Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc.
Empowering young people to own their economic success®.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Did you know that the majority of Arizona CEOs believe employees lack critical skills that are needed to succeed in the workplace? More than half of adults under 30 do not keep a personal budget, their average debt is over $45,000, and 12% of them don't even have a job.
It's our responsibility to empower future generations — to equip them with the skills and knowledge to be successful and pursue their dreams. These are our kids, grandchildren, our future colleagues and community leaders. The success of our economy depends on their preparedness.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education
Junior Achievement of Arizona, a nonprofit founded in 1957, is the leader in educating our youth about careers, money and managing the economics of life.
JA partners with more than 380 schools, 9,000 mentors, and diverse corporate and community partners, to integrate curriculum on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness into the classroom for students
Serving nearly 140,000 students each year and over 3 million since our founding, we are shaping the college and career-readiness conversation, and play an important role in Arizona’s workforce and economic development. We connect what students learn in the classroom to the real world, and demonstrate how learning correlates to earning.
The need is more present than ever: 1 million students in Arizona’s education system must be prepared to become tomorrow’s leaders. Together, we can prepare young people to own their economic success. Join us on this critical mission of preparing tomorrow’s leaders today.
Where we work
Accreditations
Better Business Bureau Accredited Nonprofit 2019
Service Enterprise Certified 2019
Awards
IMPACT Awards Nonprofit of the Year 2017
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Best Places to Work 2018
Phoenix Business Journal
Most Admired Leaders 2018
Phoenix Business Journal
Neighborhood Builders Grant Recipient 2018
Bank of America
Affiliations & memberships
Junior Achievement Worldwide
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of students who receive financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In fiscal year 2021 -2022 Junior Achievement of Arizona served 108,295 students, K-12.
Percentage of teachers who would recommend Junior Achievement programs to their peers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We began measuring this particular metric in fiscal year 2015-16.
Number of partnering schools whose students receive Junior Achievement programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In the fiscal year 2021-2022, Junior Achievement partnered with 362 schools throughout the state of Arizona.
Average student knowledge gain in financial literacy. work readiness and entrepreneurship
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
With the support of thousands of education, business and volunteer partners, we are inspiring the next generation to be financially capable and prepared to enter the working world with the tools to succeed. We are pairing students with volunteer mentors from the community who serve as role models to teach these students about the importance of money management, workforce readiness and entrepreneurial thinking. Arming today's youth with this critical education will result in less financial instability and debt, a better-trained workforce, a more robust economy and healthier families.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are pairing students with volunteer mentors from the community who serve as role models to teach these students about the importance of money management, workforce readiness and entrepreneurial thinking. Arming today's youth with this critical education will result in less financial instability and debt, a better-trained workforce, a more robust economy and healthier families.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
For the last 60 years, Junior Achievement of Arizona (JA) has been empowering the futures of millions of Arizona students by giving students the knowledge and skills they need to manage their money, plan for their future, and make smart academic, career and economic choices. Delivered by 9,000 business and community volunteer mentors, our hands-on, age-appropriate programs focus on three key areas: financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
While we are equipping more than 65,000 students in Arizona with this critical education each year, the need is more present than ever: more 1 million students in Arizona's education system must be prepared to become tomorrow's leaders!
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 06/28/2023
Arturo Perez
US Bank
Karen Quick
Consultant
Peter Rathwell
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Brad Harper
Trigon Executive Assessment Center
Frank Marino
Tucson Electric Power
Patricia Waterkotte
Rusing, Lopez & Lizardi
Arturo Perez
U.S. Bank
Cary Smith
USAA
Charlie Smith
Weber Group
Gayle Petrillo
First Impressions
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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