Arkansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Arkansas

Imperigo has identified 304 funders that made 2,825 grants totaling $169.5M to 298 human services organizations in Arkansas, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Arkansas

Total granted $169.5M
Funders 304
Grants 2,825
Organizations funded 298

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
56 grants to 20 organizations · largest $218K · through 2024 · 65.6% of their giving
$4.3M
2. Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas
23 grants to 5 organizations · largest $372K · through 2024 · 26.8% of their giving
$3.7M
3. Area Agency on Aging of Western Arkansas
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $269K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$3.3M
4. Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $890K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.3M
5. Centers for Youth and Families Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
6. White River Area Agency on Aging Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $543K · through 2022 · 37.1% of their giving
$2.9M
7. Methodist Family Health Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.6M · through 2022 · 46.7% of their giving
$2.6M
8. Oaklawn Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $594K · through 2024 · 27.4% of their giving
$2.3M
9. United Way of Union County Inc
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 24.2% of their giving
$2.1M
10. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
653 grants to 110 organizations · largest $275K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$9.6M
11. Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $196K · through 2024 · 24.5% of their giving
$1.5M
12. Area Agency on Aging of Southwest Ar Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $361K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$1.7M
13. Fort Smith Children's Emergency Shelter Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $431K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
14. The Avalon Network Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$3.3M
15. United Way of Central Arkansas Inc
42 grants to 9 organizations · largest $63K · through 2024 · 56.9% of their giving
$850K
16. United Way of Northeast Arkansas
28 grants to 7 organizations · largest $68K · through 2024 · 57.4% of their giving
$796K
17. Area Agency on Aging of West Central Ark
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $393K · through 2024 · 13.3% of their giving
$1.1M
18. Progressive Eldercare Services - Bryant Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $349K · through 2020 · 80.0% of their giving
$699K
19. Area Agency on Aging of Nwa Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $323K · through 2021 · 63.7% of their giving
$582K
20. Heart of Arkansas United Way
37 grants to 12 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$602K
21. Washington Regional Medical Center Auxiliary
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2024 · 70.7% of their giving
$386K
22. The Cancer Challenge
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2024 · 26.7% of their giving
$350K
23. Butterfield Trail Village Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$349K
24. River Valley United Way Inc
19 grants to 5 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$328K
25. Ray of Sunshine Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $292K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$292K

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

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