2025-08-13T02:54:45-00:00 2024-09-30 822851604 SECHLER MORGAN CPAS PLLC 2418 W BARROW DRIVE CHANDLER AZ 85224 990 2023-10-01 463795387 ARIZONA LEGAL WOMEN AND YOUTH SERVICES ARIZ 6022487055 24 W CAMELBACK ROAD STE A335 PHOENIX AZ 85013 LESLIE KYMAN COOPER BOARD CHAIR 6022487055 2025-08-08 true KRISTINA MORGAN CPA P01370742 6022302700 2025-07-13 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LESLIE KYMAN COOPER 24 W Camelback Rd STE A355 Phoenix AZ 85013 738477 false X ALWAYSAZ.ORG X 2013 AZ NO COST LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS TO HELP ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO SAFETY, STABILITY, AND SELF SUFFICIENCY. 10 10 9 11 0 730669 647324 2500 72750 72 10803 -3336 -5420 729905 725457 15708 17910 0 445643 529097 0 26559 148177 214658 609528 761665 120377 -36208 481203 515030 94029 164064 387174 350966 X NO COST LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS TO HELP ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO SAFETY, STABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY. SPECIALIZING IN IMMIGRATION LAW, FAMILY LAW, AND CRIMINAL HISTORY REPAIR. LARGELY HELPING SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER CRIMES, AS WELL AS FOSTER YOUTH. false false 605719 17910 72750 DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, ALWAYS REPRESENTED 136 CLIENTS IN 181 CASES. 89 OF CLIENTS WERE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND 38 WERE SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING. 44 OF CLIENTS WERE OR HAVE BEEN PART OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. THOUGH SPENDING WENT UP BY APPROXIMATELY 20 THIS YEAR WHILE CASE NUMBERS INCREASED BY LESS THAN 5, CASES BECAME MORE COMPLEX AND MORE IMPACTFUL. WITH A LARGER TEAM, ALWAYS WAS ABLE TO TAKE ON INCREASINGLY INVOLVED MATTERS AND REPRESENT MORE CLIENTS C.F. PROVIDING PRO SE ASSISTANCE AND ALSO REACH MORE INDIVIDUALS, INDIRECTLY IMPACTING CLIENTS LOVED ONES LIVES. THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING ALSO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALWAYS TO HOLD MORE LEGAL CLINICS AND PLAY A MORE SUBSTANTIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY COALITIONS AND TASK FORCES. 605719 true true false false false false false false false true true false false true true false true false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 true 9 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X MISSION DRIVEN ACCOUNTING LLC 6022487055 34522 N SCOTTSDALE RD STE 120-260 SCOTTSDALE AZ 85266 VALENTINA RESTREPO-MONTOYA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEO 040.00 X 108757 0 6861 LESLIE KYMAN COOPER CHAIR 002.00 X X 0 0 0 HOLLY BARRETT TREASURER 002.00 X X 0 0 0 ANGELA SCHULTZ DIRECTOR 002.00 X X 0 0 0 BETH ROSENBERG DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 MARY O'GRADY DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 MEG MAHONEY DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY BALDWIN DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD CREWS DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH SANTOS DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 SYREETA TYRELL DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 ASHLEY PACHECO DIRECTOR UNTIL 02/02/24 002.00 X 0 0 0 MARCOS TAPIA VICE CHAIR SECR. 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XI 2d CREDIT CARD AWARDS WAS NETTED WITH CREDIT CARD FEES FOR TAX. XII 2d CREDIT CARD AWARDS WAS NETTED WITH CREDIT CARD FEES FOR TAX. HEART OF JUSTICE 43987 36387 7600 1227 6008 5785 43987 36387 7600 1227 6008 5785 13020 -5420 Part II Line 9 OTHER DIRECT EXPENSES - DECOR AND GENERAL SUPPLIES. true LEGAL AID 136 17910 LEGAL BILLS AND RELATED EXPENSES Part I Line 2 GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS ARE GENERALLY PAID DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR FOR LEGAL BILLS, FINGERPRINTING, MEDICAL EXAMS, FILING FEES, TRANSLATION SERVICES, BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND OTHER ASSISTANCE. DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, ALWAYS REPRESENTED 136 CLIENTS IN 181 CASES. 89 OF CLIENTS WERE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND 38 WERE SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING. 44 OF CLIENTS WERE OR HAVE BEEN PART OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 MADELINE IS A SEX TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR WHO SPENT YEARS TRYING TO EVADE HER TRAFFICKER, WHO WAS ALSO HER HUSBAND. AT 32 YEARS OLD, SHE HAD FINALLY MOVED FORWARD WITH HER LIFE AND WAS STARTING A FAMILY WITH A LOVING PARTNER. SHE NEEDED A DIVORCE FROM HER ABUSER BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE COURT SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHILE PROTECTING HER ADDRESS SO THAT HER TRAFFICKER COULD NOT HARASS OR HARM HER OR HER LOVED ONES. ALWAYS HELPED MADELINE FILE FOR DIVORCE AND PROTECT HER ADDRESS IN THE PROCESS. THE TEAM ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTY WITH THE COURT SYSTEM MAILING DOCUMENTS TO MADELINE, AND SHE HAD ONGOING UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERNS ABOUT HER ADDRESS REMAINING PROTECTED. THOUGH OUR TEAM TRIED CALLING THE COURT, WE RECEIVED CONFLICTING INFORMATION. ULTIMATELY, MADELINES ATTORNEY MET HER AT THE COURTHOUSE AND SPENT A FULL DAY BY HER SIDE WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUE AT THE CLERKS OFFICE AND THE FAMILY DEPARTMENT. ALWAYS WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ENSURE MADELINES ADDRESS WAS PROTECTED, AND RESOLVED THE RETURNED MAIL ISSUE, SERVING HER TRAFFICKER, AND FILING FOR A DIVORCE. