Serve Northwest Arkansas Inc

Analysis

Serve Northwest Arkansas Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fayetteville, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Serve Northwest Arkansas Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $718k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $506k to $1.1m (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 809%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Serve Northwest Arkansas Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meet International Inc ($1.1m), Volunteers in Asia ($1.1m) and Global Zero ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $72k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $279k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $181k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 13 employees.