EIN 86-0407179

Southwest Human Development (SWHD)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
1,176
State
Year formed
1981
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Southwest Human Development strengthens the foundation Arizona’s children need for a great start in life.
Total revenues
$65,223,466
2022
Total expenses
$63,484,623
2022
Total assets
$53,445,155
2022
Num. employees
1,176
2022

Program areas at SWHD

Head start and early head start: works with income-eligible families to provide a variety of educational, health, dental, nutritional and social service resources. Head start provides children with high-quality preschool education, along with health screenings, social services and parent training. Early head start helps parents with child Development, parenting and life skills during the prenatal period and in years before their baby is eligible for the preschool program. Each of these programs help families learn how to make sure their children are ready for kindergarten success and to sustain their Development and learning process. During fiscal year 2022, Southwest Human Development's programs served 1,268 children at its 16 sites located at five school districts: balsz, creighton, madison, osborn or paradise valley.
Family support services and child welfare: Southwest Human Development offers an array of education and support services to help parents and caregivers as they raise their children. We believe that all caregivers have the desire to improve their parenting skills, while promoting positive parent-child interactions, enhancing their child's health and Development, and increasing their family's economic well-being. Our programs include direct support services, foster care and adoptions studies, healthy families, and kinship care and adoptions. During fiscal year 2022, these programs served 4,444 children and 1,671 parents and caregivers.
Professional Development and training: Southwest Human Development offers nationally recognized education and training programs to professionals and organizations working with young children across Arizona, the u.s. and internationally. The agency is committed to training that is interactive and applicable to everyday work with children and families. Key elements include group participation, discussion of real-life problems and implementation of ideas learned during the training experience. Core programs include azsteps: statewide expulsion prevention training program, language and literacy communities, and quality first assessment and coaching. During fiscal year 2022, we served 14,010 professionals and performed 2,056 child care assessments. Our early communication, language and literacy programs help young children build the skills they need to become successful readers now, while laying the foundation for lifelong literacy. During fiscal year 2022, we served 63,316 children and partnered with 71 medical practices. Also central to this work is the professional Development institute (pdi) at educare Arizona which was founded in 2018 with the vision to act as the state's leading early learning professional workforce Development entity. Its goal is to improve early childhood education teacher quality and practice, which will lead to better outcomes for children, including preparation for kindergarten and beyond. A centralized institute at educare Arizona brings all of the components needed for high-quality early childhood education professional Development to one place acting as a living laboratory and providing the opportunity for direct observation of high-quality teaching practices and environments and hands-on learning focused on individual teacher and/or director professional Development needs. During fiscal year 2022, the pdi served 100 child care centers and trained 660 early care and education professionals. Includes in this number are 44 professional who earned their child Development associate credential.
Services for children with disabilities: the agency provides a comprehensive list of services for children with disabilities and their families. Southwest Human Development's birth to five center of excellence (coe) provides comprehensive disabilities and mental health services and support for young children. The coe is focused on the health and well-being of children birth to five with complex developmental disabilities (autism, feeding disorders, abuse and trauma) by providing state-of-the-art, comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, and intervention services. Our integrated model, which blends medical, developmental, and behavioral/mental health approaches, reflects best-practice in the field of early childhood. Additional services/programs include our adapt shop, smooth way home (swh) fragile infant program, newborn intensive care program (nicp), high risk perinatal program (hrpp), nurse-family partnership (nfp), and the inclusion program for early care and education providers. During fiscal year 2022, we served 485 children in our birth to five center of excellence, 58 children through the adapt shop, 519 children in swh, 1,050 children in nicp, 206 in nfp and 82 child care providers with coaching and training in our inclusion program.
Mental health and child Development: programs include the birth to five helpline/fussy baby program, a free, statewide question line, available monday through friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., for parents, caregivers and professionals with questions or concerns about children birth to 5. We also provide mental health consultation to early care and education programs and providers throughout the state through our smart support program. Our harris infant and early childhood mental health training institute offers two intensive training programs for mental health clinicians and other professionals working with young children. During fiscal year 2022, the birth to five helpline had 6,153 calls; smart support served 479 early care and education programs across the state and the harris program graduated 31 students.
Family assistance grants: during fiscal year 2022, Southwest Human Development provided direct financial support to 115 families receiving services through its programs with rent, utilities, and family basic needs.

Who funds Southwest Human Development (SWHD)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Helios Education FoundationSee Part Iv$760,000
Simone Charitable FoundationBirth To Five Center of Excellence, Smooth Way Home$500,000
Perigee FundReflective Supervision Collaborative Training Pilot$200,000
...and 36 more grants received totalling $2,825,502
Federal funding details
Federal agencyProgram nameAmount
Department of Health and Human ServicesHEAD START$19,660,834
Department of Health and Human ServicesCHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT$2,475,422
Department of Health and Human ServicesCHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT$846,739
...and 5 more federal grants / contracts

Personnel at SWHD

NameTitleCompensation
Ginger WardChief Executive Officer$209,635
Jeanette RamosChief Financial Officer$148,198
Annette FindlayChief Information Officer$147,476
Kecia BlacksonVice President, Family Support Services
Alison SteierDirector , Mental Health Services$141,388
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for SWHD

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$62,031,325
Program services$2,568,594
Investment income and dividends$600,813
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-34,277
Net income from fundraising events$-45,877
Net income from gaming activities$21,541
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$81,347
Total revenues$65,223,466

Form 990s for SWHD

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-01-16990View PDF
2021-062021-11-10990View PDF
2020-062021-04-05990View PDF
2019-062019-12-26990View PDF
2018-062019-05-14990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
June 20, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 17, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
June 13, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
May 7, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $62,675 from Easter Seals
August 16, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsYouth service charitiesFamily service centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharitiesHead Start programs
Issues
Human servicesChildren
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
2850 N 24th St
Phoenix, AZ 85008
Metro area
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
County
Maricopa County, AZ
Website URL
swhd.org/ 
Phone
(602) 266-5976
Facebook page
SouthwestHumanDevelopment 
Twitter profile
@swhdaz 
IRS details
EIN
86-0407179
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1981
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P40: Family Services
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Central organization
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