FAIRNESS

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2021 · Form 990EZ · revenue $149K · expenses $80K · assets $69K

EIN
87-2849941
Address
31 E CENTER ST, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701-5348
NTEE code
R40
Exempt type
501(c)(4): social welfare (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2023 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
No
Principal officer
GEORGE SHELTON (its 2023 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Fund raising and support for social welfare organizations

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 1 person listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

1 person listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
George Shelton DIRECTOR2021 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2021 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
GEORGE SHELTON DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$149,000$80,378 $68,622$68,622 $149,000- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,238,700 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
OKLAHOMA FORWARD INC Public charity Exact 2021-2022 2$1,228,700 2022$1,079,700
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AMERICAN CENTER Public charity Exact 2024 1$10,000 2024$10,000
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2021 · Form 990EZ · $80,378 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,373 66.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $27,005 33.6%
Total$80,378100%

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