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The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
106
Grants FY2024
68
Organizations funded FY2023
53%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 68
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$152M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving81$6.5M52%
FY202368$5.2M53%
FY202266$4.4M65%
FY202151$3.6M98%
FY202035$3.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$6.8MEducation$4.3MCivil Rights$3.3MPhilanthropy$3.0MHealth$1.2MPublic Benefit$980kCrime & Legal$855kArts & Culture$835kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 32 grantees
All grantees of The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Forward Arkansas$750,000149%
Communities Unlimited Inc$330,00014%
Foundation for Social Impact$310,00026%
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$280,00040%
People Trust$185,000126%
Womens Foundation of Arkansas$125,000118%
Arkansas United$125,000117%
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families$120,00018%
Advocates for Community and Rural Education$100,000136%
The KKAC Organization$100,00016%
Little Rock Public Education Foundation Inc$90,0001n/a
Urban League of the State of Arkansas Inc$80,000111%
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners$60,00011%
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development$50,00010%
Delta Circles Inc$50,000139%
Decarcerate Inc$45,0001n/a
Delta Community Development and Law$40,000144%
East Arkansas Enterprise Community$40,00018%
Phoenix Youth & Family Services Inc$40,00014%
Arkansas Early Childhood Association$30,00015%
Arkansas Community Action Agencies Assoc$25,00022%
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Inc$25,00012%
Derek Lewis Foundation Inc$25,000128%
Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support$25,00010%
Museum of Native American History Inc$25,00014%
Big Brothers Big Sister of Central Arkansas Inc$15,00013%
Arkansans for Stronger Communities$15,0001n/a
Innovative Poverty Solutions$15,00016%
AR&R Transitional Living Inc$15,0001n/a
Arkansas Justice Collective Aiding Survivors of Trafficking and Chil$12,50012%
North Jonesboro Community Development Corporation$10,0001n/a
Thea Foundation$5,00011%

Plus 174 recipients with no EIN on record ($20M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetForward Arkansas: $750,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetCommunities Unlimited Inc: $330,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFoundation for Social Impact: $310,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetUniversity of Arkansas Foundation Inc: $280,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPeople Trust: $185,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetWomens Foundation of Arkansas: $125,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetArkansas United: $125,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetArkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $120,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetAdvocates for Community and Rural Education: $100,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetThe KKAC Organization: $100,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetUrban League of the State of Arkansas Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSouthern Bancorp Capital Partners: $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWinrock International Institute for Agricultural Development: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDelta Circles Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetDelta Community Development and Law: $40,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetEast Arkansas Enterprise Community: $40,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetPhoenix Youth & Family Services Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetArkansas Early Childhood Association: $30,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetArkansas Community Action Agencies Assoc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThe Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDerek Lewis Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetExcellerate Foundation Charitable Support: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of Native American History Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sister of Central Arkansas Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetInnovative Poverty Solutions: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetArkansas Justice Collective Aiding Survivors of Trafficking and Chil: $12,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThea Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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 Foundation IncAR47.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Southern Bancorp Capital Partners · Wal-Mart Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Entergy Charitable Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

How much does The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation give?
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation reported 106 grants totaling $6,459,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 68 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (23%), Education (14%), Civil Rights (11%).
Who are The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Forward Arkansas ($750k), Communities Unlimited Inc ($330k), Foundation for Social Impact ($310k).
Does The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Walton Family Foundation Inc, Southern Bancorp Capital Partners.
Where is The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation based?
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation is based in AR.

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 207 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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