Arkansas · Nonprofit
Americans for Action Inc
Americans for Action Inc (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being Carl B & Florence E King Foundation ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $30k
What Americans for Action Inc does
Mission
The mission of Americans For Action A4A is to bridge the gap between decision makers and community members through civic education community engagement and impactful technology use. Throughout the prior year program activities included: acquiring and equipping a space to safely engage with the community the production and advertisement of civic educational content to help community members better understand how their local government works and facilitating local youth internships to develop impactful technologies in further pursuit of the ends of the organizations mission.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In Community Engagement we assisted over 200 families and community members in accessing existing resources to help them get back on their feet including job placement job training and small business resources. Additionally we assisted over 2,500 families in ensuring they were included in Arkansas most recent broadband expansion program. Lastly by having an equipped space we were able to host public meetings alongside existing state resource partners and facilitate meaningful internship and workforce programs that helped community youth and their families realize their full potential while contributing back to their community.
$55,000 spentof which $80,000 as grants97% of program spendingIn Civic Education we successfully helped inform over 15k community members across our 3-county service region better understand how their local government works.
$1,500 spentof which $1,500 as grants3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $56,500.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Malik Barnes
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Americans for 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
Americans for Action Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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
“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
Americans for Action Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 2 states in all.
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
Americans for Action Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,247 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Americans for Action Inc
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In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Americans for 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 Americans for Action Inc?
- Americans for Action Inc (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being Carl B & Florence E King Foundation ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Americans for Action Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $40,000 in grants to Americans for Action Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Americans for Action Inc?
- Carl B & Florence E King Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Americans for 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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