Arkansas Kerala Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820564603
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2007
- Location
- Little Rock, AR, USA
- Phone
- 8155177625
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,733
- Expenses
- $5,414
- Assets
- $2,982
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ashraf Muhammedali (President)
People named in this filing
- Ashraf Muhammedali (President)
- Venkata Rakesh Sethapathi (Secretary)
- Sajith Gopinathan (Treasurer)
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 Kerala Association is a social platform for its members to promote and preserve the cultural heritage of the State of Kerala in India
What it reported doing in 2025
Onam - Primary event of the organization attended by 60 members, guests and event sponsors to celebrate the festival of Kerala.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 54.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.