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John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation at a glance

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John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation

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.

$194k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$272kEducation$241kFood & Nutrition$192kHousing & Shelter$173kArts & Culture$145kHuman Services$77kRecreation & Sports$71kEnvironment$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$6,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUNGER ALLIANCE$55,000
ACCESS GROUP INC$28,000
METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS$20,000
PARK$10,000
YOUTH HOME FOR GIRLS CIRCLE$10,000
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE$10,000
LR COMPASSION CENTER$10,000
POTLUCK INC$6,000
AR CINEMA SOCIETY$5,000
EASTERSEALS$5,000
CAMP ALDERSGATE INC$5,000
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$1,000
ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$1,000
THEA FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%THEA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THEA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THEA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THEA FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 25 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
14

Total granted

$1.1M
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+19%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MF
    METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $207k · revenue +140%
  • AG
    ACCESS GROUP INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $173k · revenue +151%
  • OH
    OUR HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +128%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAY JONES SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
    one grant, 2017 · $23k
  • AH
    ARKANSAS HOSPICE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +52%
  • UF
    UAMS FOUNDATION FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $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 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
2
The Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
3
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
4
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc

To promote excellence in health care through evaluation and education

Health
5
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

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

Philanthropy
6
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

Arkansas community foundation engages people, connects resources and inspires solutions to build community.

Philanthropy
7
Arkansas Baptist Children's Home & Family Ministries

We build, strengthen and restore arkansas families for god's glory.

Human Services
8
Arkansas Bankers Association Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Arkansas Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The foundation's mission is to broaden and enhance educational and employment opportunities for persons with visual impairments.

Education
10
Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation

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

Health
11
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
12
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
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 Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation 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

23 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. 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER: $107,100 · OtherARKANSAS ARTS CENTEROUR HOUSE INC: $88,000 · OtherOUR HOUSE INCHUNGER ALLIANCE: $75,000 · OtherHUNGER ALLIANCEUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCKPARK: $30,400 · OtherPARKARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $28,500 · OtherARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAY JONES SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE: $22,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $17,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN VILLAGE: $24,900 · Other+16 more: $49,300 · Other+16 moreMETHODIST FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $207,000 · HealthMETHODIST FAMILY HEALTH …YOUTH HOME INC: $32,000 · HealthYOUTH HOME INCARKANSAS HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $10,100 · HealthALZHEIMER'S ARKANSAS PROGRAMS & SERVICES: $9,500 · Health+2 more: $6,100 · HealthACCESS GROUP INC: $173,100 · EducationACCESS GROUP INC+3 more: $3,600 · EducationARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $75,600 · Food & NutritionARKANSAS H…POTLUCK INC: $40,450 · Food & NutritionPOTLUCK IN…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC: $85,100 · Housing & ShelterWOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $25,500 · Human ServicesTHEA FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCAMP ALDERSGATE INC: $38,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$482,700Health$264,700Education$176,700Food & Nutrition$116,050Housing & Shelter$85,100Human Services$42,500Recreation & Sports$38,000

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 budgetMETHODIST FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $207,000 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetACCESS GROUP INC: $173,100 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $88,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC: $85,100 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $75,600 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPOTLUCK INC: $40,450 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetCAMP ALDERSGATE INC: $38,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH HOME INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $25,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN VILLAGE: $24,900 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHEA FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetARKANSAS HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $10,100 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S ARKANSAS PROGRAMS & SERVICES: $9,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYON COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PULASKI COUNTY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $100 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 METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds POTLUCK INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ALDERSGATE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THEA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S ARKANSAS PROGRAMS & SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds LYON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF PULASKI COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Inc ↗

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…Roy and Christine Stu…Windgate Charitable F…Arvest FoundationRiggs Benevolent FundNabholz Charitable Fo…Heart of Arkansas Uni…Brown FoundationWilliam H Bowen Famil…Bass Family Charitabl…The Robert C and Anne…Clarence E Anthony Ch…
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR36.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Nabholz Charitable Foundation · Heart of Arkansas United Way · Brown Foundation · William H Bowen Family Foundation · Bass Family Charitable Foundation · The Robert C and Anne a Hickman Foundation · Clarence E Anthony Charitable Trust

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 John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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