Arkansas Audubon Society Trust Term
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The trust awards grants to fund research, conservation, and education projects with priority given to birds in Arkansas.
- Income
- $42,026
- Spending
- $14,775
- Reserves
- Over 10 years of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 71%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- The organization maintains transparency by issuing semiannual reports published publicly on their website https://arbirds.org/Trust/Reports.aspx and through regular engagement with the public. Grantees, their awards, and their research are publicly noted in the trust reports, and the grantees present, publish, or perform work furthering conservation, education, and ecological research. The organization regularly solicits requests for grants and engages with colleges, schools, researchers, and conservation groups to seek proposals for grants to further their work. The investment funds are structured to ensure long-term sustainability of the charitable programs, not for private gain, and only to further the impact of funded conservation, education, and research efforts. Some of the research papers written by students funded in part by the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust may be found at https://arbirds.org/Trust/Papers.aspx. For 2025, the Trust funded a variety of research, education, and conservation work. Patrick Barnes (Undergraduate, ATU) was awarded $700 for investigating ectoparasite communities in bluebird nests. Ella Bollinger (MS, ATU) was awarded $546 for her study on how biting insects influence Corticosteroid levels in nestling bluebirds. Jonothon Cantu (MS, UNT) was given $500 for tagging kestrels to investigate causes of winter mortality. Mason Dillard (MS, ATU) made $500 for studying the impact of grassland management in bird communities. Dustin Kohler ((MS, ATU) was given $1300 for researching habitat use in Cerulean Warblers. Victoria Langham (MS, UNT) got $500 to help with fuel costs in her study of delayed plumage maturation in Painted Buntings. Jacob Wyco (PhD, ASU) made $1500 for his study on feather mite recolonization in Prothonotary Warblers.Zach Campell (Ph.D, ASU) was awarded $500.00 to support his work on attitudes on conservation strategies in Arkansas. Colin Dobson won $1000.00 for his work on Prothonotary Warblers and their wetland habitats in Arkansas. Christian Machen was granted $520.00 to help him study the effects of urbanization on screech owls in Northwest Arkansas
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2016 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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