Arkansas · Private foundation
Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust
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.
- $150k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,690
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 38 | $150k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 45 | $150k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $152k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $157k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 50 | $194k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $147k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $152k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $149k | 71% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $106,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $38,000 | 7 | n/a |
| New Life Fellowship Church Corporation | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Operation Shoestring Inc | $21,167 | 7 | 0% |
| Magee Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stewpot Community Services Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Michael Catholic Church | $17,500 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Programs Inc | $16,400 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($799k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · The Scott Foundation · The Pruet Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust
- How much does Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust give?
- Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust reported 41 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Religion (16%), Animals (10%).
- Who are Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Mississippi Foundation ($106k), Arkansas State University ($38k), New Life Fellowship Church Corporation ($30k).
- Does Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Mississippi, Ergon Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc.
- Where is Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust based?
- Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust is based in AR.
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