Arkansas · Public charity
Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation
ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION (the "foundation") is organized for charitable and educational purposes to further the understanding of agricultural and rural issues, and to support the agricultural and rural community through financial support for education, research, litigation, and disaster relief.
- $352k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $241k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $88,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 5 | $241k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $659k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $374k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $169k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $514k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $178k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $122k | 75% |
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 FFA Foundation Inc | $890,695 | 8 | 50% |
| Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry Inc | $244,075 | 3 | 33% |
| Arkansas 4-H Foundation Inc | $227,100 | 5 | 10% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture | $170,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Arkansas Tech University Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beaver Watershed Alliance | $52,500 | 3 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 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.
Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation
- How much does Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation give?
- Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $241,400, out of $352,358 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Food & Nutrition (24%), Youth Development (19%).
- Who are Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arkansas FFA Foundation Inc ($891k), Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry Inc ($244k), Arkansas 4-H Foundation Inc ($227k).
- Does Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation based?
- Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation is based in AR.
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