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 CASSANDRA IS A US CITIZEN WHO WAS SENT TO COSTA RICA AS PART OF AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE WHEN SHE WAS 23. ONCE THERE, SHE FOUND HERSELF TRAPPED IN A CULT-LIKE COMMUNITY WHERE SHE WAS FORCED INTO SEX TRAFFICKING. FOR FOUR YEARS, SHE WAS TRAFFICKED AND PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSED. FORTUNATELY, CASSANDRA WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THE SITUATION AND RETURN TO THE US. SHE REACHED OUT TO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HELP IN REPORTING THE TRAFFICKING TO AUTHORITIES. CASSANDRA WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SO MANY OTHER WOMEN WERE STILL BEING VICTIMIZED BY THE SAME TRAFFICKERS IN COSTA RICA, AND SHE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY MOVING FORWARD WITH HER LIFE. ALWAYS SOCIAL WORKER WORKED WITH HER TO REPORT THE CRIMES TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND COSTA RICAN OFFICIALS. THIS INCLUDED PARTICIPATING IN MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS AND PROVIDING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. ALWAYS PROVIDED TRAUMA INFORMED REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY FOR CASSANDRA AND ASSISTED IN BUILDING A CASE AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO TRAFFICKED HER FOR FOUR YEARS. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 NATALIA AND HER SIBLINGS WERE SENT TO THE US FROM HONDURAS BY THEIR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. IN 2022, ALWAYS ASSISTED NATALIA AND HER SIBLINGS IN APPLYING FOR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS AND NATALIA RECEIVED HER EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT IN AUGUST 2023. IN DEC. 2023, NATALIAS PURSE WAS STOLEN, ALONG WITH HER WORK PERMIT AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. NATALIA WAS ONLY 18 AND NEEDED THOSE DOCUMENTS TO APPLY FOR EMPLOYMENT TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND HER YOUNG CHILD. AN ALWAYS ATTORNEY AND THE ORGANIZATIONS SOCIAL WORKER COMBINED EFFORTS TO HELP NATALIA REPLACE THESE DOCUMENTS. NATALIAS ATTORNEY APPLIED FOR A REPLACEMENT WORK PERMIT WHICH WHILE CASSANDRAS SOCIAL WORKER ACCOMPANIED HER TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE TO REQUEST A REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. ALWAYS LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND PROVIDE FOR HER YOUNG CHILD. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 0, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 SEQUOIA WAS A SURVIVOR OF SEX TRAFFICKING WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD FROM CONVICTIONS THAT WERE RELATED TO HER TRAFFICKING. ALWAYS HELPED HER REPAIR HER CRIMINAL RECORD AND SUCCESSFULLY APPLY FOR A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION TO THE ARIZONA BOARD OF FINGERPRINTING. NOW, SEQUOIA HAS A FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE CARD AND CAN ACCESS BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND ENJOY INCREASED FINANCIAL STABILITY. SEQUOIA TOLD ALWAYS HER DREAM IS TO WORK AT A LEGAL OFFICE LIKE ALWAYS DOING THE WORK ALWAYS DOES ON BEHALF OF TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS LIKE HER. MAGDALENA WAS A LABOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR THAT ORIGINALLY CAME TO ALWAYS FOR SUPPORT WITH A T-VISA. ALWAYS REPRESENTED HER THROUGH THE T-VISA PROCESS, HER ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS GREEN CARD, AND, FINALLY, THIS YEAR, HER US CITIZENSHIP. ALWAYS IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS WOMANS 8-YEAR JOURNEY THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS, WHICH DEMONSTRATES ALWAYSS HOLISTIC SERVICES AND CONTINUED REPRESENTATION. SHE NOW HAS PERMANENCY THANKS TO US CITIZENSHIP STATUS AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LARGER ECONOMIC STABILITY. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES A PDF COPY OF THE 990 TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT PRIOR TO THE RETURN BEING FILED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c AT EACH BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETING, IF THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF SELECTING OR ENGAGING A VENDOR OR SERVICE PROVIDER, ALL IN ATTENDANCE ARE ASKED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THIS DISCUSSION IF THERE COULD BE A PERCEIVED CONFLICT. ANNUALLY, THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS AND DISCUSSES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REQUESTS THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER LIST AND ACKNOWLEDGE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 THE BOARD MAY HIRE AND COMPENSATE INDIVIDUALS FOR NECESSARY SERVICES RENDERED TO THE ORGANIZATION SO LONG AS SUCH COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE. THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE REASONABLE COMPENSATION AMOUNTS BASED UPON COMPENSATION PAID BY SIMILARLY SITUATED NONPROFITS FOR LIKE SERVICES. THE BOARD MAY RELY UPON SALARY STUDIES, AS WELL AS DATA REGARDING COMPENSATION PAID BY PEER ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE TO DETERMINE REASONABLE COMPENSATION. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES, IS PRECLUDED FROM PARTICIPATING IN DISCUSSIONS OR VOTES PERTAINING TO THEIR OWN COMPENSATION. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE. IN A TIMELY MANNER, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, WHEN REQUESTED IN WRITING OR IN PERSON.