Tempe Community Council lays out 2025–26 priorities, expands direct services and outlines funding plan

Tempe Community Council on Feb. 2 presented its 2025–26 vision to the Tempe City Council, outlining program expansions, a new agency-funding renewal process and the nonprofit’s audited financial position.

Board Chair Rabani for Khan said TCC’s mission is to “connect those in need with those who care,” and announced a forthcoming strategic-planning process and an intentional executive leadership transition to strengthen governance and long-term stability.

Interim executive director Tim Burch told the joint meeting that TCC completed a community needs assessment aligned with a social-determinants-of-health framework that will guide grant priorities and outcomes measurement. “This year, that needs assessment has been aligned with that,” Burch said, explaining the assessment will help direct funding decisions to address community-identified needs.

Program growth and direct services

TCC described several direct-service expansions. Threads, which provides hygiene items and clean clothing to school students, expanded to four schools and added lunchtime distribution that produced a reported 40% increase…