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Arkansas Utility Protections Service (ARKUPS)

ARKUPS is a public utility based in Conway, AR that was founded in 1998. As of 2020 they had $12 million in revenue and $5.0 million in assets.

Arkansas Utility Protection Services will provide a reliable, cost-effective locate service that will prevent damage to our partners' facilities.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: Arkansas Utility Protection Service.

EIN:

71-0817166

City:

Conway

State:

Arkansas

Metro:

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Website:

arkups.com

Phone:

(501) 328-2555

Founded:

1998

Type:

501(c)(6)

NTEE:

W80: Public utilities

Revenue:

$12,665,811

Assets:

$5,031,876

Employees:

238

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at ARKUPS

Protected the public through the prevention and minimization of damage to underground utility lines.

Form 990s for ARKUPS

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2019-12	Sep 18, 2020	990	View PDF
2018-12	Sep 30, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-12	Nov 15, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-12	Sep 1, 2017	990O	View PDF
2015-12	Dec 22, 2016	990O	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for ARKUPS

Field	2019	2018
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
Program services	$12,618,219	$11,019,172	14.5%
Investment income and dividends	$4,527	$4,709	-3.9%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$17,324	$-8,360	307.2%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$23,418	$131,352	-82.2%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$2,323	$3,598	-35.4%
Total revenues	$12,665,811	$11,150,471	13.6%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$73,788	$98,910	-25.4%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$6,960,121	$6,111,270	13.9%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$117,058	$114,941	1.8%
Other employee benefits	$1,141,052	$996,151	14.5%
Payroll taxes	$507,606	$447,075	13.5%
Management fees	$136,560	$122,320	11.6%
Legal fees	$23,236	$38,014	-38.9%
Accounting fees	$27,926	$25,300	10.4%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$0	$0
Advertising and promotion	$12,355	$13,261	-6.8%
Office expenses	$174,724	$180,854	-3.4%
Information tech. expenses	$55,524	$34,484	61.0%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$45,293	$48,801	-7.2%
Travel	$1,268,446	$1,123,248	12.9%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$182,041	$135,310	34.5%
Interest	$65,915	$90,145	-26.9%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$878,224	$985,041	-10.8%
Insurance	$190,733	$201,318	-5.3%
All other expenses	$1,163,520	$680,309	71.0%
Total expenses	$12,887,562	$11,324,432	13.8%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$4,225	$4,229	-0.1%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$1,480,934	$1,478,094	0.2%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$1,370,055	$1,532,812	-10.6%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$15,001	$13,167	13.9%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$8,066	$6,136	31.5%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$2,153,595	$2,215,129	-2.8%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$0	$0
Total assets	$5,031,876	$5,249,567	-4.1%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$434,417	$299,768	44.9%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$151,966	$204,680	-25.8%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$1,723,359	$1,801,234	-4.3%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$2,309,742	$2,305,682	0.2%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$0	$2,943,885	-100%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$0
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for ARKUPS

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Landmark PLC CPAs	Tax accounting		2020-09-18
█████████	Content management system software		2020-09-08
█████████ ████████	Software		2020-09-08
██████████ █████ ██████████	Fleet Maintenance	$668,166	2019-12-01

Personnel at ARKUPS

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Jean Davis	Chief Executive Officer	-	Sept. 6, 2019
Royce Brown	General Manager of Field Operations	-	Nov. 27, 2017
█████ ██████	Arkups General Manager of Field Operations	-	Sept. 6, 2019
████████ ██████	Manager - Finance and Admin.	$0	Sept. 30, 2019
███████ █████ ██████ ███	Manager, It, Software and Web Developer	-	Sept. 6, 2019
███ ██████	Manager of It Services	-	Sept. 6, 2019
███ █████	Special Services Manager	-	Sept. 6, 2019
███████ ████	Manager	-	Nov. 23, 2017
█████ ████	Damage Prevention Manager	-	Nov. 23, 2017
█████ ████ ████████ ██████	Prevention Manager	-	Sept. 6, 2019
...and six more key personnel

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