Arkansas · Private foundation
James I Freeman Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $324k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $62,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 33
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations James I Freeman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $324k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $254k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $201k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $224k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $215k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $217k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $399,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas | $111,890 | 6 | 3% |
| Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc | $80,385 | 5 | 0% |
| Bps Foundation | $62,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Arkansas University Foundation Inc | $58,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arkansas State Police Foundation | $31,100 | 6 | 1% |
| Arkansas Governor's Mansion Association | $31,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Razorback Foundation Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ouachita Baptist University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pulaski County Adoption Coalition Inc Dba Project Zero | $16,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($515k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James I Freeman 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: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · George H Dunklin Jr Charitable Foundation · Cabe Cook Foundation · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Lpr Foundation · The Bobbie a Atkinson Foundation · Horace C Cabe Foundation · Patterson Troike Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Vasco McCoy Jr Foundation · Yates Foundation · Landers Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About James I Freeman Charitable Trust
- How much does James I Freeman Charitable Trust give?
- James I Freeman Charitable Trust reported 32 grants totaling $323,545 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 33 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does James I Freeman Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Religion (16%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are James I Freeman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of Arkansas Foundation Inc ($399k), Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas ($112k), Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc ($80k).
- Does James I Freeman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James I Freeman 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 James I Freeman Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, George H Dunklin Jr Charitable Foundation, Cabe Cook Foundation.
- Where is James I Freeman Charitable Trust based?
- James I Freeman Charitable Trust is based in AR.
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