Arkansas Elder Outreach of Little Rock

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611438402
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Phone
2257697960
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing, Convalescent Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,566,299
Expenses
$54,288,686
Assets
$111,608,614
Liabilities
$45,457,678

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARVIN MCMORRIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BONNIE QUIBODEAUX (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $315,038 total reported compensation
  • JUDE SITTIG (CHEIF OPERATING OFFICER): $311,608 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN PRESAS (CHIEF NURSING OFFICER): $238,728 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide the best possible care and services for the elderly and disabled and providing other healthcare services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Louisiana skilled long-term care facilities with a total of 521 bed capacity administered care according to the guidelines funrished by the Louisiana dept. Of health and hospitals and center for medicaid and medicare services, to the elderly and disabled (181,404 resident/patient days served in 2024) as follows: 1) personal and hygiene care daily by professional staff2) professional dietary staff ensures proper daily meals & nutrition met3) housekeeping & laundry ensures cleanliness and proper bed changes, etc. 4) professional nursing staff provides 24-hour licensed nursing care5) social & activities provides games, crafts, religious services & other activities6) administrative maintains & monitors employees, patient reports & care7) maintenance keeps everything in working order, safe, etc.8) therapy provides rehabilitation services9) home health care services

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.6%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 60.4%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 45.3%; rating input score 45; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.06; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.6% of revenue deployed · 60.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $315K · 8 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 37 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.