Arkansas Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454621081
IRS 990-PF coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
5012401451
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,453
Expenses
$37,549

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

Overview

Mission

Single Organization Support

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 3 filed grant rows totaling $36,817. The stated grant purposes included restricted grant for services for asbvi students., scholarhips for nine graduates of the arkansas school for the blind and visually impaired., and financial support of special event held at the arkansas school for the blind and visually impaired..

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 47
  • Cost Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 94

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 47.2%; rating input score 47; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 46.89; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 47.2% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 94th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 47/100.