Arkansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Arkansas

Imperigo has identified 277 funders that made 2,265 grants totaling $551.4M to 235 education organizations in Arkansas, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Arkansas

Total granted $551.4M
Funders 277
Grants 2,265
Organizations funded 235

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc
39 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75.1M · through 2024 · 87.1% of their giving
$215.6M
2. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
737 grants to 73 organizations · largest $9.9M · through 2024 · 37.5% of their giving
$84.9M
3. Episcopal Collegiate School Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$29.1M
4. Arkansas Public School Resource Center
33 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 38.0% of their giving
$15.7M
5. Goodwill Industries of Arkansas Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.1M · through 2024 · 22.7% of their giving
$13.4M
6. Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.5M
7. Judd Hill Foundation Trust
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $420K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.1M
8. J A Leta M Chapman TR 486002AC2
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$13.8M
9. Healthy Connections Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $331K · through 2024 · 40.3% of their giving
$1.3M
10. The Degen Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $353K · through 2024 · 73.2% of their giving
$1.1M
11. Leta McFarlin Chapman Memorial Tr 486003AC0
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $819K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$3.9M
12. Fort Smith Public Library Endowment Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $439K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$784K
13. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
61 grants to 18 organizations · largest $6.1M · through 2024
$40.2M
14. The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas
12 grants to 8 organizations · largest $196K · through 2024 · 12.1% of their giving
$696K
15. J A Leta M Chapman TR 10267 486001AC4
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $355K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$1.7M
16. Pulaski County Imagination Library
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $148K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$398K
17. Ehsw Holdings
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$320K
18. University of the Ozarks Alumni Association Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $126K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$320K
19. Center for Strategic Leadership and Organizational Coherence Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $366K · through 2022 · 16.7% of their giving
$366K
20. Arkansas Bar Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2024 · 54.3% of their giving
$210K
21. Wilson Education Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$150K
22. Fifty for The Future
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 38.0% of their giving
$82K
23. The Elrod Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2025 · 68.4% of their giving
$76K
24. Ken Duke and Friends Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2025 · 10.7% of their giving
$140K
25. The Hat Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 48.4% of their giving
$71K

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

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