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Trotter Foundation at a glance

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Trotter 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.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$98kPublic Benefit$84kHuman Services$77kHealth$76kPhilanthropy$64kEducation$64kRecreation & Sports$22kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $78k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF$37,802
SEARK COLLEGE FOUNDATION$30,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
TRINITY VILLAGE RETIREMENT CENTER$9,375
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST AR$5,500
THE ALLIANCE & CHAMBER LEADERSHIP & EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
EPWORTH CHURCH ASSOCIATION$1,500
NAACP$1,250
AREA AGENCY ON AGING$1,000
CASA WOMENS SHELTER$1,000
HOPE OF THE DELTA$500
KEVIN COLLINS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND$500
FIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER$500
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%AR ENTERPRISES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $500 → 17%TRINITY VILLAGE INC: $5k → 22%TRINITY VILLAGE INC: $5k → 22%TRINITY VILLAGE INC: $3k → 22%TRINITY VILLAGE INC: $3k → 22%TRINITY VILLAGE INC: $500 → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $10k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $1k → 22%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $800 → 22%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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$427k · 27 repeat orgs$232k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
32

Total granted

$427k
$184k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-3%

Still filing today

33%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • GI
    GFPB Inc
    6× · 2017–2023 · $84k · revenue +576%
  • PB
    PINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB
    2× · 2017–2020 · $18k · revenue +195%
  • TV
    TRINITY VILLAGE INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $17k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • AB
    ARKANSAS BAPTIST FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $32k
  • SA
    SOUTHEAST AR TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $26k
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
The Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
2
Central Arkansas Development Council

To provide services to low income individuals.

Community Improvement
3
Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Provide help to domestic violence victims and encourage community efforts to promote domestic peace.

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4
Northwest Arkansas Council

Promotion of the growth, vitality, and development of northwest arkansas and its people, concentrating on workforce development, regional stewardship, infrastructure, and economic development.

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5
The Jones Center for Families Inc

Provide recreational and educational activities for citizens of northwest arkansas.

Human Services
6
Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation

Arkansas farm bureau foundation (the "foundation") is organized for charitable and educational purposes to further the understanding of agricultural and rural issues, and to support the agricultural and rural community through financial…

Food & Nutrition
7
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Advocating for the development and implementation of data-driven public policy that improves child well-being in arkansas, with a focus on economic security, education, health, early childhood, child welfare, juvenile justice, and racial…

Human Services
8
Teen Challenge Ranch of Nw Arkansas

Provide residential intervention and education services for delinquent and at-risk youth.

Health
9
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

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

Philanthropy
10
Arkansas Justice Collective Aiding Survivors of Trafficking and Chil

Arkansas justice collective is a nonprofit law firm serving survivors of trafficking and child abuse across arkansas and the region.

Public Benefit
11
Legal Aid of Arkansas

To provide legal assistance & housing counseling to the underprivileged citizens of north arkansas.

Crime & Legal
12
Food Bank of North Central Arkansas

Food bank that distributes food supplies to families in need in nine counties.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 66 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
8/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $75,750 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTRINITY VILLAGE RETIREMENT CENTER: $59,375 · OtherTRINITY VILLAGE RETIREMENT CENTERSEARK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $57,223 · OtherSEARK COLLEGE FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF: $37,802 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFFARKANSAS BAPTIST FOUNDATION: $31,907 · OtherARKANSAS BAPTIST FOUNDATIONUAPB FOUNDATION FUND: $30,500 · OtherUAPB FOUNDATION FUNDSOUTHEAST AR TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST AR TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $25,706 · OtherJEFFERSON REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,258 · OtherYOGA WARRIORS FIGHTING CANCER: $20,000 · Other+43 more: $91,014 · Other+43 moreGFPB Inc: $83,759 · Community ImprovementGFPB IncPINE BLUFF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementPINE BLUFF DOWN…TRINITY VILLAGE INC: $17,166 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $11,800 · Human ServicesWOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $2,500 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesJefferson Regional Medical Center Foundation: $23,240 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthPINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB: $18,135 · Recreation & SportsBoys & Girls Club of Jefferson County: $10,113 · Youth DevelopmentARKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $7,500 · Philanthropy
Other$484,535Community Improvement$88,759Human Services$32,966Health$23,740Recreation & Sports$18,135Youth Development$11,113Philanthropy$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGFPB Inc: $83,759 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetJefferson Regional Medical Center Foundation: $23,240 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetPINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB: $18,135 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTRINITY VILLAGE INC: $17,166 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $11,800 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Jefferson County: $10,113 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE BLUFF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,250 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetFIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDRENCOURT APPOINTED SPEC ADVOCATES: $650 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS ENTERPRISES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL: $375 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 GFPB Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jefferson Regional Medical Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PINE BLUFF COUNTRY CLUB ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Jefferson County ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Southeast Ark Inc ↗
  • Who funds PINE BLUFF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST THE CENTER AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FIVE OAKS AG RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗

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…Harold S Seabrook TrThe Kline Family Foun…George H Dunklin Jr C…Jefferson Hospital As…Howard Poteet Foundat…Simmons First Foundat…Arvest FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR28.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Harold S Seabrook Tr · The Kline Family Foundation · George H Dunklin Jr Charitable Foundation · Jefferson Hospital Association Inc · Howard Poteet Foundation · Simmons First Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Trotter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trotter 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%10%20%30%40%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 66 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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