· Private foundation
Doss T Sutton Charitable Foundation Mark Barr and Joe Powers
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $86k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF FORT SMITH | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE CLEARINGHOUSE | $16,000 |
| METHODIST VILLAGE | $15,000 |
| COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS | $10,000 |
| US MARSHALLS MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| UAFS FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| FORT SMITH BOYS AND GIRLS | $7,000 |
| ARKANSAS FAMILY ALLIANCE | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY RESCUE MISSION | $5,000 |
| FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY | $5,000 |
| HEART TO HEART | $2,000 |
| FORT SMITH REGIONAL ART MUSEUM | $1,800 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -99% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCOMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE8× · 2018–2025 · $114k · revenue +4%
- FSFORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS6× · 2018–2023 · $30k · revenue +19%
- FSFORT SMITH CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER6× · 2018–2023 · $22k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- SCSEBASTIAN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -99%
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.
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.
To support the activities of the fort smith children's emergency shelter, inc. through education and philanthropic activities.
To protect, preserve, and promote the wm. h. h. clayton house and the victorian era of fort smith.
Education of students from three years through eighth grade.
Our mission is to provide non-lethal solutions to the homeless, abandoned, and feral animal population of fort smith, arkansas. we will do this through re-unifying animals with their owners, adopting animals to new families, or…
From conception to birth and beyond, we uphold the sanctity of human life; sharing the gospel of jesus christ, offering knowledge, medical services and support.
Funding of library projects.
To provide support for the fort smith boys & girls club operating needs.
The fort smith symphony association is dedicated to providing our community with excellent orchestral programs which entertain, educate, and enhance the quality of life.
To provide a home for girls and suitable placements for girls in the event of the need for emergency placement.
Maintain a professional society of physicians.
To provide shelter, food, education, counseling, medical care, clothing and supplies to troubled boys in fort smith, arkansas and the surrounding area.
To preserve Fort Mill's heritage for the benefit of present and future generations.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 METHODIST VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE ↗
- Who funds US MARSHALS MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds FORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds FORT SMITH CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER ↗
- Who funds FORT SMITH ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CHILDCARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ARKANSAS FAMILY ALLIANCE F/K/A WHITSONLIFE INC ↗
- Who funds SEBASTIAN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
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: William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Maurras Family Charitable Trust · The Griffin Charitable Organization · Robert a & Mary Carleton Young Foundation · Rosalie Tilles Childrens Home Inc · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Doss T Sutton Charitable Foundation Mark Barr and Joe Powers funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Doss T Sutton Charitable Foundation Mark Barr and Joe Powers. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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