Arkansas · Private foundation
Tyson Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,275,292
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $29M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Tyson Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $3.2M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $8.2M | 41% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $6.2M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $6.9M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $5.9M | 55% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $7.7M | 65% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $8.4M | 64% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $4.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife Foundation | $10,000,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc | $7,340,225 | 8 | 2% |
| City of Springdale | $1,704,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Razorback Foundation Inc | $1,700,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital | $1,510,950 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation | $1,377,896 | 3 | 5% |
| Population Services International | $1,305,572 | 3 | 0% |
| Arkansas Children's Foundation | $1,050,000 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($18M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tyson Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 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: Wal-Mart Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Inc · The Schmieding Foundation · Alice L Walton Foundation · Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support · Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange Inc · Rebsamen Fund · Mid-America Arts Alliance · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
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About Tyson Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Tyson Family Foundation Inc give?
- Tyson Family Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $3,150,970 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Tyson Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (28%), Animals (11%).
- Who are Tyson Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife Foundation ($10M), Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc ($7.3M), City of Springdale ($1.7M).
- Does Tyson Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tyson Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tyson Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wal-Mart Foundation, Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Tyson Family Foundation Inc based?
- Tyson Family Foundation Inc is based in AR.
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