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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$89k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$860kFood & Nutrition$511kYouth Development$408kPublic Safety & Disaster$232kHealth$75kEnvironment$53kRecreation & Sports$15kArts & Culture$5k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $241,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $352,358 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $110,958 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $199k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARKANSAS HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY$88,600
ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION$60,300
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION$10,000
ARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION$10,000
GIRL SCOUT DIAMONDS OF ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA & TEXAS$7,500
ARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION$7,500
ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%American Red Cross of Arkansas: $50k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF ARKANSAS: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in AR; by stated purpose, 90%.

Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 9 repeat orgs$530k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
28

Total granted

$1.9M
$473k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+16%

Still filing today

89%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AF
    ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $891k · revenue +8% · 50% of their budget
  • AH
    ARKANSAS HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $244k · revenue +43% · 33% of their budget
  • A4
    ARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $227k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +674%
  • AT
    ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $75k · revenue -41%
  • AS
    ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $75k · revenue -19%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation
Philanthropy
2
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…

Food & Nutrition
3
Mississippi Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship Foundation
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4
Arkansas Rice Council

The arkansas rice council is the promotional arm of the arkansas rice industry. the arkansas rice council is affiliated with the usa rice council, which steers the course for domestic and international promotion of u.s.-grown rice.

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5
Arkansas Bankers Association Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Ark-La-Tex Agricultural Council

To promote and encourage agriculture production by educating youth and sponsoring exhibitions of livestock and farm products.

—
7
Arkansas Rice Federation

To serve as the state advocate for all segments of the arkansas rice industry, with a mission to promote and protect the interests of producers, millers, merchants and allied businesses.

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8
Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation & Relief Fund Inc

The organization's mission is to provide funds for research and education in agriculture in the state of mississippi.

Education
9
Wabash County Farm Bureau

To improve the economic well being of agriculture and enrich the quality of farm family life

—
10
Wsbz Farms

To advance farming, workforce development, and economic growth opportunities for socially under-served farmers, ranchers, veterans and youth within Arkansas' Pulaski and surrounding counties.

Environment
11
Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation
Education
12
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation

The arizona farm bureau is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving and improving the agriculture industry through member involvement in education, political activities, outreach programs, and services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Arkansas Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Garrett Memorial Christian School. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC: $890,695 · Youth DevelopmentARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INCARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $227,100 · Youth DevelopmentARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INCARKANSAS HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC: $244,075 · OtherARKANSAS HUNTERS FEEDING THE …UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE: $170,850 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVI…UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY+20 more: $150,000 · Other+20 moreUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKANS…ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationARKANSAS TECH UNIVER…ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationARKANSAS STATE UNIVE…LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationLONOKE SCHOOL DISTRI…LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationNational Agriculture in the Classroom Organization: $15,000 · Education+3 more: $30,000 · Education+3 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INC: $100,000 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $10,000 · Human ServicesBEAVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE: $52,500 · EnvironmentFOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Youth Development$1,117,795Other$614,925Education$435,000Health$100,000Human Services$65,000Environment$52,500Recreation & Sports$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC: $890,695 over 8y, 50% of budgetARKANSAS HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC: $244,075 over 3y, 33% of budgetARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $227,100 over 5y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE: $52,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetLONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetSUNBELT AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOUISIANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNational Agriculture in the Classroom Organization: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFOUR STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA - ARK CHAPTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS FARM BUREAU AG RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGARRETT MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetARKANSAS FOODBANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - DIAMONDS OF ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA & TEXAS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVAN BUREN COUNTY FARM BUREAU: $7,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetHEMPSTEAD COUNTY FARM BUREAU: $7,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBUFFALO ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,800 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetOLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetCRAIGHEAD COUNTY FARM BUREAU: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Arkansas Community Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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