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ARKANSAS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

EIN 71-0568795 LITTLE ROCK, AR

Revenue 2024
$99,223,863
Expenses 2024
$47,454,055

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E122
Classification
1000
Street
1 CHILDRENS WAY

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

WE CHAMPION CHILDREN BY MAKING THEM BETTER TODAY AND HEALTHIER TOMORROW.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE DELIVERY FOR THE CHILDREN OF ARKANSAS AND BEYOND. ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S CORE VALUES ARE THE ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT HIGHLIGHT OUR REGARD FOR EACH OTHER AND THOSE WE SERVE:SAFETY: WE ARE VIGILANT ABOUT CREATING AN ERROR-FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND TEAM MEMBERS.TEAMWORK: WE DEMONSTRATE ACTIONABLE CARE AND CONCERN FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND TEAM MEMBERS.COMPASSION: WE COORDINATE, COMMUNICATE, COOPERATE, AND COLLABORATE TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR OUR PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND TEAM MEMBERS.EXCELLENCE: WE ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST OF STANDARDS AND SERVE WITH DISTINCTION IN ORDER TO BE THE BEST.SAFETY AND EXCELLENCE FRAME OUR WORK. TEAMWORK AND COMPASSION PLACE PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF ALL WE DO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE CHAMPION CHILDREN BY MAKING THEM BETTER TODAY AND HEALTHIER TOMORROW.

  • ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION IS THE FUNDRAISING ARM FOR ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S, INC. WHICH INCLUDES ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S NORTHWEST. THE FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS RAISING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE ENTITIES, THUS ENHANCING PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.

    Expenses $37,586,268 · Grants $37,586,268

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.

  • MARCELLA DODERER

    AC PRESIDENT & CEO-ACF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,712,312
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,393,424
    Other
    $318,888
    Hours/week
    0.38 + 56.69 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,413,562 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $712,327 related
    Other
    $0 + $267,535 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $306,781 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,107 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,712,312 related

  • FRED SCARBOROUGH

    AC EVP/CDO-ACF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $876,268
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $786,622
    Other
    $89,646
    Hours/week
    19.13 + 36.85 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $557,244 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $166,912 related
    Other
    $0 + $62,466 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $73,324 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,322 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $876,268 related

  • RITTER ARNOLD

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.24

  • SHARON BALE

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.32

  • TRAV BAXTER

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.16 + 0.55 related

  • FADIL BAYYARI

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • NANCY BENTON

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.24

  • GINGER BLACKMON

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.33

  • BEN BLAKEMAN

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • FRANCES BUCHANAN

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.34

  • STUART COBB

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.32

  • STEVE DAVISON

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.16

  • CHUCK ERWIN

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17 + 0.27 related

  • SHARILYN GASAWAY

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ROBIN GEORGE

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.32

  • SONJA YATES HUBBARD

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • ANGIE JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.69 related

  • BRANDI JOPLIN

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.16

  • ANNETTE KLINE

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • JASON LAFRANCE

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19 + 0.22 related

  • MANDY MACKE

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.97

  • JIM MCCLELLAND

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.32

  • TRISHA MONTAGUE

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • BEVERLY MORROW

    TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12 + 0.41 related

  • JAKE NABHOLZ

    BOARD CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.39

The first 25 listed. 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
    $99,223,863
    Expenses
    $47,454,055
    Contributions
    $42,147,846
    Grants paid
    $37,586,268
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $90,210,042
    Expenses
    $38,519,500
    Contributions
    $41,648,926
    Grants paid
    $28,619,207
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $80,034,510
    Expenses
    $36,224,477
    Contributions
    $50,224,994
    Grants paid
    $27,439,757

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,869,874
    Expenses
    $36,064,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $479,399,636

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $131,995,512
    Expenses
    $39,068,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $506,772,026

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,687,764
    Expenses
    $34,920,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $413,438,395

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,205,874
    Expenses
    $43,683,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $412,376,396

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,486,403
    Expenses
    $40,883,610
    Assets (EOY)
    $390,110,289

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,305,148
    Expenses
    $38,715,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $339,868,135

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.