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Excellerate Foundation

EXCELLERATE FOUNDATION is committed to ensuring that all residents of northwest arkansas are mentally and physically health, safe, and economically and socially stable.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$458kHuman Services$183kCrime & Legal$73kEmployment$60kHousing & Shelter$40kCommunity Improvement$10kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $470,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,177,057 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,706,557 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $350k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN BENTON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP$50,000
ROGERS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT$50,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY$25,000
ROO'S WORLD$25,000
CARE COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
THE JONES CENTER FOR FAMIES$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON CO INC$25,000
XTREME ACHIEVERS$25,000
DECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
PEARL$25,000
SUNSHINE SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER$20,000
CLOTHES TO CHILDREN$16,000
ARKANSAS COALITION OF MARSHALLESE$15,000
LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS$13,000
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 (FY18–24, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CREDIT COUNSELING OF ARKANSAS: $60k → 14%THE JONES CENTER FOR FAMIES: $25k → 14%ARKANSAS COALITION OF MARSHALLESE: $15k → 14%CARE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 8%7HILLS HOMELESS CENTER: $10k → 14%SUNSHINE SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS NWA: $11k → 8%DIVA AND DUDE OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 8%LIFELINE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10k → 8%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
Central Arkansas Development Council

To provide services to low income individuals.

Community Improvement
2
The Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
3
Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Provide help to domestic violence victims and encourage community efforts to promote domestic peace.

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4
Northeast Arkansas Regional Aids Network Dba Arkansas Supportive Svc

The organization provides housing assistance, counseling, and education to persons with aids, persons who are hiv positive, and their families and significant others as well as providing related education and training to meet the needs of…

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5
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
6
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank

To nourish northwest arkansas communities by feeding hungry people through partnerships with other hunger relief organizations.

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7
Northwest Arkansas Workers Justice Center

Personal development of people through community outreach and training with regard to labor rights and health issues.

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8
Arkansas Justice Collective Aiding Survivors of Trafficking and Chil

Arkansas justice collective is a nonprofit law firm serving survivors of trafficking and child abuse across arkansas and the region.

Public Benefit
9
Casa of North Arkansas

The organization and its volunteers serve as advocates for abused and neglected children.

Civil Rights
10
Rise House Arkansas

To provide assistance to victims of domestic abuse and to educate the community to work toward the prevention of family violence.

Human Services
11
Northwest Arkansas Crisis Center Dba Ark

To restore hope, empower people and save lives through suicide awareness and crisis intervention service for those experiencing crisis in arkansas

Health
12
Northcentral Arkansas Development Council Inc

Organization was established for charitable and educational purposes for the economically disadvantaged in the north central arkansas region.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Credit Counseling of Arkansas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dress for Success Northwest Arkansas. 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

35 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. 35 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
17/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $2,238,469 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAMBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $302,672 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FDARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $289,718 · PhilanthropyARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $159,852 · PhilanthropyRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $118,832 · Philanthropy+3 more: $122,451 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $292,407 · Community ImprovementWESTERN BENTON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · Community ImprovementGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC: $60,000 · OtherPEACE AT HOME FAMILY SHELTER INC: $60,000 · OtherRogers Public Schools: $50,000 · OtherDECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICT: $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $25,000 · OtherCLOTHES TO CHILDREN: $16,000 · OtherPOSITIVE ENERGY AFFECTING RECOVERING LIVES INC: $25,000 · Other+8 more: $51,065 · OtherCREDIT COUNSELING OF ARKANSAS INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $60,000 · Human ServicesTHE JONES CENTER FOR FAMILIES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCARE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesSUNSHINE SCHOOL & DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesArkansas Coalition of Marshallese I: $15,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10,500 · Human ServicesLIFE LINE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10,000 · Human ServicesSEVEN HILLS HOMELESS CENTER INC: $9,600 · Human Services+2 more: $15,500 · Human ServicesLEGAL AID OF ARKANSAS: $73,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY: $25,000 · Crime & LegalROO'S WORLD AFTERSCHOOL CARE & SUMMER CAMP: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentXtreme Achievers: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF B'VILLE BELLA: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CONTINUUM OF CARE: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$3,231,994Community Improvement$342,407Other$312,065Human Services$250,600Crime & Legal$98,000Youth Development$50,000Housing & Shelter$35,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $292,407 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $289,718 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $159,852 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $118,832 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $87,451 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL AID OF ARKANSAS: $73,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCREDIT COUNSELING OF ARKANSAS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEACE AT HOME FAMILY SHELTER INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN BENTON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetROO'S WORLD AFTERSCHOOL CARE & SUMMER CAMP: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON CO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetXtreme Achievers: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF B'VILLE BELLA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JONES CENTER FOR FAMILIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetArkansas Coalition of Marshallese I: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe United Way of Gentry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLIFE LINE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CONTINUUM OF CARE: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSEVEN HILLS HOMELESS CENTER INC: $9,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARTS & SCIENCE OF DIVAOLOGY: $8,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFor The Love: $5,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLIFE STYLES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Wal-Mart FoundationExcellerate Foundatio…Alice L Walton Founda…Walton Family Foundat…Arvest FoundationMcKinney C & a Charit…The Schmieding Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Claude and Betty …Pure IncServant Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR46.9× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Wal-Mart Foundation · Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support · Alice L Walton Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · McKinney C & a Charitable Trust · The Schmieding Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Claude and Betty Harris Foundation Inc · Pure Inc · Servant 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 Excellerate Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Excellerate Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 42 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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