Arkansas State Police Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710846567
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-PF 2021
Location
Kirby, AR, USA
Phone
5015654661
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,385,429
Expenses
$597,112
Assets
$9,712,471
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

47 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • FORD OVERTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY HAMILTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMILY HAMILTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $105,542 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Arkansas state police foundation financially supports the state police and its employees to fulfill their mission, "to protect human life and property in the state of Arkansas." -providing life protecting equipment, training, facilities, and continuing education when state and federal funding streams are not sufficient.-supporting many local programs and community outreach to increase public confidence and understanding of police activities.-assisting employees and their families through times of crisis by contributing to funeral, medical, lodging, and other expenses.-providing scholarships for troopers and auxiliary member's dependents to aid in the financial burden of higher education.

What it reported doing in 2024

To support the different troop auxiliaries

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.4%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 56.9%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.27; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -119.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 60.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.4% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 46 of 46 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $467K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 47 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.