Arkansas Cornbread Festival Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471371530
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
5016660701
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Commemorative Events

Reported finances

Expenses
$10,382
Assets
$38,425

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANITA A DAVIS (DIRECTOR)
  • AMBER JONES (DIRECTOR)
  • ROBERT BEST (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

To bring together diverse cultural and socio-economic groups and to promote community, arts and heritage by showcasing visual and performing artists. To sponsor the Arkansas cornbread festival each year and use the proceeds to promote arts in the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Arkansas cornbread festival-promotion of arts and culture using the flavors of southern cooking with cornbread being the anchoring factor. To use any excess to support community in efforts on hunger relief and social welfare

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.7; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.