Arkansas · Nonprofit
VILLAGE PLACE
VILLAGE PLACE (Arkansas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,896 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($238,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $263k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Village Place does
Mission
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive community for youth in Arkansas. Our team consists of a diverse group of professionals with varying perspectives and experiences who have come together with a common goal in mind - to provide accessible resources and programs to our community. We believe in the power of collectivism to create change and every day we work together to inspire educate and act as a catalyst for the collective power of BIPOC youth to create more equitable and sustainable communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ELL Program: The Experiential Learning Lab ELL Program is a paid internship initiative that provides opportunities for BIPOC students in Little Rock AR to explore various trades and careers. Our program partners with local businesses delivering an immersive experience that allows youth to gain insights into how a particular industry works. We offer a comprehensive curriculum which combines both classroom learning and on-the-job training giving them a unique opportunity to gain essential skills. Our program is dedicated to creating a positive impact on our students lives. Over thirty students received no-cost OSHA-10 training and access to workforce development.
$100,522 spent45% of program spendingOur Voices: Media art and storytelling have the power to magnify blaring inequities generate questions catalyze social innovation and instigate urgent transformation. Through Our Voices we challenge injustice by empowering youth to become systems change-makers in the form of narrative and story strategists artists and community organizers using creative outlets to advance creative solutions and problem-solving strategies. Students also experience history through a hands-on approach traveling to landmarks throughout the country. Students created a 140-page publication that encouraged positive narratives about young people in our community.
$100,000 spent45% of program spendingDreamSpace: DreamSpace is more than just a project - its a movement. In a world facing complex challenges we need a new way of thinking and collaborating. Thats where DreamSpace comes in. This innovative initiative brings together minds from the community to envision and build a better present and future. Imagine a dynamic inclusive space where creativity meets problem-solving and ideas transform into real-world solutions. By joining DreamSpace youll be at the heart of this transformative process contributing your unique perspectives and skills to make a meaningful impact.
$22,250 spent10% 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: $222,772.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $20k to $14k (−29%).
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: 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of VILLAGE PLACE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Billie Woods
Executive Director
Board chair
Naomi Cottoms
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $88k.
From the IRS filings of VILLAGE PLACE’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
VILLAGE PLACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 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
95% of VILLAGE PLACE'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
VILLAGE PLACE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like VILLAGE PLACE
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 VILLAGE PLACE: 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 VILLAGE PLACE?
- VILLAGE PLACE (Arkansas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,896 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($238,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VILLAGE PLACE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $262,896 in grants to VILLAGE PLACE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VILLAGE PLACE?
- WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $238,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VILLAGE PLACE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 5 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