Arkansas · Private foundation
Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2026
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $9,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $657k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 26% of the organizations Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 20 | $45k | 35% |
| FY2025 | 19 | $38k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $28k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $29k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $27k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $25k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $34k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ag for Autism | $24,000 | 9 | 2% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arkansas Seed Dealers Association | $11,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Ministry Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Im Your Huckleberry Rescue | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta Symphony Orchestra | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Westside Band Boosters Incorporated | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($240k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust
- How much does Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust give?
- Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust reported 20 grants totaling $44,900 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (49%), Health (19%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Ag for Autism ($24k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($22k), Arkansas Seed Dealers Association ($11k).
- Does Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leo Sellmeyer 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 Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust based?
- Leo Sellmeyer Charitable Trust is based in AR.
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