Electrical League of Arkansas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 710545297
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone: 5016071975
Rating: 57
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue: $37,960
Expenses: $44,656
Assets: $38,056

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CHRIS ISON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

CHRIS ISON (PRESIDENT)
JEREMY GARRETT (FIRST VICE P)
MANDY GREEN (SECND VICE P)

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

Support electrical industry in Arkansas

What it reported doing in 2025

Monthly meetings with speakers discussing relevant topics within or related to the electrical industry. Continuing education units (ceus) awarded to participants at meetings.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 46
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 30
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 49%; rating input score 49
Program expense ratio: 41.6%; rating input score 42

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -17.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 49% of revenue deployed · 41.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.