Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Arkansas
Legal name: Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Ar Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 710521880
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pine Bluff, AR, US
- Phone
- 870-543-6300
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Senior Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $26,751,100
- Expenses
- $23,923,563
- Assets
- $22,195,852
- Liabilities
- $1,460,850
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHY TYNES (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KATHY TYNES (PRESIDENT & CEO): $155,646 total reported compensation
- RANDY EMERSON (SAFETY & MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR): $128,650 total reported compensation
- ASHLEY KIMBRELL (TRANSPORTATION OFFICER): $93,334 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Arkansas is a private, non-profit organization that provides home care, transportation, housing, and senior center access for our area’s senior citizens.
What it reported doing in 2024
Title iii - to encourage and assist state and local agencies in the development of comprehensive and coordinated in-home and community based long-term services for older adults provided in 10 counties in southeast Arkansas counties in southeast Arkansas
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $21.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $156K · 18 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.