Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any unusual grants.) .... | 76,453 | 171,170 | 214,530 | 278,480 | 348,808 | 1,089,441 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 76,453 | 171,170 | 214,530 | 278,480 | 348,808 | 1,089,441 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 256,732 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 832,709 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 76,453 | 171,170 | 214,530 | 278,480 | 348,808 | 1,089,441 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 89 | 89 | 366 | 509 | 349 | 1,402 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10. | 1,090,843 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2015 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2015 |
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Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2015 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015: | ||||
| a | ||||
| b | ||||
| c | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2010 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2015 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2015, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2015. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2016. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| b | ||||
| c Excess from 2013....... | ||||
| d From 2014....... | ||||
| e From 2015....... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 15000290 |
| Software Version: | 15.3.0.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part III, Section A, Line 4d | Now featuring over 700 individual listings of where to find good food, Good Food Finder is Arizonas most comprehensive online directory of local food. At the 2015 Local First Arizona Foundation Food Farm Finance Forum, 132 farmers and producers, chefs and other local food buyers, economic development entities, local food system advocates, and students convened for two days to change the way our desert state feeds itself. This years focus was on marketing and outreach, food aggregation and distribution, and access to capital and business development with an overall emphasis on building food hubs and collaboration. 100 of forum attendees reported gaining valuable networking and coalition building opportunities. And Arizona food producers and entrepreneurs connected with organizations that are specifically interested in funding sustainable food enterprises. In 2015, Local First Arizona Foundation took full ownership of the Arizona FarmerChef Connection, an annual event with the mission of building wholesale business relationships between food producers and buyers. The FarmerChef Connection has grown from being an intimate event to one that reached over 400 attendees of all kinds this year. More than 50 of attendees were represented by buyers looking to set up direct wholesale purchase accounts with Arizonas food producers. Additionally, buyers who attended this year depicted a wide array of those looking to procure closer to home, ranging from locally-owned restaurants like Mamas Hawaiian Bar-B-Cue to large-scale purchasers such as Costco, Frys, Aramark and Panda Express. In 2015, Local First Arizona Foundation completed filming and published nine videos in series designed to build connections between consumers and local food producers. These videos will be used to showcase Arizonas unique local foods industry and further connect individuals to the local food economy. Local First Arizona Foundation staff hold serves on various following boards, commissions and working groups in food policy across the state to network with other food system advocates and local policy officials in order to affect change to increase access to healthy local foods in our communities and strengthen our food system 1 Arizona Farm to School Advisory Council 2 Arizona Hunger Leadership Council 3 Arizona School Garden Network 4 City of Tucson Commission for Food Security, Heritage and Economics 5 Flagstaff Food Link 6 Healthy Local Food System Working Group 7 Maricopa County Food System Coalition 8 University of Arizona Center for Regional Food Studies 9Yavapai Food Policy Council. As the states Rural Development Council AZRDC, Local First Arizona Foundation helps rural businesses become more competitive and reduce economic leakage from their place by providing business owners tools and resources including new technology training, marketing opportunities, and strategies for business development. Additionally, AZRDC works to drive new dollars to rural places through increasing in-state tourism by leveraging arts and culture, Main Streets, and agri-tourism. AZRDC also works to empower rural Arizonans to improve their access to healthy foods which has health and economic benefits for all residents. AZRDC facilitates a statewide blog, which gets read 10,000 times per month, an email list of 3,030 subscribers and LFA has over 130,000 social media followers. These resources are available for our rural businesses and community partners to promote and educate all Arizonans about all that rural Arizona has to offer. Local First Arizona Foundation presented the annual Arizona Rural Policy Forum, a venue for connecting rural economic development professionals, nonprofits, community leaders, business owners, and other rural stakeholders who are interested in sustaining rural communities. This years 9th Annual Arizona Rural Policy Forum convened 225 representatives from every Arizona County to participate in two and a half days of workshops, speakers, breakout sessions, tours and more. Over 50 speakers from Arizona and 3 national leaders in rural economic development joined us in Clarkdale to share successes and best practices. In order to give local businesses the tools they need to be competitive, the Local First Arizona Foundation conducts workshop and outreach initiatives for rural communities across the state focused on a variety of topics, including food entrepreneurship, marketing and communications, business best practices, and branding strategies. In 2015, the Foundation launched Science Happens Here, an educational game for students grades 3 through 8 that includes collecting trading cards with science experiments on them. The kids visit the locally owned businesses to collect the cards, each of which contains one example of science relating to that business.The goal of Science Happens Here is twofold to help students to consider the science that happens in the world around them and to get the local business community more involved with STEM education.The Local First Arizona Foundation Rural Technologies Program works with businesses in rural areas throughout Arizona to educate small and medium-sized businesses about digital marketing tools and how these tools can bring them closer to customers and business services located within their own communities. Research has emerged that demonstrates that small and medium businesses in Arizonas rural communities are less connected to a network of customers, service providers or opportunities for collaboration within their own zip code, town, city or even the state of Arizona. These Rural businesses are regular users of national, or international brands, of services FedEx, Kinkos online, Amazon simply because they are unaware of the print shop, shipping business or the retailer located within their own community. And, because of this, these potential partners the local print shop, shipping business and retailer are going out of business, and their employees losing jobs, in areas where new businesses are substantially less likely to emerge or create jobs. Local First Arizona is working to help these businesses move to inexpensive and easy-to-use digital marketing mediums that connect them with their local supply chain partners. Local First Arizona provides training workshops, on-going support information and launch assistance to these businesses about building a website, utilizing optimization tools, participating in social media particularly Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and creating momentum that encourages their fellow business members and nearby rural residents to do the same. LFAF has served 87 rural small businesses this year with new technology workshops and ongoing consulting for improved business connectivity and community. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | The Executive Director of the organization distributes a pdf copy of the 990 return to all board members for review and comment prior to being filed. At the first meeting of the board following the filing of the 990 with the IRS, the complete Form 990 is presented to the board by the organizations lead officers with responsibility over the form 990s review thereafter, questions are taken and the form, its preparation, and its public relation impact is discussed. |
| 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 executive committee reviews the compensation for the Executive Director by comparing her compensation to the compensation of individuals in like positions, in comparable organizations using Forms 990, compensation studies, and other available data. The committee then approves any changes in compensation based on this information. The organization has no other paid officers or employees meeting the IRS definition of a key employee. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | The organization will provide in a timely manner, copies of all governing documents including its conflict of interest policies and financial statements when requested in writing or in person. |
| Software ID: | 15000290 |
| Software Version: | 15.3.0.0 |