Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710569359
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
5013724757
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies & Historic Preservation

Reported finances

Revenue
$190,300
Expenses
$188,190
Assets
$436,796
Liabilities
$47,062

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RACHEL PATTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW ROONEY (PRESIDENT)
  • RYAN BILES (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • TRAVIS BARTLETT (MEMBER)
  • GEORGE BETTS (MEMBER)
  • GINA WHITE JARRETT (MEMBER)

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

A statewide nonprofit organization that works to build stronger communities and empower people to save and rehabilitate historic places.

What it reported doing in 2025

Preservation crustaceans - this is an annual celebration of national historic preservation month and Arkansas heritage month with all-you-can-eat crawfish, shrimp, sausage and fixings. It is a fun networking opportunity for preserve Arkansas members and friends, with proceeds benefiting our education programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 21
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.6%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.6% of revenue deployed · 20.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.