Arkansas · Nonprofit
ARKANSAS STEM COALITION
ARKANSAS STEM COALITION (Arkansas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $433,084 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($165,257). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $303k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $433k
- Net assets
- $212k
What Arkansas STEM Coalition does
Mission
To support and promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the state of Arkansas.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In order to view the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, obtained (through in-kind donations and purchases) and delivered solar eclipse glasses to all Arkansas public school students, teachers, and staff, including education service cooperatives. Glasses were also distributed to several additional organizations and locations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In order to view the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, obtained (through in-kind donations and purchases) and delivered solar eclipse glasses to all Arkansas public school students, teachers, and staff, including education service cooperatives. Glasses were also distributed to several additional organizations and locations.
$951,766 spentof which $624,569 as grants69% of program spendingExcellence in STEM Education Grants & AAoC Scholarships. Each year, partnering with the Arkansas Committed to Education Foundation, competitive grants are awarded to Arkansas public schools teaching at least one grade from 3rd-6th in order to provide STEM equipment and materials. In 2024, ten grants were awarded with total funding awarded of $84,411.99. In addition, each year, in partnership with the Arkansas Academy of Computing, individual scholarships are awarded to Arkansas students who are designated as Arkansas Computer Science Students of Distinction. Each scholarship amount is $75, and 65 scholarships were awarded in 2024.
$102,253 spentof which $90,197 as grants7% of program spendingAll other program service expenses, including staff time and office expenses spent on service delivery.
$326,086 spent24% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,380,105.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $570k to $213k (−63%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 33% · 2018 10% · 2019 45% · 2020 1% · 2021 3% · 2022 33% · 2023 20% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ARKANSAS STEM COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Hannah Vogler
Executive Director
Board chair
Randy Palculict
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $15k → $191k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ARKANSAS STEM COALITION’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
ARKANSAS STEM COALITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 ARKANSAS STEM COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 98% · 2019 60% · 2020 64% · 2021 38% · 2022 38% · 2023 84% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
57% of ARKANSAS STEM COALITION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ARKANSAS STEM COALITION draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $206k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
ARKANSAS STEM COALITION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ARKANSAS STEM COALITION
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARKANSAS STEM COALITION: 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 ARKANSAS STEM COALITION?
- ARKANSAS STEM COALITION (Arkansas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $433,084 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($165,257). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARKANSAS STEM COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $433,084 in grants to ARKANSAS STEM COALITION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARKANSAS STEM COALITION?
- ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $165,257 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARKANSAS STEM COALITION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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