Open Arms Learning Center

Analysis

Open Arms Learning Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Mountain Home, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Open Arms Learning Center reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.0m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.8m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Open Arms Learning Center sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Seattle French School ($1.8m), Leadership and Design ($1.8m) and The Digital Distributed Community Archive ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $209k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 70 employees.