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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 71-0694931

Arkansas Children's Research Institute

LITTLE ROCK, ARFounded 1990Website

mission statement

To improve children's health, development and well-being through high quality research.

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Total Revenue

$53.8M

FY 2023

Program Spending

84%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$59.6M

Total Assets

$26.1M net

5.71 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

+16%

Revenue Growth

YoY

244

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 26 Institutional Funders

$37.1M raised across 83 grants (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 14 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Arkansas Children's Hospital	LITTLE ROCK, AR	$21,194,114
Arkansas Children's Foundation	LITTLE ROCK, AR	$6,782,974
Johns Hopkins University	BALTIMORE, MD	$4,927,289
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation	BETHESDA, MD	$972,401
Washington University	SAINT LOUIS, MO	$546,326
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason	Seattle, WA	$495,059
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	PHILADELPHIA, PA	$449,452
Public Health Institute	Oakland, CA	$333,058
Seattle Children's Hospital	SEATTLE, WA	$219,701
Boston Medical Center Corporation	BOSTON, MA	$219,543

Total tracked: $37,127,334 across 83 grants (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$46.1M in expenses

During fy24, arkansas children's research institute (ACRI) received $53 million from federal, state, and private agencies, industry sponsors, and philanthropic donations to support research to advance knowledge that will guide the way injury and illness are prevented and treated in children. The research funding included $10 million in state opioid settlement funding to establish the national center for opioid research and clinical effectiveness. In 2024, two research programs at ACRI were recognized by national geographic highlighted in its "7 breakthroughs that changed medicine in 2024" the heart research program was recognized for work on partial heart transplants as replacement heart valves that continue to grow with children and the allergy and immunology program was recognized for its contributions to the first drug approved by the FDA to treat multiple food allergies, omalizumab. Overall, ACRI provided the research infrastructure to over 150 researchers who published their scientific findings in over 407 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, of which 24.2% of the publications appeared in the top 10% ranking journals.

Financial History

Revenue Over Time

Governance (FY 2023)

Leadership

Marcella Doderer

Chief Executive Officer

Rick Barr MD

Board Chair

Gena Wingfield

Chief Financial Officer

William Steinbach MD

Director/pediatrician-in-chief

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