Arkansas · Nonprofit
East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc
East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,000 to it, the largest being THE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $170k
- Net assets
- $17M
What East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc does
Mission
The mission of east arkansas area agency on aging is to provide leadership relative to aging issues on behalf of older persons in east arkansas, and to carry out a wide range of functions in planning, coordination, and service delivery such that older persons are assisted in leading independent, meaningful, and dignified lives in their own homes and communities as long as possible.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family care giver services, evidenced based and non-evidence based health promotion, foster grandparent program, personal emergency response systems, senior employment services, volunteer ombudsman services, information assistance.
$4,527,182 spent49% of program spendingIn home services: number of persons served - 312.
$3,391,864 spent$2,094,666 earned by the program36% of program spendingSenior center services - congregate and home delivered meals and socialization/recreation, and transportation: number of persons served - 2818.
$1,354,371 spent$963,950 earned by the program15% of program spendingCase management services: number of persons served - 399.
$27,048 spent$31,986 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,300,465.
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.
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 $20M to $18M (−10%).
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 36% · 2018 32% · 2019 35% · 2020 38% · 2021 51% · 2022 47% · 2023 60% · 2024 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Melissa Prater
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $60k.
From the IRS filings of East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging 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
East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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 East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
88% of East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging 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.
Government funding East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $993k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$993k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging 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 East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc?
- East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,000 to it, the largest being THE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $170,000 in grants to East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc?
- THE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like East Arkansas Area Agency On Aging 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.
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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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing