Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by BENTONVILLE REVITALIZATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $0
- Total expenses
- $8,541,923
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $8,357,453
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,480,863
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,475
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $6,479,388
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $8,526,620
- Management and general expenses
- $15,303
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $8,526,620
Program services were 99.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $8,357,453 · program services $8,357,453
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11a · Fees: management
total $33,270 · program services $33,270
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11b · Fees: legal
total $26,726 · program services $26,726
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,303 · management and general $15,303
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $16,133 · program services $16,133
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $35,640 · program services $35,640
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24a · Other expenses: LANDSCAPING
total $57,398 · program services $57,398
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $14,493,798 · end of year $5,988,990
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$830,997
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$339,124
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $527,513 · end of year $491,873
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $1,475
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $15,021,311 · end of year $6,479,388
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
BENTONVILLE REVITALIZATION, INC. (THE GANIZATION") EXISTS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TO COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION IN DOWNTOWN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS. AMONG ITS ACTIVITIES, THE ORGANIZATION MAY (A) PURCHASE EMPTY OR VACATED PROPERTY LOTS IN THE DOWNTOWN BENTONVILLE AREA, (B) OVERSEE PREPARING/IMPROVING THE LOTS FOR RESALE OR DONATION (E.G., CLEARING THE LOTS OF ANY STRUCTURES OR DEBRIS), AND (C) DONATE THE LAND TO CHARITIES, OR RESELL THE LOTS FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE TO THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS, THAT HAVE INDICATED AN INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY TO PROMOTE THE BUSINESS AND CIVIC INTERESTS OF BENTONVILLE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE RESPONSE ON PART III, LINE 1 AND CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O ATTACHED
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The organization operates one level of a parking deck in downtown Bentonville that is open daily and free of charge for public parking.
Expenses $76,000
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FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVITALIZING THE DOWNTOWN BENTONVILLE AREA AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE ORGANIZATION MAKES GRANTS TO THE CITY OF BENTONVILLE AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Expenses $8,450,620 · Grants $8,357,453
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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David ShortDAVID SHORT
DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nancy LeakeNANCY LEAKE
DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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$297,800
Granted cash and property to use as a public botanical garden.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(c)(4) · EDUCATION REFORM · DE
Directly controlled by WPS2 TRUST
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 13 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202621949349301662
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