Arkansas · Nonprofit
ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC
ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $701,627 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS VALUES INC ($626,627). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $340k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $702k
- Net assets
- $37k
What Alliance for a Better Arkansas Inc Dba for Ar People Action Inc does
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$198,475 spentof which $2,500 as grants65% of program spendingDirect 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.
$54,962 spent18% of program spendingIssue 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.
$51,909 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,346.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $85k to $13k (−85%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $297k → $150k.
From the IRS filings of ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 58% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
89% of ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC's revenue fell 25% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC?
- ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $701,627 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS VALUES INC ($626,627). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $701,627 in grants to ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC?
- ARKANSAS VALUES INC is the largest funder on record, with $626,627 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER ARKANSAS INC DBA FOR AR PEOPLE ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing