Arkansas · Nonprofit
Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation
Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation (Arkansas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,045 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC ($126,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $338k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation does
Mission
Founded in 1991, the Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation is a business-led, solutions development and research organization, working in partnership with state business leaders and government officials to advance public knowledge and understanding of economics & finance, education & career training, housing & human relations, science & technology, domestic & international relations, issues contributing to a rising quality of life, as well as other subjects related to improving efficiency, development and acceleration of economic growth and employment opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Since 2015, the aia foundation has researched, developed and launched be pro be proud, an effort designed to change public perceptions of skilled professions within the manufacturing, construction, utility and transportation industries across arkansas. The effort has engaged middle and high school students across the state to promote high-demand, high-wage professional opportunities within these sectors. Impacts related to these efforts include increased employment within targeted fields as well as increased enrollments - significant in some places - in post-secondary technical programs on two-year campuses.
$2,297,578 spentof which $1,000 as grants$820,643 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,297,578.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $977k to $1.9M (+91%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 7% · 2022 27% · 2023 60% · 2024 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Andrew Parker
Executive director
Board chair
Greg Williams
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $40k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $65k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Be Pro Be Proud Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation’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
Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 80% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 57% · 2023 87% — 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
50% of Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 22% 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
71% of Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce · exempt
- Associated Industries of Arkansas Inc · exempt
- Associated Industries of Arkansas PAC · exempt
- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce PAC · exempt
- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Fdn · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation: 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 Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation?
- Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation (Arkansas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,045 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC ($126,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $338,045 in grants to Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation?
- ARKANSAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $126,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 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