Arkansas · Public charity
The Degen Foundation
To promote and develop access to and delivery of healthcare services in western arkansas and eastern oklahoma, to improve the quality and availability of healthcare services, to facilitate and promote healthcare education, to aid and support established religious or charitable organizations, and to support and facilitate as a supporting…
- $755k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $66k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $46,046
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Degen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $200k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $404k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $413k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $375k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $1,068,446 | 5 | 1% |
| Sparks Regional Medical Center | $109,350 | 1 | 70% |
| Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council Inc | $81,237 | 4 | 0% |
| Methodist Nursing Home of Fort Smith In | $33,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc | $20,783 | 1 | 1% |
| Cancer Support Foundation | $17,788 | 1 | 4% |
| Monarch 61 Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center Inc | $14,942 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $1,068,446 | 5 | 1% |
| Sparks Regional Medical Center | $109,350 | 1 | 70% |
| Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council Inc | $81,237 | 4 | 0% |
| Methodist Nursing Home of Fort Smith In | $33,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc | $20,783 | 1 | 1% |
| Cancer Support Foundation | $17,788 | 1 | 4% |
| Monarch 61 Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center Inc | $14,942 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gospel Rescue Mission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Smith Children's Emergency Shelter | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Services Clearinghouse | $7,800 | 1 | 1% |
| The Arc for the River Valley | $6,250 | 1 | 6% |
| Boys Shelter Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls' Shelter of Fort Smith | $6,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Abilities Unlimited of Fort Smith Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fort Smith Children's Service League Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Fort Smith Children's Emergency Shelter | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Degen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Arvest Foundation · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Rosalie Tilles Childrens Home Inc · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · Abb Foundation · Mercy Hospital Fort Smith · United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc · Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities · Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Degen Foundation
- How much does The Degen Foundation give?
- The Degen Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $66,046, out of $754,540 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Degen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Health (19%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are The Degen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Arkansas Colleges of Health Education ($1.1M), Sparks Regional Medical Center ($109k), Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council Inc ($81k).
- Does The Degen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Degen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arvest Foundation, Walter O Caldwell Foundation, Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Degen Foundation based?
- The Degen Foundation is based in AR.
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