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The Coulson 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.

$257k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$495kPhilanthropy$455kEducation$213kRecreation & Sports$205kReligion$93kCrime & Legal$60kHousing & Shelter$56kPublic Safety & Disaster$47kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLINTON FOUNDATION$100,000
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
STEVEN SMITH MINISTRY$50,000
PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION$5,000
HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION$1,000
ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY$500
AR BLACK HALL OF FAME$350
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CONNECTION CHURCH NYC: $5k → 13%THE CLINTON FOUNDATION: $150k → 17%STEVEN SMITH MINISTRY: $50k → 16%CLINTON FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $81k → 20%THE CLINTON FOUNDATION: $75k → 17%SF MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%CLINTON FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $60k → 20%CLINTON FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%LR REGIONAL CHAMBER - METROCK NOW: $33k → 17%OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $30k → 20%THE CLINTON FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%METROCK NOW: $33k → 17%OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $25k → 20%METROCK NOW: $33k → 17%METROCK NOW: $33k → 17%LITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $33k → 17%DOWNTOWN LR PARTNERSHIP: $6k → 17%MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY: $5k → 17%ARKANSAS FIRST: $10k → 17%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $110k → 17%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $33k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $19k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $14k → 17%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 17%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS: $10k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS: $10k → 17%UALR FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%PULASKI CNTY SHERIFF PREV AND REENT: $50k → 17%PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%YOUTH HOME INC: $30k → 17%YOUTH HOME INC: $18k → 17%YOUTH HOME INC: $18k → 17%YOUTH HOME INC: $13k → 17%IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH: $4k → 17%YOUTH HOME INC: $8k → 17%YOUTH HOME: $6k → 17%YOUTH HOME: $5k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 18 repeat orgs$303k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
27

Total granted

$1.6M
$251k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

61%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • BH
    BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $455k · revenue +13%
  • OB
    OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $196k · revenue +24%
  • YH
    YOUTH HOME INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UF
    UALR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • PC
    PULASKI CNTY SHERIFF PREV AND REENT
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $33k
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
Central Arkansas Development Council

To provide services to low income individuals.

Community Improvement
2
Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation
Education
3
Arkansas Bankers Association Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Arkansas Humanities Council

The purpose of the arkansas humanities council is to promote understanding, appreciation, and use of the humanities in arkansas. to achieve its purpose, the council awards grants through a competitive application process to nonprofit…

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5
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
6
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

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

Philanthropy
7
Arkansas Construction Education Foundation

Provide educational programs for construction industries.

Education
8
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

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

Philanthropy
9
New Generation Inc

Usher in leadership & policies that make arkansas the best place to live, work, and raise a family.

Community Improvement
10
Arkansas Cash for Kindness

To provide assistance to those in need living in the community.

Philanthropy
11
The Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
12
Arkansas United

Arkansas United is dedicated to empowering immigrants and their communities through community organizing, leadership development, advocacy, promoting civic engagement, and immigrant integration.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arkansas Values Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arkansas First Incorporated. 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

25 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. 25 of the 48 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $455,000 · HealthBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATIONBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $388,334 · HealthBaptist Health Foundation IncYOUTH HOME INC: $100,500 · HealthYOUTH HOME INC+2 more: $8,500 · HealthAR BOATHOUSE CLUB: $196,603 · OtherAR BOATHOUSE CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUALR FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherUALR FOUNDATIONPULASKI CNTY SHERIFF PREV AND REENT: $50,000 · OtherPULASKI CNTY SHERIFF PREV AND REENTSTEVEN SMITH MINISTRY: $50,000 · OtherSTEVEN SMITH MINISTRYAMERICAN RED CROSS: $46,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSIndividual grant recipient: $33,334 · OtherLITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $33,333 · OtherSF MINISTRIES: $25,000 · Other+22 more: $81,994 · Other+22 moreOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $196,250 · EducationOUACHITA BAP…Arkansas FIRST Incorporated: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $3,800 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterARKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY: $7,000 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS BLACK HALL OF FAME FOUNDAT: $3,000 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureTHE DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK PARTNERSHIP: $6,000 · Community Improvement
Health$952,334Other$666,764Education$210,050Housing & Shelter$21,000Civil Rights$15,000Arts & Culture$12,750Community Improvement$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $455,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $388,334 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetOUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $196,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH HOME INC: $100,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $33,333 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetARKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetArkansas FIRST Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK PARTNERSHIP: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS BLACK HALL OF FAME FOUNDAT: $3,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetARKANSAS ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL STATE COUNCIL: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY PARKS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDELTA PRESENTS OUTREACH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUrban League of the State of Arkansas Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlexandria Symphony Orchestra: $250 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 BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Baptist Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE ROCK REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Arkansas FIRST Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY ↗
  • Who funds THE DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CARTI Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS & NORTH LOUISIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS BLACK HALL OF FAME FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL STATE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CITY PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ↗

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…Arvest FoundationRiggs Benevolent FundRoy and Christine Stu…Windgate Charitable F…Trinity FoundationStella Smith Charitab…The Hussman FoundationNabholz Charitable Fo…Union Pacific Foundat…Vogel Schwartz Founda…The Ross Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR42× affinity19 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 · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Trinity Foundation · Stella Smith Charitable Trust · The Hussman Foundation · Nabholz Charitable Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Vogel Schwartz Foundation Inc · The Ross 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 The Coulson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Coulson 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Coulson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Coulson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 48 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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