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 2 of 4

26. National Education Association of the United States
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $656K · through 2023
$3.0M
27. Arkansas Humanities Council
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $22K · through 2021 · 9.0% of their giving
$151K
28. E-STEM Middle Public Charter Schools Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$66K
29. United Way of North Central Arkansas
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2023 · 39.5% of their giving
$63K
30. United Way of Central Arkansas Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$135K
31. Marjorie W Crabaugh Charitable Foundation Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$60K
32. The Arkansas Chapter the American Institute of Architects
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 66.7% of their giving
$50K
33. Heart of Arkansas United Way
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$177K
34. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2022
$1.8M
35. Miss Arkansas Scholarship Organization Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2023 · 77.4% of their giving
$34K
36. Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $470K · through 2024
$841K
37. Little Rock Open Professional Tennis Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$30K
38. Council of Independent Colleges
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$406K
39. United Way of Northeast Arkansas
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$87K
40. Arkansas Right to Life Inc Ed Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$67K
41. Conway Regional Health Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2020 · 2.7% of their giving
$180K
42. The Fashion Footwear Charitable
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2021 · 3.3% of their giving
$135K
43. Pope County Farm Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
44. Yell County Farm Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
45. Conway County Farm Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$18K
46. River Valley United Way Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$48K
47. Maumelle Foundation for Education Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$14K
48. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$1.3M
49. Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance Limited
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$13K
50. United States Endowment for Forestry
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2022
$300K

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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