Arkansas · Private foundation
The Barnes 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.
- $172k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
84% of The Barnes Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Barnes Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $172k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $73,421
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Barnes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k 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 | 7 | $172k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $165k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $118k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $124k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $96k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $133k | n/a |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Anthony School | $125,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Womens Initiative International Inc | $110,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Arkansas State Golf Association | $78,421 | 2 | 4% |
| Immerse Arkansas | $62,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arkansas Baptist College Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Arkansas Baptist Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Acts 4 Rwanda Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Henderson State University Foundation | $44,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Little Rock Christian Academy Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $31,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Anthony School | $125,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Womens Initiative International Inc | $110,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Arkansas State Golf Association | $78,421 | 2 | 4% |
| Immerse Arkansas | $62,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arkansas Baptist College Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Arkansas Baptist Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Acts 4 Rwanda Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Henderson State University Foundation | $44,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Little Rock Christian Academy Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $31,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Christ Community Church | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Connections for Youth and Families Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 56% |
| Our House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pulaski Academy | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Explore Ministries Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($273k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Barnes Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Barnes Family Foundation
- How much does The Barnes Family Foundation give?
- The Barnes Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $172,421 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Barnes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Education (25%), International (14%).
- Who are The Barnes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Anthony School ($125k), Womens Initiative International Inc ($110k), Arkansas State Golf Association ($78k).
- Does The Barnes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barnes Family 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 The Barnes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Riggs Benevolent Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Barnes Family Foundation based?
- The Barnes Family Foundation is based in AR.
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