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Central Arkansas Planning & Development District Inc at a glance

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Central Arkansas Planning & Development District Inc

To administer various federal programs, for the purpose of assisting the employment and development of economically disadvantaged individuals and businesses.

$392k
Granted FY2018
24
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Community Improvement$915kHuman Services$131kEducation$99kHousing & Shelter$68kHealth$55kArts & Culture$52kYouth Development$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kOther$0
02FY2018 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $349,197, the rows itemized in this filing. The $391,505 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $42,308 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 · FY2018

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $324k
$14,680
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION$37,024
MONROE COUNTY$25,985
Individual grant recipient$20,000
SHORTER COLLEGE$19,505
JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT$19,016
UCA FOUNDATION - CONDUCTOR FUND$18,171
HARRIETT M AND WILLIAM B FOLSOM MEMORIAL LIBRARY$17,500
Individual grant recipient$16,990
FAULKNER COUNTY FAIR AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC$15,000
LONOKE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING$15,000
UNION RESCUE MISSION$14,926
Individual grant recipient$14,680
FAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING$13,900
MILTON PITTS CRENCHAW AVIATION TRAINING ACADEMY$12,500
SALINE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$12,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%RENEWAL RANCH: $15k → 12%THE CALL: $15k → 12%GAINES HOUSE INC: $10k → 12%CENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $10k → 12%LONOKE COUNTY SAFE HAVEN: $6k → 12%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.
03Its 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 Land & Farm Development Corporation

The organization provides training and service assistance to farm development, community education programs, land retention, program management, housing, rural and community development

Food & Nutrition
2
Arkansas Employment Career Center

Arkansas employment career centers' mission is to assist individuals with career opportunities through education and training. the primary target groups are individuals returning home from incarceration, veterans, homeless, and young…

Human Services
3
The Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
4
Area Agency On Aging of Western Arkansas

To provide comprehensive and coordinated programs for the elderly in counties of arkansas and oklahoma.

Human Services
5
Arkansas Construction Education Foundation

Provide educational programs for construction industries.

Education
6
Arkansas Cash for Kindness

To provide assistance to those in need living in the community.

Philanthropy
7
American Indian Center of Ark

To provide assistance to native americans in training and employment opportunities in the state of arkansas

Employment
8
Urban League of the State of Arkansas Inc

To improve education youth development health and wellness in African American communities throughout the State of Arkansas

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9
Foundation of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

To honor the legacy of Arkansas sports history

Arts & Culture
10
Legal Aid of Arkansas

To provide legal assistance & housing counseling to the underprivileged citizens of north arkansas.

Crime & Legal
11
Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation
Education
12
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundat

Provide african american awareness on arkansans who have made important contributions to society

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Arkansas Area Agency On Aging Inc; the most unlike its peers is Amboy Neighborhood Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 92 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF CONWAY: $148,879 · OtherCITY OF CONWAYJACKSON BROWN PALCULICT ARCHITECTS: $52,547 · OtherCITY OF LITTLE ROCK: $45,000 · Other+73 more: $1,079,669 · Other+73 moreJust Communities of Arkansas Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureRENEWAL RANCH: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE CALL: $14,573 · Human ServicesGAINES HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $9,999 · Human ServicesLONOKE COUNTY SAFE HAVEN INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesBRYANT YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC: $19,020 · Youth DevelopmentARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $17,454 · Youth DevelopmentARKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS: $8,100 · Youth DevelopmentCabot Crisis Pregnancy Center: $19,975 · HealthCARTI Foundation Inc: $17,652 · HealthUNION RESCUE MISSION: $14,926 · Housing & ShelterUNIVERSITY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF HAVEN OF REST CEMETERY: $21,375 · Membership Benefit
Other$1,326,095Arts & Culture$60,000Human Services$55,572Youth Development$54,574Health$37,627Housing & Shelter$24,926Membership Benefit$21,375

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $42,800 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $38,082 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJust Communities of Arkansas Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetARKANSAS ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC: $19,999 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCabot Crisis Pregnancy Center: $19,975 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSHORTER COLLEGE: $19,505 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRYANT YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC: $19,020 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $17,652 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $17,454 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJACKSONVILLE SENIOR WELLNESS AND ACTIVITY CENTER INC: $15,600 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetARKANSAS FOODBANK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWAL RANCH: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $14,926 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CALL: $14,573 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTRAL ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $10,251 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNORTH LITTLE ROCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetGAINES HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetARKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $9,999 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS: $8,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLONOKE COUNTY SAFE HAVEN INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetAMBOY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $5,970 over 1y, 67% 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.

  • Who funds FAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Just Communities of Arkansas Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HAVEN OF REST CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Cabot Crisis Pregnancy Center ↗
  • Who funds SHORTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BRYANT YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARTI Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS 4-H FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE SENIOR WELLNESS AND ACTIVITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds LONOKE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds RENEWAL RANCH ↗

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…Arvest FoundationNabholz Charitable Fo…Riggs Benevolent FundUnion Pacific Foundat…C Louis and Mary C Ca…Heart of Arkansas Uni…Delta Dental of Arkan…Central Arkansas Area…The Steve and Kathlee…Landers Family Charit…Eric Scott Bottin Fou…
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR35.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Nabholz Charitable Foundation · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Union Pacific Foundation · C Louis and Mary C Cabe Foundation · Heart of Arkansas United Way · Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc · Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging Inc · The Steve and Kathleen Jonsson Foundation · Landers Family Charitable Foundation · Eric Scott Bottin 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 Central Arkansas Planning & Development District Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Central Arkansas Planning & Development District Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    9report 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 92 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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