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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,168,510
Total expenses
$12,566,062
Contributions and grants received
$226,919
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,914,558
Investment income
$27,033
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,024,860
Total liabilities, end of year
$123,552
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$901,308
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,280,351
Management and general expenses
$285,711
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,280,351

Program services were 97.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $226,919

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE FUNDS

    total $10,320,366 · related or exempt $10,320,366

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEDERAL FUNDS

    total $1,411,837 · related or exempt $1,411,837

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEAL SALES

    total $182,355 · related or exempt $182,355

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,033 · excluded $27,033

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $143,412 · program services $131,939 · management and general $11,473

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,890,352 · program services $5,616,114 · management and general $274,238

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $440,604 · program services $440,604

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,141,356 · program services $1,141,356

  • 20 · Interest

    total $986,807 · program services $986,807

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AND

    total $2,603,948 · program services $2,603,948

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINCIPAL RETIREMENT OF

    total $585,000 · program services $585,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $545,508 · program services $545,508

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT/VEHICLES

    total $216,506 · program services $216,506

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,569 · program services $12,569

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,515,578 · end of year $689,594

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $160,133 · end of year $187,167

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $86,071 · end of year $148,099

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $304,869 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $158,053 · end of year $123,552

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $798,340 · end of year $35,241

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $500,520 · end of year $866,067

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A RIGOUROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM WITH A PURPOSED INTEGRATION OF THE ARTS. CHALLENGING OUR STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY WHILE PROVIDING THEM WITH AN ARTS ENCHANCED CURRICULUM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE OPERATION OF A TUITION-FREE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, SERVING GRADES K-12. THE SCHOOLS ACADEMIC PROGRAM IS INCORPORATED WITH AN INTEGRATION OF THE ARTS.

  • APPROXIMANTELY 1220 STUDENTS ATTEND ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY. STUDENTS CONTINUE TO MEET OR EXCEED STATE STANDARD TESTING SCORES. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES AND CONTINUE TO GROW IN THEIR ACADEMIC STUDIES. PARENTS AND TEACHERS WORK TOGETHER TO ASSIST STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP CLASSES TO MEET THE DEMANDS AND COMPLETE THEM SUCCESSFULLY.

    Expenses $12,280,351 · Revenue $11,914,558

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cara Riley

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grant Writer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maurissa Roberts

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adrianne Williams-McGinnis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Meline

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Cochran

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Evans

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Nail-Maolen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Roberts

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $143,412
    From this org
    $143,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • BCCSO LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · AR · assets $24,942,571

    Directly controlled by ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349314388

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