Arkansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Arkansas

Imperigo has identified 110 funders that made 1,132 grants totaling $194.5M to 155 arts & culture organizations in Arkansas, with a median grant of $12K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Arkansas

Total granted $194.5M
Funders 110
Grants 1,132
Organizations funded 155

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United States Marshals Museum Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $9.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$23.7M
2. Walton Arts Center Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $814K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.0M
3. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
499 grants to 76 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$10.8M
4. Mount Holly Cemetery Maintenance Care Trust C/O Simmons Bank Trustee
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$112K
5. Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $375K · through 2022 · 1.7% of their giving
$375K
6. Impactassetsinc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$2.5M
7. The Starr Family Support Org Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
8. Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$161K
9. Foundation for Arkansas Heritage and History Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $36K · through 2022 · 6.6% of their giving
$51K
10. Arkansas Children's Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 63.8% of their giving
$15K
11. McGehee Industrial Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 14.4% of their giving
$10K
12. University of Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$20K
13. Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$86K
14. George Kaiser Family Foundation
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $181K · through 2024
$484K
15. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
18 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.4M
16. Heart of Arkansas United Way
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$34K
17. Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $67K · through 2024
$232K
18. Charities Aid Foundation America
29 grants to 14 organizations · largest $83K · through 2024
$683K
19. The Steel Horse Rally Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 3.5% of their giving
$5K
20. Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$50K
21. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $326K · through 2024
$756K
22. The Map Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023
$30K
23. Community Foundation for Mississippi
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$60K
24. Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2023
$25K
25. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2025
$439K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Arkansas, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Arkansas. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Arkansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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