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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ARKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,136,383
Total expenses
$634,612
Contributions and grants received
$1,132,117
Grants paid
$400,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,266
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,089,540
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,089,540
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$528,612
Management and general expenses
$55,156
Fundraising expenses
$50,844
Program service expenses (Part III)
$528,612

Program services were 83.3% 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

    $1,132,117

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,714 · excluded $2,714

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,552

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,552

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,552 · excluded $1,552

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $400,000 · program services $400,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,100 · management and general $12,100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $217,600 · program services $126,612 · management and general $40,144 · fundraising $50,844

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,312 · program services $2,000 · management and general $1,312

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,585 · management and general $1,585

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $15 · management and general $15

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $587,769 · end of year $485,394

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $604,146

  • 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 $587,769 · end of year $1,089,540

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF AVI ARE TO INCREASE RESOURCES, PROVIDE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE, AND EDUCATE THE CHARITABLE COMMUNITY WORKING IN PURSUIT OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND PROMOTION OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • WE INITIATED PROGRAMS AND PROVIDED GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FILL GAPS IN CIVIC-ENGAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO ADVANCE SOCIAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $386,170 · Grants $300,000

  • WE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND CONVENED EVENTS, BRIEFINGS, INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH PHILANTHROPISTS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND CIVIC LEADERS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THESE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACTING SOCIAL CHANGE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN ARKANSAS; AND TO GET INPUT FROM THESE STAKEHOLDERS.

    Expenses $142,442 · Grants $100,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mildred Griggs

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ray Scott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Buchanan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sarah Argue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
21 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632369349300448

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