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Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas Inc at a glance

· Public charity

Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas Inc

Promote oral health and vision health in the state of arkansas and to improve the awareness and education of the public on oral and vision health matters.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$2.6M
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.

Health$6.4MEducation$164kCommunity Improvement$152kCrime & Legal$132kHuman Services$85kPublic Safety & Disaster$80kRecreation & Sports$77kPhilanthropy$44kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $183k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $108k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.6M
$18,720
Median grant
4
States reached
$185M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELTA DENTAL OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC$2,597,063
RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$108,180
AMERICAN RED CROSS$30,000
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA$25,000
ARKANSAS VENTURE CENTER$25,000
THEA FOUNDATION$20,000
ARKANSAS STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION$18,720
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS$15,319
US HARDCOURT PICKLEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP$15,000
ARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME$12,500
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,750
MID-AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM$10,350
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS$5,447
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $188k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Brandon Burslworth: $6k → 13%Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas: $70k → 17%MID-AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM: $21k → 17%Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas: $25k → 17%Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas: $10k → 17%THEA FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%Thea Foundation: $6k → 17%World Services for the Blind: $10k → 17%Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
IA
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.7M · 15 repeat orgs$529k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
25

Total granted

$6.7M
$286k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+42%

Still filing today

100%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS
    4× · 2018–2021 · $125k · revenue +637%
  • BH
    Baptist Health Foundation Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $112k · revenue +147%
  • MA
    MID AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $48k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • RP
    Republic Party of Arkansas
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • LR
    LITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue +51%
  • OH
    ORAL HEALTHCARE FOR ALL FOUNDATIONS
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
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 Bankers Association Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Foundation of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

To honor the legacy of Arkansas sports history

Arts & Culture
3
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc

To promote excellence in health care through evaluation and education

Health
4
Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation
Education
5
Arkansas Pharmacy Foundation

Promote profession of pharmacy in the state of arkansas.

Health
6
Arkansas Education Association

Advocate for educational professionals and unite our members and the state to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

Education
7
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundat

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

Arts & Culture
8
Fort Smith Chamber Educational Development Foundation Inc

Recruitment of jobs and capital investment in fort smith, ar

Community Improvement
9
Arkansas Health Care Association

Arkansas health care association was organized for the following purposes: (a) to maintain high standard of quality care and administration of nursing homes and similar health care facilities, (b) to create greater opportunities for the…

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10
Arkansas Hospital Education and Research Trust Inc

Education & leadership training to improve patient care.

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11
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Foundation

The purpose of the arkansas state chamber of commerce foundation is to serve as the policy development and educational arm of the chamber.

Community Improvement
12
Arkansas Construction Education Foundation

Provide educational programs for construction industries.

Education
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 Oral Healthcare for All Foundations. 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

40 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. 40 of the 48 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELTA DENTAL OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $6,167,397 · PhilanthropyDELTA DENTAL OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $65,300 · PhilanthropyRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $108,180 · OtherRepublic Party of Arkansas: $30,000 · OtherLITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $23,000 · OtherORAL HEALTHCARE FOR ALL FOUNDATIONS: $17,750 · OtherArkansas Business Publishing Group: $16,500 · OtherSherwood Chamber of Commerce: $16,100 · OtherUS HARDCOURT PICKLEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: $15,000 · OtherArkansas State Chamber of Commerce: $13,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK: $12,500 · OtherLITTLE ROCK ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN: $12,000 · OtherARKANSAS FOODBANK: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS: $15,319 · Other+7 more: $50,750 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS: $124,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $26,700 · Human ServicesTHEA FOUNDATION: $26,415 · Human ServicesWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $15,500 · Human ServicesIMMERSE ARKANSAS: $10,000 · Human ServicesVINE AND VILLAGE: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $111,500 · HealthFRANK & BARBARA BROYLES LEGACY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthMEDICAID MEDICARE CHIP SERVICES DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $28,500 · HealthARKANSAS STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $18,720 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,050 · HealthCARTI Foundation Inc: $10,500 · HealthBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthMID AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM: $48,350 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $5,447 · Arts & CulturePhilander Smith College: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationARKANSAS VENTURE CENTER: $25,000 · Community ImprovementARKANSAS SHRM STATE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementWOMENS FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS: $10,750 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$6,232,697Other$350,599Human Services$249,115Health$230,270Arts & Culture$93,797Education$53,500Community Improvement$50,750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDELTA DENTAL OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $6,167,397 over 2y, 90% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS: $124,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $111,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMID AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM: $48,350 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $40,300 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $40,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANK & BARBARA BROYLES LEGACY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetMEDICAID MEDICARE CHIP SERVICES DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $28,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $26,700 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHEA FOUNDATION: $26,415 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARKANSAS VENTURE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $23,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetARKANSAS FOODBANK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilander Smith College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $18,720 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSherwood Chamber of Commerce: $16,100 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $15,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS: $15,319 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS SHRM STATE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWOMENS FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS: $10,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIMMERSE ARKANSAS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARKANSAS STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVINE AND VILLAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONWAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $6,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION FORT SMITH: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBRANDON BURLSWORTH FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $5,447 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Arvest FoundationRiggs Benevolent FundWindgate Charitable F…Lpr FoundationThe Hussman FoundationArkansas Children's H…Delta Dental of Arkan…Frank D Hickingbotham…Roy & Christine Sturg…Horace C Cabe Foundat…St Vincent Infirmary …
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR40.4× affinity19 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 · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Lpr Foundation · The Hussman Foundation · Arkansas Children's Hospital · Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc · Frank D Hickingbotham Foundation Trust · Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust · Horace C Cabe Foundation · St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center

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 Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delta Dental Plan of Arkansas Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%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
    15report 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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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