Arkansas · Private foundation
The Griffin Charitable Organization
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.
- $123k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,116
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Griffin Charitable Organization funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 9 | $123k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $57k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $121k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $50k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $124k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $273k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $100k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Fort Smith | $431,208 | 9 | 15% |
| Riverview Hope Campus | $169,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Fort Smith Museum of History | $27,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| US Marshals Museum Inc | $19,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Fort Smith Symphony Association | $6,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Adventurous Alternatives Inc | $5,725 | 1 | n/a |
| Next Step Day Room Inc D/B/A Next Step Day Room | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Kitties and Kanines Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($318k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Griffin Charitable Organization supplied at peak.
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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 · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · Maurras Family Charitable Trust · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · Robert a & Mary Carleton Young Foundation · Doss T Sutton Charitable Foundation Mark Barr and Joe Powers · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Classic Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Griffin Charitable Organization
- How much does The Griffin Charitable Organization give?
- The Griffin Charitable Organization reported 9 grants totaling $123,341 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Griffin Charitable Organization fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Arts & Culture (17%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are The Griffin Charitable Organization's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Main Street Fort Smith ($431k), Riverview Hope Campus ($169k), Fort Smith Museum of History ($27k).
- Does The Griffin Charitable Organization fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Griffin Charitable Organization 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 Griffin Charitable Organization?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arvest Foundation, Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation.
- Where is The Griffin Charitable Organization based?
- The Griffin Charitable Organization is based in AR.
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