Public Charity

ARKANSAS BAR FOUNDATION

Based in LITTLE ROCK, AR, ARKANSAS BAR FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $343K in revenue, $267K in expenses, $6.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 14 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $476K.

EIN: 710331442 LITTLE ROCK, AR Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: I12 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$343K
Total Expenses$267K
Total Assets$6.5M
Grants Given14
Grant Total$476K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OTHE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ARKANSAS BAR FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES: TO IMPROVE AND FACILITATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF LAW; THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE THEREOF; AND THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF LAWYERS; TO CAUSE TO BE PUBLISHED AND TO DISTRIBUTE ADDRESSES, REPORTS, TREATISES AND OTHER LITERARY WORKS ON LEGAL SUBJECTS AND TO ACQUIRE, PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT RARE BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS OF ART, AND ITEMS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST HAVING LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE OR BEARING ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Where $100 goes at Arkansas Bar Foundation

How Arkansas Bar Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$28 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $72 for programs

$33
Funded special projects to improve the administration of justice, promote the study of law, enhance the judicial process, and promote professionalism among arkansas attorneys
46% of program spending
$31
Approximately fifty scholarships provided for law students at the university of arkansas and university of arkansas at Little Rock
43% of program spending
$8
Provided two professorships at university of arkansas law schools
11% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Given

LITTLE ROCK, AR · 2024
PROFESSORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RURAL INCUBATOR PROJECT
$45,201
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 2024
PROFESSORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND DELTA INITIATIVE PROJECT
$34,168
LITTLE ROCK, AR · 2023
PROFESSORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RURAL INCUBATOR PROJECT
$43,655
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
FAYETTEVILLE, AR · 2023
PROFESSORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND DELTA INITIATIVE PROJECT
$40,653
LITTLE ROCK, AR · 2022
PROFESSORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RURAL INCUBATOR PROJECT
$46,945

Showing up to 5 of 14 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ann Dixon Pyle
DIRECTOR C Michael Daily
DIRECTOR Darby V Doan
DIRECTOR David Grace
DIRECTOR E B Chip Chiles Iv
TRUST COMMITTEE CHAIR Grant E Fortson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$457,220 12 grants
Unspecified
$18,550 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $343K $267K $6.5M
2024 $188K $272K $6.1M
2023 $182K $265K $5.8M
2021 $158K $237K $6.4M
2020 $254K $244K $5.7M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $254K to $343K (+35%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AR.

AR

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