The Responsiveed Arkansas community of schools are tuition-free, public charter schools dedicated to helping students of all ages achieve their potential. At Responsiveed Arkansas, we're all about options in education and include at-risk and former drop out students as well as college bound students. Strongly tied to the community, the mission of the school is to provide hope for students through an encouraging, innovative environment where they are academically successful and develop into lifelong learners.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 550 volunteers and 346 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
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.4M a year · 5% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$418K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.8M
42% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 42% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$26.1M
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$25.7M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$9.3M
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$26.1M
FY2025▼ -5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$27.4M
FY2025$26.1M
Expenses
$25.7M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2024$24.9M
FY2025$25.7M
Net assets
$9.3M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$8.9M
FY2025$9.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2001.

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

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $21.4M Management & general 16% · $4.2M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $418K 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
Fca State Brand Director
$109,456Pt VII · Sec A
Superintendent
$107,269Pt VII · Sec A
Phs State Brand Director
$105,895Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$95,070Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member & CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Provenza’s $109K as Fca State Brand Director is at the 4th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Susan Provenza$109,456$103,737
Rhonda Bradford$107,269$103,505
Dennis Felton$105,895—
Katie Stephens$95,070$88,050

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educate students of all ages tuition-free to help them reach their full potential.

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1 program · $21.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Education of at-risk and former drop out students as well as college bound students.

$21.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$26.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$976K
Investment incomeLn 3$446K
Money outPt IX
$25.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$21.4M
Managementcol C$4.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$9.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.3M
Total assetsLn 16$16.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$24.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$976K
Investment incomeLn 3$446K
Other incomeLn 4–11$365K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$26.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$8.3M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.5M
Other assetsLn 15$4.5M
Total assetsLn 16$16.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.8M
Net assetsLn 32$9.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5346
VolunteersI 6550
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.1M$8.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$16.5M$16.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.6M$6.8M
Net assetsLn 32$8.9M$9.3M
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$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10.0M$7.6M$2.3M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.5M$1.1M$352K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$514K$399K$115K
Payroll taxesLn 10$737K$564K$173K
Management feesLn 11a$27K$27K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$118K$118K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.2M$2.0M$218K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$248K$165$247K
Office expensesLn 13$237K$200K$37K
Information technologyLn 14$147K$127K$20K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$4.4M$4.4M
TravelLn 17$122K$87K$35K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$450K$450K
InsuranceLn 23$289K$289K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.2M$4.1M$67K
All other expensesLn 24e$586K$423K$163K
Total functional expensesLn 25$25.7M$21.4M$4.2M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $26.1M$25.7M$433K$9.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $27.4M$24.9M$2.5M$8.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $26,090,125 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $26,062,668$24,303,132
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $757,424$975,971
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $367,384$445,845
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $193,784$365,177
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $27,381,260$26,090,125
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,095,855$12,696,529
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $12,819,161$12,960,964
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $24,915,016$25,657,493
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,466,244$432,632
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $26,090,125 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$24,264,585
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$38,547
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$24,303,132
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $975,971$975,971
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $445,845$445,845
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-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $365,177$365,177
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,341,148 · Excluded from tax $445,845$26,090,125
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,657,493 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 staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,605,957 · Management $2,347,211$9,953,168
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,141,104 · Management $352,082$1,493,186
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $398,767 · Management $114,868$513,635
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $563,595 · Management $172,945$736,540
IX-11a Management feesManagement $27,467$27,467
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,800$1,800
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $118,000$118,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,966,913 · Management $218,075$2,184,988
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $165 · Management $247,469$247,634
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $199,531 · Management $37,134$236,665
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $126,862 · Management $20,257$147,119
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,376,804$4,376,804
IX-17 TravelPrograms $87,123 · Management $35,246$122,369
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $449,983$449,983
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $288,930$288,930
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,106,137 · Management $66,844$4,172,981
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $422,986 · Management $163,238$586,224
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $21,445,927 · Management $4,211,566 · Fundraising $0$25,657,493
Part X · Balance sheet $16,089,319 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,082,417$8,337,899
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $905,213$483,140
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $47,765$302,710
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,337,087$2,507,935
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,140,230$4,457,635
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,512,712$16,089,319
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $875,011$1,068,767
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,091,790$4,409,194
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,645,182$6,789,157
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,037,568$6,636,491
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,829,962$2,663,671
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,867,530$9,300,162
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,512,712$16,089,319
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,300,162 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$26,090,125
XI-2 Total expenses$25,657,493
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$432,632
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,867,530
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,300,162

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

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