Arkansas · Public charity
Communities Unlimited Inc
Communities Unlimited connects rural Americans to solutions that sustain healthy businesses, healthy communities and healthy lives through programs focused on community sustainability, entrepreneurship, charitable lending, healthy food and water initiatives.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $659k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,517
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $259,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $46M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Communities Unlimited Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $356k 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 | 18 | $659k | 78% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $356k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $141k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $159k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar State College | $310,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Eat Real Certified Inc | $206,351 | 1 | 4% |
| The Urban Institute | $111,000 | 2 | 0% |
| We Center | $100,000 | 1 | 51% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Belzoni-Humphreys County Industrial Development Foundation Inc | $67,447 | 2 | 60% |
| City of Crockett | $53,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises Inc | $37,167 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Flavors Inc | $36,856 | 2 | n/a |
| Urgent & Primary Care of Clarksdale | $27,225 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar State College | $310,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Eat Real Certified Inc | $206,351 | 1 | 4% |
| The Urban Institute | $111,000 | 2 | 0% |
| We Center | $100,000 | 1 | 51% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Belzoni-Humphreys County Industrial Development Foundation Inc | $67,447 | 2 | 60% |
| City of Crockett | $53,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises Inc | $37,167 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Flavors Inc | $36,856 | 2 | n/a |
| Urgent & Primary Care of Clarksdale | $27,225 | 2 | n/a |
| Mississippi State University | $25,740 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Zavalla | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Southway Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Mississippi Heritage Trust | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forge Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trenton Special School District | $23,280 | 2 | n/a |
| Weakley County Schools | $22,517 | 1 | n/a |
| Higher Purpose Hub | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Remix Ideas | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Pineland | $12,346 | 1 | n/a |
| Milan Special School District | $12,154 | 1 | n/a |
| Noxubee County Historical Society Inc | $11,889 | 1 | n/a |
| Arkansas United | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Vilonia Volunteer Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc | $8,036 | 1 | 0% |
| Rusk Education Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Frayser Community Development Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Paragould School District - 1513 W Court St Paragould Ar 72450 | $7,216 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Communities Unlimited Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: Local Initiatives Support Corporation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Communities Unlimited Inc
- How much does Communities Unlimited Inc give?
- Communities Unlimited Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $659,216, out of $1,160,594 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Communities Unlimited Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Food & Nutrition (29%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are Communities Unlimited Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lamar State College ($310k), Eat Real Certified Inc ($206k), The Urban Institute ($111k).
- Does Communities Unlimited Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Communities Unlimited Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Local Initiatives Support Corporation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Communities Unlimited Inc based?
- Communities Unlimited Inc is based in AR.
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