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 2 of 4

26. Pure Inc
45 grants to 22 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$2.8M
27. Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $305K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$1.0M
28. Riggs Employee's Fund
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $22K · through 2025 · 24.8% of their giving
$214K
29. M18 Recovery Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $206K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$206K
30. Arkansas Right to Life Inc Ed Fund
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 20.9% of their giving
$192K
31. Excellerate Foundation
10 grants to 10 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$241K
32. United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $101K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$491K
33. Nwa Challenge for Hope Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2024 · 65.6% of their giving
$153K
34. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
111 grants to 33 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024
$16.0M
35. Hope Landing Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$107K
36. The Adc Legacy Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $107K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$107K
37. Veterans United Foundation
17 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025 · 1.4% of their giving
$1.2M
38. The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas
11 grants to 8 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$240K
39. Mercy in Deed Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 19.3% of their giving
$42K
40. Beer and Hymns Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 36.9% of their giving
$36K
41. Northwest Medical Center Auxiliary
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 56.1% of their giving
$35K
42. Rotary Club of Russellville Foundat
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$33K
43. United Way of Columbia County Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 9.8% of their giving
$64K
44. The Hat Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2023 · 21.6% of their giving
$32K
45. Southern Legacy of Life
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$30K
46. Arkansas Public School Resource Center
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $285K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$443K
47. Park Partners of Fort Smith Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$23K
48. Impactassetsinc
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $773K · through 2024
$2.3M
49. The Steel Horse Rally Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 16.3% of their giving
$23K
50. United Way of Greater Texarkana Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2025 · 3.1% of their giving
$108K

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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