Arkansas Competes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833670431
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
8778295500
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Pollution Abatement and Control Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$157,543
Expenses
$187,472
Assets
$36,328
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOHN PARKE (DIRECTOR)
  • GRANT HODGES (DIRECTOR)
  • AARON BURKES (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Arkansas competes advocates for public policies that encourage economic growth, job creation, and innovation to make Arkansas more competitive in the united states and globally.

What it reported doing in 2025

Advocacy for public policies that encourage economic growth, job creation, and innovation.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $187K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.