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City Budget Review

Human Services and Community Vitality budget, fiscal year 2025

Human Services and Community Vitality spent $11.2M in fiscal year 2025 — 2.3% of the $481.2M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 12th-largest share.

Spending

$11.2M

2.3% of city spending · up 17% from 2024

Revenue

$8.6M

Salaries

$2.2M

Divisions

9

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

CategoryTotal
Cptl-Buldings and Structures$3.7M33% · 17 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other$2.2M19% · 201 lines
Full-Time Salaries$1.7M15% · 242 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering$1.1M9.9% · 15 lines
Retainage$327K2.9% · 1 line
Part-Time Employees Wages$285K2.5% · 189 lines
Benefits-ASRS$250K2.2% · 268 lines
Profsvc-Councilcommun Outreach$160K1.4% · 35 lines
63 other categories$1.5M14%

Where the money came from

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

CategoryTotal
Federal Grant Revenue$7.5M88% · 4 lines
Grant Revenue-Program Income$302K3.5% · 1 line
Grant Revenue-Other$287K3.4% · 2 lines
County Grant Revenue$207K2.4% · 1 line
Area Agency on Aging-Federal$102K1.2% · 1 line
Sponsorships$37K0.4% · 2 lines
Facility Use Revenue$32K0.4% · 2 lines
Donations-Operating$25K0.3% · 3 lines
8 other categories$40K0.5%

Largest single payments

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresJun 18, 2025The largest of 8 such lines among the top 15Grants$905,788.80
RetainageJun 30, 2025Grants$326,895.30
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherJan 9, 2025Neighborhood Revitalization$284,929.80
Cptl-Design EngineeringJan 10, 2025The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Grants$193,594.14
Professional_Outside Svc-OtherDec 16, 2024The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Grants$151,787.67

Largest revenue lines

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

DescriptionFundAmount
Federal Grant RevenueThe largest of 3 such lines among the top 15Grants$5,427,423.39
Federal Grant RevenueNeighborhood Revitalization$776,406.04
Grant Revenue-Program IncomeNeighborhood Revitalization$302,012.03
Grant Revenue-OtherThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15Grants$279,075.92
County Grant RevenueGrants$207,350.00
Area Agency on Aging-FederalGrants$101,690.00
Facility Use RevenueGeneral Fund$31,917.10
SponsorshipsGeneral Fund$31,500.00
Meal Fee RevenueGeneral Fund$19,492.30
Donations-OperatingDonations$16,834.00
Program Fee RevenueGeneral Fund$15,241.00
SponsorshipsSponsorships$5,750.00

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Salaries by division

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

DivisionPublished total
Community Resources$627,096.08
HSCV Administration$526,137.04
HSCV Community Engagement$366,760.16
Neighborhood Services$337,424.62
Senior Services$210,874.30
Community Center$165,226.10

Published salary total by fiscal year: $751K in 2018, $2.2M in 2025. Not adjusted for inflation.

  1. 2018$751K
  2. 2019$1.1M
  3. 2020$1.3M
  4. 2021$1.7M
  5. 2022$1.2M
  6. 2023$1.6M
  7. 2024$1.9M
  8. 2025$2.2M

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.