Arkansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Arkansas

Imperigo has identified 117 funders that made 455 grants totaling $81.1M to 80 community improvement organizations in Arkansas, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Arkansas

Total granted $81.1M
Funders 117
Grants 455
Organizations funded 80

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.5M · through 2023 · 17.9% of their giving
$18.4M
2. Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $796K · through 2024 · 22.5% of their giving
$3.7M
3. Area Agency on Aging of West Central Ark
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 37.7% of their giving
$3.2M
4. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
103 grants to 26 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$10.0M
5. Permian Basin Area Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$2.9M
6. Independent Community Bankers of America
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 61.7% of their giving
$517K
7. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$5.2M
8. Arkansas Economic Development Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 77.8% of their giving
$176K
9. West Central Arkansas Economic Develop Serv Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$124K
10. Strategic Community Investments
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$90K
11. Farm Journal Agricultural Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2024 · 26.4% of their giving
$78K
12. National Print Owners Assoc of Na
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$40K
13. American Clean Power Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $98K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$128K
14. Care and Share Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2022 · 7.4% of their giving
$71K
15. The Degen Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $21K · through 2023 · 6.0% of their giving
$87K
16. American Subcontractors Assn of Ntx
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$30K
17. The United Way of Gentry Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2020 · 9.6% of their giving
$30K
18. Crossroads Coalition Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$14K
19. Batesville Downtown Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$12K
20. Excellerate Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$50K
21. United States Energy Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $630K · through 2024
$875K
22. South Arkansas Venture Enterprises Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7K
23. Pure Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $182K · through 2023
$441K
24. Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $112K · through 2023
$162K
25. Arkansas Humanities Council
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2023 · 2.6% of their giving
$44K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 11 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Arkansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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