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Munro Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$191k
Granted FY2023
30
Grants FY2023
26
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$45,413
Organizations funded a year
26 to 75
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
4
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Munro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202326$191k31%
FY202257$46k42%
FY202175$77kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Education$61kArts & Culture$59kPublic Benefit$52kHealth$41kHousing & Shelter$19kReligion$16kEnvironment$13kPhilanthropy$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
SD
IA
PA
CT
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Munro Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Park College Foundation Inc$11,00021%
Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute$9,60031%
Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance$7,25038%
Mid-America Arts Alliance$6,25020%
Thea Foundation$6,25020%
The Sharing Foundation$6,00021%
Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts Inc$6,00021%
Arkansas Foodbank$6,00020%
Philander Smith College$5,50020%
Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc$5,25030%
Arkansas Council on Economic Education$5,00011%
Gaines House Inc$5,00011%
Womens Foundation of Arkansas$3,50020%
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Cooperative Christian Ministries & Clinic$3,25020%
Hendrix College$2,50010%
The Muses Inc$2,25020%
Arkansas Children's Hospital$2,25020%
Ouachita Baptist University$2,00020%
Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc$1,25020%
Foundation for the Mid South Inc$1,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,00020%
Mid America Science Museum$1,00010%
University of the Ozarks$1,00010%
Acansa Arts Festival$1,00010%
The Hill School$1,00010%
Opera in the Rock Inc$1,0002n/a
Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids Inc$1,00020%
Americans for the Arts Inc$1,00020%
Hope Enterprises Inc$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00020%
Ouachita Children Youth & Family Services Inc$1,00010%
Hot Springs Development Foundation$1,00011%
Paws for Purple Hearts$90020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$90020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$80020%
Hot Springs Jazz Society$7501n/a
Literacy Council of Garland County Inc$7501n/a
Population Connection$75020%
Our House Inc$75010%
Arkansas Humanities Council$50010%
The Wilderness Society$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$50010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$50010%
Project Hope Food Bank Inc$50010%
Finca International Inc$50010%
Southern Mutual Help Association Inc$50010%
Arkansas Hospice Foundation Inc$50010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$40010%
Humane World Action Fund$35010%
Friends of the Earth$35020%
Humane World for Animals International$35010%
Smithsonian Institution$25010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$25010%
St Josephs Indian School$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Munro Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Park College Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHot Springs Documentary Film Institute: $9,600 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHot Springs Area Cultural Alliance: $7,250 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetMid-America Arts Alliance: $6,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThea Foundation: $6,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Sharing Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWildwood Park for the Performing Arts Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetArkansas Foodbank: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilander Smith College: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $5,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArkansas Council on Economic Education: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGaines House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWomens Foundation of Arkansas: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Arkansas Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative Christian Ministries & Clinic: $3,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHendrix College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Muses Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetArkansas Children's Hospital: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOuachita Baptist University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKennesaw State University Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Mid South Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMid America Science Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the Ozarks: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAcansa Arts Festival: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hill School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPositive Atmosphere Reaches Kids Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Enterprises Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOuachita Children Youth & Family Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHot Springs Development Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Connection: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOur House Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Humanities Council: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Arbor Day Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Mutual Help Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArkansas Hospice Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World Action Fund: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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 Foundation IncAR52.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Morris Foundation Inc · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · C Louis and Mary C Cabe Foundation · Elisabeth D Wagner Foundation · Chi St Vincent Hospital Hot Springs (Fka Mercy Hospital Hot Springs) · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Murphy Foundation · Rebsamen Fund

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.

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About Munro Foundation

How much does Munro Foundation give?
Munro Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $191,229 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 75 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Munro Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (19%), Arts & Culture (19%), Public Benefit (16%).
Who are Munro Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: National Park College Foundation Inc ($11k), Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute ($10k), Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance ($7k).
Does Munro Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Munro Foundation 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 Munro Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Arvest Foundation, Morris Foundation Inc.
Where is Munro Foundation based?
Munro Foundation is based in AR.

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 107 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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