Sipe Ministries INC

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Little Rock, AR501(c)(3)Since 1978EIN 71-0508229Revenue $1.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRSlittlescholarsschools.org8707 Stanton Rd, 72209-5245 · Little Rock, ARTax-exempt since Nov 1978Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Sipe Ministries, INC., a not-for-profit organization since june 23, 1978, was founded for religious, educational and charitable purposes. Since 1990, the primary thrust of the corporation has been educational, its mission being to serve superbly children of the greater little rock community, ages six weeks through grade 7, by developing each student's full potential through loving care, superior academic services, and quality programming.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 3 volunteers and 24 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $124K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$46K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$318K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$855K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$871K
FY2022$917K
FY2023$843K
FY2024$881K
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$855K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$818K
FY2022$808K
FY2023$775K
FY2024$746K
FY2025$855K
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2025▲ +32%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$472K
FY2022$582K
FY2023$650K
FY2024$785K
FY2025$1.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1978.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $855K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990; $46K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$46,348Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Noupien Khamsisavang$46,348$44,098$45,906$37,598$35,722

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

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Sipe Ministries INC is a religious organization based in Little Rock, AR, formed in 1978.

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1 program · $855K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Operated a private school primarily for students from lower income families. The school is open twelve months per year. Average attendance for the year ended june 30, 2025 was approximately 60 students per month.

$855Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Money outPt IX
$855K
Ln 25
Programscol B$855K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$89K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$318K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Government grantsLn 1e$318
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$89K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$89K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$318K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 63
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K$89K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$540K$318K
Net assetsLn 32$785K$1.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$46K$46K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$468K$468K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$40K$40K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$35K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$81K$81K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$12K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$44K$44K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$17K$17K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$22K$22K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$85K$85K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$855K$855K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.1M$855K$252K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $881K$746K$135K$785K 990 PDF
FY2023 $843K$775K$68K$650K 990 PDF
FY2022 $917K$808K$109K$582K 990 PDF
FY2021 $871K$818K$53K$472K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $1,106,537 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $178,337$77,708
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $702,632$1,028,829
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $880,969$1,106,537
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $512,732$554,193
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $232,996$300,356
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $745,728$854,549
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $135,241$251,988
Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,106,537 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$318
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$77,390
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$77,708
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,028,829$1,028,829
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,028,829$1,106,537
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $854,549 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $46,348$46,348
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $468,043$468,043
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,802$39,802
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $34,771$34,771
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $81,262$81,262
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,149$12,149
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $43,673$43,673
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $16,536$16,536
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $22,098$22,098
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $84,693$84,693
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,174$5,174
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $854,549 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$854,549
Part X · Balance sheet $1,354,894 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $62,312$89,286
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,403$3,007
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,252,237$1,258,374
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,161$4,227
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,325,113$1,354,894
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,525$11,025
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $43,459$41,853
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $540,327$318,120
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $784,786$1,036,774
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $784,786$1,036,774
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,325,113$1,354,894
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,036,774 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,106,537
XI-2 Total expenses$854,549
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$251,988
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$784,786
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,036,774

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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