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James I Freeman Charitable Trust at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$63k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$502kReligion$228kArts & Culture$195kHealth$125kCrime & Legal$114kCivil Rights$100kRecreation & Sports$95kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $116k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BPS FOUNDATION$62,500
THE CHURCH ON SUGAR HILL$53,000
UAMS FOUNDATION$45,000
RAZORBACK FOUNDATION$30,000
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN$21,585
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION$20,000
CHRISTUS ST MICHAEL HEALTH SYSTEM F$18,860
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE FOUNDATION$16,600
TEXARKANA MUSEUM SYSTEM$5,000
HEARTLAND FORWARD$5,000
PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION$4,000
WALTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$3,000
TEXARKANA CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTE$2,500
LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $131k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $50k → 17%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $20k → 17%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $11k → 17%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $10k → 17%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $10k → 17%RUNNIN WJ RANCH: $1k → 19%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $10k → 17%RUNNIN WJ RANCH: $500 → 19%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF ARKAN: $990 → 17%ARKLATEX 100 CLUB: $1k → 19%ARKLATEX 100 CLUB: $1k → 19%PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION: $4k → 17%PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION: $4k → 17%PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION: $4k → 17%PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION: $4k → 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

MN
NY
NV
IA
CT
VA
MD
AR
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 36 repeat orgs$243k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
15

Total granted

$1.2M
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+26%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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
    6× · 2019–2024 · $112k · revenue +476%
  • CB
    Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc
    5× · 2019–2024 · $80k · revenue +12%
  • SA
    SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $58k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • HISPANIC FEDERATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +71%
  • HR
    HARVEST REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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 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
2
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
3
Foundation of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

To honor the legacy of Arkansas sports history

Arts & Culture
4
Arkansas Pharmacy Foundation

Promote profession of pharmacy in the state of arkansas.

Health
5
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc

To promote excellence in health care through evaluation and education

Health
6
Arkansas Hospice Inc

To enhance the quality of life for those facing serious illness and loss by surrounding them with love and embracing them with the best in physical, emotional and spiritual care programs and services, and to help donors meet their…

Human Services
7
Arkansas Hospice Foundation Inc

Arkansas hospice foundation is a non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to raise public awareness and financial support for arkansas hospice and related organization's programs and services, and to help donors meet…

Health
8
Arkansas Hospital Education and Research Trust Inc

Education & leadership training to improve patient care.

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9
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Advocating for the development and implementation of data-driven public policy that improves child well-being in arkansas, with a focus on economic security, education, health, early childhood, child welfare, juvenile justice, and racial…

Human Services
10
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

Renewing the land of opportunity by simplifying government and solving generational problems for the next generation.

Philanthropy
11
Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation

To promote awareness, encourage timely detection and support improved treatment and survivorship of prostate cancer in arkansas

Health
12
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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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 Linden-Music City Texas Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 61 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUGARHILL METHODIST CHURCH: $174,600 · OtherSUGARHILL METHODIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHRISTUS ST MICHAEL HEALTH SYSTEM F: $83,860 · OtherCHRISTUS ST MICHAEL HEALTH SYSTEM FBPS FOUNDATION: $62,500 · OtherBPS FOUNDATIONTHE CHURCH ON SUGAR HILL: $53,000 · OtherTHE CHURCH ON SUGAR HILLIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION ASSOCIATION: $31,000 · Other+27 more: $87,000 · Other+27 moreUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $399,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INCSOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $58,000 · EducationSOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION …RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · EducationRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INCOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $13,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS: $111,890 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S…PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION INC DBA PROJECT ZERO: $16,000 · Human ServicesPULASKI CO…+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $80,385 · Arts & CultureTEXARKANA REGIONAL ARTS & HUMANIT: $8,500 · Arts & CultureTEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS STATE POLICE FOUNDATION: $31,100 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $500 · Crime & LegalMAYO CLINIC: $14,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Health+3 more: $1,500 · HealthHeartland Forward Inc: $10,000 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$626,960Education$521,000Human Services$131,390Arts & Culture$95,885Crime & Legal$31,600Health$29,500Community Improvement$15,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $399,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS: $111,890 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $80,385 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBPS FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $58,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetARKANSAS STATE POLICE FOUNDATION: $31,100 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION ASSOCIATION: $31,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION INC DBA PROJECT ZERO: $16,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHeartland Forward Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXARKANA REGIONAL ARTS & HUMANIT: $8,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRandy Sams Outreach Shelter: $8,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEPISCOPAL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArklatex 100 Club: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetARKANSAS REPERTORY THEATRE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLinden-Music City Texas Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S PROTECTION CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOLFE STREET FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF TEXARKANA: $500 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS ↗
  • Who funds Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc ↗
  • Who funds BPS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS STATE POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PULASKI COUNTY ADOPTION COALITION INC DBA PROJECT ZERO ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Forward Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXARKANA REGIONAL ARTS & HUMANIT ↗
  • Who funds Randy Sams Outreach Shelter ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Arklatex 100 Club ↗

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…George H Dunklin Jr C…Cabe Cook FoundationRiggs Benevolent FundLpr FoundationThe Bobbie a Atkinson…Horace C Cabe Foundat…Patterson Troike Foun…Arvest FoundationVasco McCoy Jr Founda…Yates FoundationLanders Family Charit…
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR40.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 James I Freeman Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James I Freeman Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    8report 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 61 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-PF 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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