The Academy for Public Service

Legal name: Academy for Public Service

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862848894
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Magnolia, AR, USA
Phone
870-571-9202
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$945
Expenses
$1,094
Assets
$1,867
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Romerse Biddle (President)

People named in this filing

  • Romerse Biddle (President)
  • Roger Guevara (Chair of the Board of Directors)
  • Monte Hodges (Board of Directors Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To teach students how to harness their voices and address societal challenges through public service. We assist students in creating solutions to local and state issues to empower them to serve as ambassadors of their community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Notable accomplishments of the Academy for Public Service were as follows: More than 70 participants served in the program. 51% of participants were female, 35% were people of color. We held our fourth model Arkansas legislative session in the Arkansas State Capitol Building. Just over 400 mock legislative bills were proposed, 150 mock bills became model law. As a possible result of participating in our program, several students went on to attend several prestigious universities such as Occidental College, Stanford, University of Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Rice University. One student obtained a sponsor for housing during the model session which accounts for the $125 expense.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.9%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 29.3%; rating input score 29

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -42.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 33.9% of revenue deployed · 29.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $320 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.