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ARKANSAS VALUES INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $409K · expenses $715K · assets $324K

EIN
83-2632298
Address
PO BOX 7236, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72217-7236
NTEE code
P20
Subsection
501(c)(4)
Ruling year
2020
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Mission

TO ADVANCE SENSIBLE, FORWARD-THINKING VALUES AND ADVOCATE FOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND CIVIC INITIATIVES TO ACHIEVE MORE ACCOUNTABLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT; INCREASE INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROTECT HEALTHCARE; BUILD SAFE, MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE; PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT; AND ENSURE AN EQUITABLE ECONOMY THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Thad Bishop PRESIDENT2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Allie Freeman SECRETARY/TREASURER2019-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Melissa Hawkins DIRECTOR2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN SECRETARY/TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN SECRETARY/TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN SECRETARY/TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN SECRETARY/TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
THAD BISHOP PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA HAWKINS SECRETARY/TREASURER0 $0$0$0 $01
ALLIE FREEMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2019 · 1 contractor · $108K
NameLocationServicePaid
CAPROCK CONSULTING LLCLITTLE ROCK, ARMANAGEMENT CONSULTING$107,500

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 2 grants to organizations · $450K
2024 · 4 grants to organizations · $625K
2023 · 3 grants to organizations · $242K
2022 · 3 grants to organizations · $218K
2021 · 3 grants to organizations · $152K
2020 · 3 grants to organizations · $367K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$408,640$714,845 $324,465$324,465 $408,640$0 $0010
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,343,295$1,102,750 $630,670$630,670 $1,343,295$0 $0010
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$214,920$397,880 $390,125$390,125 $214,920$0 $0010
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$446,670$332,141 $573,085$573,085 $446,670$0 $0010
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$576,377$263,543 $458,556$458,556 $576,377$0 $007
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$531,008$506,195 $145,722$145,722 $531,008$0 $007
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$287,383$166,474 $120,909$120,909 $287,383$0 $007

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $280,000 in all, tax years 2019 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT Public charity Exact 2019-2020 2$180,000 2020$160,000
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ONWARD TOGETHER Public charity Exact 2023-2024 2$55,000 2024$30,000
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MS ACTION FUND INC Public charity Exact 2024 1$30,000 2024$30,000
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STATE ENGAGEMENT FUND Public charity Exact 2019 1$10,000 2019$10,000
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WW AND ANNE JONES CHARITABLE TRUST Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ARKANSAS VALUES INC” 2021 1$5,000 2021$5,000
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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $714,845 spent · pay $0 · grants $450,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $450,000$450,000-- 63.0%
Fees: other services $229,738$129,524$53,032$47,182 32.1%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $25,000$25,000-- 3.5%
Fees: accounting $7,200-$7,200- 1.0%
Insurance $1,585-$1,585- 0.2%
Office expenses $1,322-$1,322- 0.2%
Total$714,845100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $1,102,750 spent · pay $0 · grants $625,000 · events $15,215
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $625,000$625,000-- 56.7%
Fees: other services $431,383$176,000$255,383- 39.1%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $30,000-$30,000- 2.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $10,200-$10,200- 0.9%
Other (as described) EventEVENT EXPENSE $5,015-$5,015- 0.5%
Office expenses $1,152-$1,152- 0.1%
Total$1,102,750100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $397,880 spent · pay $0 · grants $242,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $242,500$242,500-- 60.9%
Other (as described)MANAGEMENT CONSULTING $145,565$145,565-- 36.6%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $5,000-$5,000- 1.3%
Fees: accounting $2,000-$2,000- 0.5%
Fees: legal $1,750-$1,750- 0.4%
Office expenses $1,065-$1,065- 0.3%
Total$397,880100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $332,141 spent · pay $0 · grants $217,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $217,500$217,500-- 65.5%
Other (as described)MANAGEMENT CONSULTING $98,314$98,314-- 29.6%
Fees: accounting $8,550-$8,550- 2.6%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $5,000-$5,000- 1.5%
Fees: legal $1,760-$1,760- 0.5%
Office expenses $985-$985- 0.3%
Other (as described)BANK AND MERCHANT FEES $32-$32- 0.0%
Total$332,141100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $263,543 spent · pay $0 · grants $152,127 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $152,127$152,127-- 57.7%
Other (as described)MANAGEMENT CONSULTING $95,500$67,284$28,216- 36.2%
Occupancy $6,326-$6,326- 2.4%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $5,000-$5,000- 1.9%
Fees: accounting $2,800-$2,800- 1.1%
Office expenses $1,790-$1,790- 0.7%
Total$263,543100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $506,195 spent · pay $0 · grants $367,000 · events $780
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $367,000$367,000-- 72.5%
Other (as described)MANAGEMENT CONSULTING $119,148$36,648$73,000$9,500 23.5%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT $10,257$2,732$5,670$1,855 2.0%
Other (as described)POLLING & RESEARCH $6,000$6,000-- 1.2%
Fees: accounting $2,650-$2,650- 0.5%
Other (as described) EventEVENTS $780-$689$91 0.2%
Information technology $350-$350- 0.1%
All other expenses $10-$10- 0.0%
Total$506,195100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $166,474 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $4,893
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)MANAGEMENT CONSULTING $107,500$107,500-- 64.6%
Other (as described)CONTRACT SERVICES $41,500$41,500-- 24.9%
Fees: legal $5,795$5,795-- 3.5%
Other (as described) EventEVENTS $4,893$4,893-- 2.9%
Travel $3,642$3,642-- 2.2%
Information technology $2,247$2,247-- 1.3%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT $538$538-- 0.3%
Office expenses $209$209-- 0.1%
Advertising and promotion $150$150-- 0.1%
Total$166,474100%

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