Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $340,429
Total expenses: $344,519
Contributions and grants received: $340,429
Grants paid: $2,500
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $36,738
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $36,738
Program services expenses (Part IX): $305,346
Management and general expenses: $39,173
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $305,346

Program services were 88.6% 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

$340,429

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $2,500 · program services $2,500
11a · Fees: management

total $166,838 · program services $130,970 · management and general $35,868
11g · Fees: other

total $13,526 · program services $13,526
13 · Office expenses

total $1,107 · program services $1,107
14 · Information technology

total $6,707 · program services $4,767 · management and general $1,940
17 · Travel

total $1,856 · program services $1,856
23 · Insurance

total $1,365 · management and general $1,365
24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION EXPENSES

total $150,620 · program services $150,620

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $40,828 · end of year $36,738
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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 $40,828 · end of year $36,738

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AFBA'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE A MORE RESPONSIBLE DEMOCRACY IN ARKANSAS BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES AND HOLDING POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARKANSANS TO SPEAK UP FOR THEIR VALUES - LIKE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN STATE GOVERNMENT, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AFBA CONDUCTS RESEARCH, SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF WAYS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE ARKANSAS'S COMMON GOOD, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: I. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES OF PRESSING PUBLIC CONCERN, SUCH AS WAYS TO EXERCISE AND PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, ENGAGEMENT IN THE CIVIC PROCESS, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOTER AND WORKER RIGHTS, RACIAL JUSTICE, TAXES, TAX STRUCTURE, AND IMMIGRATION POLICY; AND II. DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOTER RIGHTS, HOUSING, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND STIMULATING THE ECONOMY; AND III. CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PUBLICIZING THE POSITIONS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNING THESE ISSUES.

LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY: EDUCATED ARKANSANS ABOUT THE RECORDS OF OFFICIALS AND THE IMPACT ON THEIR DEMOCRACY; REPORTED ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS IN REAL TIME IN LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE TO MOST ARKANSANS; CREATED AND DISSEMINATED WAYS FOR PUBLIC TO CONTACT LAWMAKERS; EXECUTED LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH RESEARCH AND REPORTING ON LAWMAKERS' VOTING RECORDS, DONATIONS, AND ACTIONS.

Expenses $198,475 · Grants $2,500
DIRECT DEMOCRACY VOTER EDUCATION:CREATED AND DISSEMINATED VOTER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO NEW VOTER LAWS FOR 2022; COORDINATED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP VOTER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY PERTAINING TO ISSUE 2; MESSAGE TESTED LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO ISSUE 2; CREATED VOTER EDUCATION WEBSITE FOR ISSUE 2.

Expenses $54,962
ISSUE MESSAGING RESEARCH: CONDUCTED MESSAGE TESTING ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY ARKANSAS; DEVELOPED LANGUAGE AND MESSAGING BEST PRACTICES THROUGH WHICH TO BEST ENGAGE VOTERS; CREATED AND DISSEMINATED MEDIA COLLATERAL AND MESSAGING MATERIALS TO ENGAGE ARKANSANS ON ISSUES AND ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; SHARED FINDINGS WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER EFFORTS TOWARDS AN ENGAGED CITIZENRY.

Expenses $51,909

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

John YatesJOHN YATES

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Mildred Barnes GriggsMILDRED BARNES GRIGGS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Isamar Garcia-HernandezISAMAR GARCIA-HERNANDEZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Patty Bates AbrahamPATTY BATES ABRAHAM

TREASURER

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 4 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202533099349302038

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