Desert Sun Child Development Center
Donations deductibleRevenue
$826k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$779k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$771k
$155k liabilities
Net assets
$616k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
5.0 years on average
Staff
36
80 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
6
named in Part VII
Desert Sun Child Development Center's network
11 peoplei11 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 11 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Buckwalter | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Amanda Pechtl | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Barbie Formichella | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cara Walsh-Meaker | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jake Sessions | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Laura Meyer | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Linda Bueker | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lisa Garcia | President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Regina Aldridge | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Thomas Femiani | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Tim Scripture | Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Buckwalter | Company secretary | since 2020 |
| Erika Weaver | President | since 2020 |
| Susan Femiani | Business Director | since 2020 |
| Thomas Femiani | Treasurer | since 2020 |
| Tim Scripture | Vice-president | since 2020 |
| Trisha Lucas | Education Director | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trisha Lucas | Education Director | 35 | $83k | ||
| Tim Scripture | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Femiani | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Amanda Buckwalter | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kristen Cox | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cassie Wolsink | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cara Walsh-Meaker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Meredith Marks | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Regina Aldridge | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Linda Bueker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Laura Meyer | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kayli Lang | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Laura Franklin | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Tanner | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sully Sullivan | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Desert Sun Child Development Center
- EIN
- 860351215
- Address
- 1512 W Elliot Rd, Chandler, AZ, 85224-1869
- State
- Arizona
- Mission
- Education: to provide a high-quality early childhood development program and serve as a resource to parents. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B21Z Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1978
- Principal officer
- Kristen Cox (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1979
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsCara Walsh-Meaker
≥6years on the filingsJake Sessions
≥6years on the filingsLisa Garcia
≥4years on the filingsAmanda Buckwalter
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $771k
- Total liabilities
- $155k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $616k
- Contributions and grants received
- $41k
- Program service revenue
- $774k
- Employees
- 36
- Volunteers
- 80