2025-09-24T14:35:06-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 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 2025-09-23 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WHEAT Tamera Zivic 4000 N 7th St Ste 118 Phoenix AZ 85014 3892624 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 17 319 0 0 1138452 1847500 1187960 1999209 23047 45915 0 0 2349459 3892624 0 0 0 0 704250 2070412 0 0 2500 1226492 1420669 1930742 3491081 418717 401543 26592281 4752054 25090000 2848230 1502281 1903824 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 1467412 0 495500 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. 1112550 0 810500 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. 735652 0 589792 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. 20515 0 0 Volunteer Support for all the wonderful people who share their time with WHEAT to make the programs so successful and meaningful. 103417 0 103417 WHEAT served as the Administrative and Fiscal agency for the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) in Maricopa and Yuma Counties. 123932 0 103417 3439546 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AZ X X X WHEAT 6029555076 4000 N 7th St Ste 118 Phoenix AZ 85014 Tamera Zivic Executive Director/CEO 40 0 X X 67803 0 0 Elaine Groppenbacher Chairperson/Director 4 0 X X 0 0 0 Colleen Boles Past Chairperson/Director 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Heather Brown Vice Chairperson/Director 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Pedroza Secretary/Treasurer/Director 4 0 X X 0 0 0 Constance Alvarez Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Linda Jean Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gurukirn Kaur Khalsa Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Carolyn Murray Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Nixon Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 MariaJose Sanchez Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 67803 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1847500 810500 1847500 Clothes Silo 624190 810500 810500 0 0 Hand to Hand Project 624100 589792 589792 0 0 Education 611430 495500 495500 0 0 Shelter & Services Program 624000 103417 103417 0 0 0 0 0 0 1999209 45915 45915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3892624 2045124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 178771 168644 7627 2500 0 0 0 0 1346422 1346422 0 0 0 0 0 0 420000 420000 0 0 125219 125219 0 0 0 0 0 0 30500 30500 0 0 35000 35000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196140 196140 0 0 27500 27500 0 0 275615 250615 25000 0 79750 72500 7250 0 0 0 0 0 197142 189792 7350 0 26212 26212 0 0 0 0 0 0 7512 7512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19748 17940 1808 0 MANAGEMENT TRAINING TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS 525550 525550 0 0 0 0 0 0 3491081 3439546 49035 2500 293431 375532 1141650 1434692 0 25090000 2848230 67200 93600 26592281 4752054 25090000 2848230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25090000 2848230 X 1502281 1903824 0 0 1502281 1903824 26592281 4752054 401543 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 1 X 1 1 1 X 521290 625115 629126 25595315 3846709 31217555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 521290 625115 629126 25595315 3846709 31217555 0 31217555 7300 8100 22514 23047 45915 106876 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31324431 0 0.99659 0.99772 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3892624 0 0 0 0 0 3892624 0 0 0 3892624 3491081 0 0 0 0 0 3491081 0 0 0 3491081 X 810500 sales price 0 0 1 0 Chief Financial Officer Operations Director is the daughter of Chief Executive Officer; evaluations are done by the HR Board and all hiring is done by the 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 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 here 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 annually 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 WHEAT requested and was granted an extension when filing Form 8868 on 5/1/2025. The new filing deadline 11/15/2025. The extension was requested due to some essential financial documents not available by the original filing deadline.