Arkansas · Public charity
United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc
To improve lives by uniting people and resources in our six county area.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $31,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $194,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 29 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $1.4M | 3% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $1.8M | 3% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs | $1,841,736 | 9 | 15% |
| Community Services Clearinghouse | $1,745,484 | 9 | 25% |
| Girls Incorporated of Fort Smith | $981,500 | 9 | 24% |
| Lincoln Childcare Center Inc | $899,400 | 9 | 13% |
| Crisis Intervention Center Inc | $607,496 | 9 | 9% |
| Harbor House Inc of Fort Smith | $503,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Paris Inc | $410,500 | 9 | 23% |
| Girls' Shelter of Fort Smith | $382,876 | 9 | 23% |
| Sebastian Retired Citizens Association | $361,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Next Step Day Room Inc D/B/A Next Step Day Room | $347,916 | 6 | 11% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs | $1,841,736 | 9 | 15% |
| Community Services Clearinghouse | $1,745,484 | 9 | 25% |
| Girls Incorporated of Fort Smith | $981,500 | 9 | 24% |
| Lincoln Childcare Center Inc | $899,400 | 9 | 13% |
| Crisis Intervention Center Inc | $607,496 | 9 | 9% |
| Harbor House Inc of Fort Smith | $503,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Paris Inc | $410,500 | 9 | 23% |
| Girls' Shelter of Fort Smith | $382,876 | 9 | 23% |
| Sebastian Retired Citizens Association | $361,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Next Step Day Room Inc D/B/A Next Step Day Room | $347,916 | 6 | 11% |
| The Arc for the River Valley | $337,600 | 9 | 44% |
| Boy Scouts of America 16 Westark Area Council | $303,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Boys & Girls Club of South Logan County | $302,600 | 9 | 19% |
| Boys Shelter Inc | $294,432 | 6 | 16% |
| Literacy Council of Western Arkansas Inc | $270,000 | 9 | 41% |
| Abilities Unlimited Inc | $234,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Leflore County | $224,748 | 9 | 17% |
| Project Compassion Inc | $221,000 | 9 | 26% |
| South Sebastian County Boys & Girls | $212,540 | 9 | 16% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Abb Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Rosalie Tilles Childrens Home Inc · The Degen Foundation · Cadence Bank Foundation · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · Boys & Girls Clubs of America
How this is measured
About United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc
- How much does United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc give?
- United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc reported 29 grants totaling $1,357,312 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (41%), Human Services (28%), Health (12%).
- Who are United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs ($1.8M), Community Services Clearinghouse ($1.7M), Girls Incorporated of Fort Smith ($982k).
- Does United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation, Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation, William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc based?
- United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc is based in AR.
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