Arkansas Values Institute

Analysis

Arkansas Values Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Little Rock, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Arkansas Values Institute reported income of $548k and spending of $447k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $277k to $548k (+97%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Arkansas Values Institute sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daybreak Inc ($546k), North American Strasbourg Osteosynthesis Research Group Inc ($548k) and Court Appointed Special Advocates of South Mississippi ($546k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $432k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $432k.