Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Arkansas

445
foundations
$1.27B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
126
say they accept unsolicited
$7,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 445 foundations based in Arkansas — 411 private foundations and 34 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $1.27 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 126 of them (28%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Little Rock (136), Fort Smith (25) and Fayetteville (23).

126 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Arkansas.

Top 25 of 445 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 101 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Arkansas
Wal-Mart FoundationBentonville, AR$430,000$112.2M$5,000–$8.5MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation IncFayetteville, AR$22.6M$26.9M$18.2M–$26.9MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Charles A Frueauff Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$6.5M$6.5M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Winthrop Rockefeller FoundationLittle Rock, AR$30,000$6.5M$500–$600,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Blue and You Foundation for a HealthierLittle Rock, AR$5.6M$5.6M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Murphy FoundationEl Dorado, AR$10,000$3.7M$188–$1.6MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Tyson Family Foundation IncFayetteville, AR$40,000$3.2M$500–$1.3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Trinity FoundationPine Bluff, AR$10,000$2.8M$2,000–$2.2MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Schmieding FoundationSpringdale, AR$10,000$2.4M$150–$603,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation IncSherwood, AR$26,050$2.1M$5,865–$600,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Whitaker Family FoundationFayetteville, AR$87,658$1.9M$5,000–$1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Laura P Nichols FoundationLittle Rock, AR$1.9M$1.9M—No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hussman Family FoundationLittle Rock, AR$2,000$1.4M$250–$1.3MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
M W Murphy FoundationEl Dorado, AR$12,910$881,014$110–$125,000Up 301% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Simmons First Foundation IncPine Bluff, AR$5,418$868,108$1,000–$60,256No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Dawson Heritage Foundation 30535007936Pine Bluff, AR$5,000$811,368$320–$621,334No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Ross FoundationArkadelphia, AR$5,000$747,655$500–$351,684No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Riggs Benevolent FundLittle Rock, AR$2,500$723,825$1,000–$100,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Walter O Caldwell FoundationFort Smith, AR$8,000$633,300$1,000–$160,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Nabholz Charitable FoundationConway, AR$5,000$592,545$100–$71,580No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Protech Impact Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$545,631$575,262$516,000–$575,262No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Roy & Christine Sturgis CharitableArkadelphia, AR$10,000$571,463$2,500–$56,472No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Irvin C & Evea J BainumGlenwood, AR$13,742$525,893$1,500–$225,761No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Vida June Moll Foundation TrustDewitt, AR$33,000$507,329$5,000–$137,288No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Olds Foundation IncArkadelphia, AR$5,500$453,026$16–$150,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.