arizona counties and the Arizona State Set Aside Committee. 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This amendment corrects this error. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Operations Director is the daughter of the Chief Executive Officer; evaluations are done by HR Board and all hiring was done by HR Board. Conflict of Interest statements are filed annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Finance Committee presents, along with outside Auditor, the Form 990 at a regular meeting of the board of directors. Submission of 990 is approved by vote of the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board of Directors, committees and staff submit conflict of interest statements annually and when new contractors/vendors are hired or if there is a change to the previously submitted statement. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Annual compensation surveys as well as current market trends and availability of compensation income are reviewed and evaluated by the HR Committee and the Finance Committee and presented annual to the board of directors as part of the budgeting process. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 When requested, Financials, including the 990 documents are made available to the public at the business location, and on the website, Guidestar.org. Funds that were from accounts payable/receivable were entered incorrectly as income on the original return. All actual balances and revenue remain the same as the original filing. This was discovered when filing the 2024 return.