Arkansas · Public charity
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Farm bureau is an independent, voluntary organization of farm and ranch families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational improvement, economic opportunity, social advancement and promote the national well-being. Farm bureau is nonpartison, nonsectarian, nongovernmental and…
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $40k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $82M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $392k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $425k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $190k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $411k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $662k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $420k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation | $2,279,137 | 8 | 56% |
| Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation | $257,000 | 1 | 73% |
| Arkansas Livestock Show Association | $77,189 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $67,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Arkansas FFA Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Arkansas Youth Expo | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yell County Fair Association | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Grove | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation | $2,279,137 | 8 | 56% |
| Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation | $257,000 | 1 | 73% |
| Arkansas Livestock Show Association | $77,189 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $67,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Arkansas FFA Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Arkansas Youth Expo | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yell County Fair Association | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Grove | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Co-Op Effort | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hartman Cemetery Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Capitol Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Foodbank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
- How much does Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation give?
- Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $40,000, out of $64,650 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (91%), Education (3%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation ($2.3M), Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation ($257k), Arkansas Livestock Show Association ($77k).
- Does Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation based?
- Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation is based in AR.
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