ARKANSAS AUDUBON SOCIETY TRUST
EIN 23-7305199 · Natural Resources Conservation & Protection (C30)
What they do
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
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CHERRIE LEE PHILLIPTRUSTEE
LYNN FOSTERTRUSTEE
MAUREEN MCCLUNGTRUSTEE
MEGAN FOLLTREASURER
RAGUPATHY KANNANCHAIRMAN
THAN BOVESTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2025
- Location
- 3305 KINROSS DR, FORT SMITH, AR 72908-8684
- County
- Pulaski
- In care of
- Lynn Foster
- Primary officer
- Lynn Foster, Trustee
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- PHA CPA PA
- NTEE classification
- Natural Resources Conservation & Protection (C30)
- IRS tax category
- Natural Resources Conservation & Protection
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2016