· Private foundation
The George 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $2k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $69k
Anchored by a single position: about 99% of reported assets are held in Wal Mart Inc.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | $68,907 |
| THADEN SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| BRANDON BURLSWORTH FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 17% of The George Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 69% of the giving stays in AR; by stated purpose, 55%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC2× · 2021–2022 · $102k · revenue +138%
- ACARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2024 · $98k · revenue +186%
- BBBRANDON BURLSWORTH FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2025 · $29k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- HCHope Cancer Resourcesgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +33%
BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIPgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +69%- ACARKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATIONone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +4%
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.
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.
Arkansas community foundation engages people, connects resources and inspires solutions to build community.
The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.
Provide support for the university of arkansas system.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
To assure that dermatologists have access to the highest quality education, research and innovations in the field, and that patients and the public have access to the highest quality medical and surgical dermatologic care and to…
The cfa society baltimore, inc. was founded in 1948. the cfa society baltimore, inc. was established to provide the financial community with information and knowledge, while advocating ethical conduct with regard to investments and…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
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.
Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 10 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc ↗
- Who funds BRANDON BURLSWORTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THADEN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Hope Cancer Resources ↗
- Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗
- Who funds ARKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION ↗
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 · Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Inc · Wal-Mart Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The George Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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