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LITTLE SCHOLARS OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION

EIN 06-1665076 LITTLE ROCK, AR

Largest nonprofits in Arkansas

Revenue 2024
$51,313,629
Expenses 2024
$51,409,585

Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B19
Classification
1200
Street
21 CORPORATE HILL DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF LISA ACADEMY IS TO PROVIDE AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY, AND GUIDE ALL STUDENTS IN GAINING KNOWLDEGE, SKILLS, AND THE ATTITUDE NECESSARY TO DIRECT THEIR LIVES, IMPROVE A DIVERSE SOCIETY, AND EXCEL IN A CHANGING WORLD BY PROVIDING DYNAMIC, RESOURCE-RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

  • DURING THE YEAR, THE ACADEMY PROVIDED AN ACEDEMICALLY RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH 12 SEEKING TO EXPLORE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS FUTURE PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $42,456,835 · Revenue $1,468,433

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cynthia Dawson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Emre Celebi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Erhan Ararat

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Tolga Ensari

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fatih Bogrek

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $187,996
    From this org
    $160,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,966
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,030
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,005
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,961
    Filer's total
    $187,996
  • Necati Sahin

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $129,804
    From this org
    $109,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,227
    Hours/week
    40
  • Hasan Sazci

    ASST. SUPERINDENDENT

    Total calculated
    $130,645
    From this org
    $110,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,436
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bethany Ratermann

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $121,430
    From this org
    $102,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,228
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emrah Turkmenoglu

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $123,133
    From this org
    $103,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,451
    Hours/week
    40
  • Muammer Guven

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $127,527
    From this org
    $107,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,029
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $51,313,629
    Expenses
    $51,409,585
    Contributions
    $49,177,130
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $42,349,077
    Expenses
    $44,938,450
    Contributions
    $40,854,767
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,065,978
    Expenses
    $39,265,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,733,824
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,033,452
    Expenses
    $32,086,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,916,312
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,752,349
    Expenses
    $27,630,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,422,608
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,826,886
    Expenses
    $19,783,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,908,713
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,160,787
    Expenses
    $17,121,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,863,009
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,523,703
    Expenses
    $14,615,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,914,033
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,892,803
    Expenses
    $11,272,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,068,957
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,891,080
    Expenses
    $11,064,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,238,788
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,173,346
    Expenses
    $9,762,578
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,751,952
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $9,259,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,748,526

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • LITTLE SCHOLARS OF ARKANSAS LLC

    INVESTMENT · AR · income $344,602 · assets $46,813,171

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.