Arkansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Youth Development in Arkansas

Imperigo has identified 99 funders that made 767 grants totaling $28.6M to 95 youth development organizations in Arkansas, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Youth Development Funding in Arkansas

Total granted $28.6M
Funders 99
Grants 767
Organizations funded 95

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Healthy Connections Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $283K · through 2024 · 59.7% of their giving
$1.9M
2. United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc
20 grants to 4 organizations · largest $211K · through 2024 · 24.8% of their giving
$1.8M
3. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)
89 grants to 16 organizations · largest $378K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$6.7M
4. Little Rock Boys and Girls Club Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $220K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$498K
5. Economics Arkansas Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$388K
6. United Way of Columbia County Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 27.7% of their giving
$182K
7. Fort Smith Girls Club Endowment
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$173K
8. Vcc Cares Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $41K · through 2025 · 17.0% of their giving
$143K
9. Heart of Arkansas United Way
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$272K
10. United Way of Union County Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$418K
11. Arkansas Champions Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 57.1% of their giving
$100K
12. Fifty for The Future
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 34.8% of their giving
$75K
13. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2020 · 72.3% of their giving
$67K
14. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
154 grants to 33 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024
$1.7M
15. Pure Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $391K · through 2024
$1.2M
16. Independence County Farm Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
17. Care and Share Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$64K
18. Barley Hops & Water
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 16.8% of their giving
$25K
19. Riggs Employee's Fund
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2025 · 6.9% of their giving
$60K
20. The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$146K
21. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $271K · through 2023
$543K
22. United Way of Northeast Arkansas
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$57K
23. Arkansas Humanities Council
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2020 · 3.0% of their giving
$50K
24. Excellerate Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$50K
25. Petit Jean Regional Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2021 · 36.7% of their giving
$6K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to youth development 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. 10 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 youth development 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 youth development funding in Arkansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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