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US nonprofit · EIN 851289833 · Little Rock, ARiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 851289833) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Alliance for A Better Arkansas Inc's network

4 people2 organisationsi4 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Isamar Garcia-HernandezDirector2021
5 yrs
John YatesPresident2021
5 yrs
Mildred Barns GriggsDirector2023
3 yrs
Patty Bates AbrahamTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
John YatesPresident0.25$0
Mildred Barnes GriggsDirector0.25$0
Isamar Garcia-HernandezDirector0.25$0
Patty Bates AbrahamTreasurer1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Alliance for A Better Arkansas Inc
EIN
851289833
Address
200 W Capitol Ave Ste 1600, Little Rock, AR, 72201-3621
State
Arkansas
Mission
Afba's mission is to advance a more responsible democracy in arkansas by educating the public about issues that impact our daily lives and holding politicians accountable through communicating with the public and providing communications resources to partner organizations. Provides opportunities for arkansans to speak up for their values - like transparency and accountability in state... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
R99 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
IRS classification
501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2020
Principal officer
John Yates (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2025
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2024

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsIsamar Garcia-Hernandez
≥5years on the filingsJohn Yates
≥3years on the filingsMildred Barns Griggs
≥3years on the filingsPatty Bates Abraham

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$37k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$37k
Contributions and grants received
$340k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$3k
Employees
0
Volunteers
4