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Walter O Caldwell Foundation at a glance

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Walter O Caldwell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$633k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MEducation$793kHealth$384kHuman Services$361kPhilanthropy$253kYouth Development$240kHousing & Shelter$137kFood & Nutrition$113kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $293k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $285k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community School for the Arts$160,000
UAFS Foundation (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith)$75,000
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education$50,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc$39,600
Community Services Clearinghouse Inc$25,000
Antioch Youth Center$25,000
River Valley Regional Foodbank$25,000
First Choice Pregnancy Medical Center$23,600
Christmas Honors$20,000
Fort Smith Public Library Foundation$19,000
Fort Smith Symphony$15,500
Good Samaritan Clinic$15,000
Next Step Homeless Services$15,000
Salvation Army$10,000
Girls Inc of Fort Smith$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%Children's Emergency Shelter: $9k → 17%Children's Emergency Shelter: $6k → 17%Children's Emergency Shelter: $6k → 17%Children's Emergency Shelter: $6k → 17%Comprehensive Juvenile Services: $5k → 17%Comprehensive Juvenile Services: $5k → 17%Comprehensive Juvenile Services: $5k → 17%Bost Foundation Inc: $3k → 17%Bost Foundation Inc: $3k → 17%Bost Foundation Inc: $1k → 17%Bost Foundation Inc: $1k → 17%Bost Foundation Inc: $1k → 17%Comprehensive Juvenile Services: $1k → 17%Comprehensive Juvenile Services: $1k → 17%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 60 repeat orgs$664k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
6

Total granted

$3.1M
$563k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
-20%

Still filing today

43%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $105k · revenue +107%
  • FS
    FORT SMITH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $99k · revenue +41%
  • FS
    FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $94k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +17%
  • MS
    MAIN STREET FORT SMITH
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -83%
  • MM
    Mercy Medical Foundation CME Program
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
Fort Smith Children's Emergency Shelter Foundation Inc

To support the activities of the fort smith children's emergency shelter, inc. through education and philanthropic activities.

Human Services
2
Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter in Dba Everhope Arkansas Inc

To provide a safe have, high quality care, and hope for the future to chidren who have been abandoned, abused, or neglected.

Human Services
3
Kitties & Kanines Shelter

Our mission is to provide non-lethal solutions to the homeless, abandoned, and feral animal population of fort smith, arkansas. we will do this through re-unifying animals with their owners, adopting animals to new families, or…

Animals
4
Fort Smith Christian Family Servicesinc

From conception to birth and beyond, we uphold the sanctity of human life; sharing the gospel of jesus christ, offering knowledge, medical services and support.

Human Services
5
Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter

The northwest arkansas women's shelter is committed to serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowering them to build lives free of violence.

Human Services
6
Fort Smith Public Schools Found Inc

To enhance the quality of education in the fort smith public schools by providing the necessary funds for programs not otherwise funded by the fort smith public school district.

Philanthropy
7
Fort Smith Art Center Inc

The fort smith art center is established to foster art appreciation in the community through diverse exhibitions, educational programming, dynamic events, and cultural partnerships.

Arts & Culture
8
Dana's House Inc

To provide care for needy children and young adults.

Housing & Shelter
9
Women's Crisis Center

Battered women's shelter

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10
Fort Smith Boys Club Charitable Foundation Trust

To provide support for the fort smith boys & girls club operating needs.

Youth Development
11
Rise House Arkansas

To provide assistance to victims of domestic abuse and to educate the community to work toward the prevention of family violence.

Human Services
12
Foundation for Arkansas Heritage and History Inc

The Foundation for Arkansas Heritage and History was established to help further the mission of the Division of Arkansas Heritage; to identify Arkansass Heritage and enhance the quality of life by the discovery,preservation and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys Shelter Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arkansas Colleges of Health Education. 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

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 73 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United States Marshals Museum: $505,000 · OtherUnited States Marshals MuseumCommunity School for the Arts: $289,000 · OtherCommunity School for the ArtsUAFS Foundation: $249,500 · OtherUAFS FoundationRiver Valley Regional Foodbank: $112,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE: $110,500 · OtherMercy Health Foundation: $110,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $99,800 · OtherAntioch Youth Center: $99,000 · Other+49 more: $912,500 · Other+49 moreUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKAN…ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION: $140,000 · EducationARKANSAS COLLEGES O…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationFORT SMITH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $98,500 · Arts & CultureFORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $93,500 · Arts & CultureFORT KIDS: $55,000 · Arts & CultureGOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC: $105,000 · HealthTHE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT CENTER INC: $14,000 · HealthPROJECT COMPASSION INC: $5,100 · HealthTHE CALL: $63,900 · Human ServicesFORT SMITH CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER: $25,860 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE SERVICES INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesBOST FOUNDATION INC: $8,700 · Human ServicesCHRISTMAS HONORS: $59,500 · InternationalMAIN STREET FORT SMITH: $50,000 · Community ImprovementBOYS SHELTER INC: $8,400 · Community Improvement
Other$2,487,800Education$650,000Arts & Culture$247,000Health$124,100Human Services$115,460International$59,500Community Improvement$58,400

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION: $140,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE: $110,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC: $105,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetFORT SMITH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $98,500 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetFORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $93,500 over 7y, 19% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc: $64,600 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CALL: $63,900 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCHRISTMAS HONORS: $59,500 over 7y, 32% of budgetFORT KIDS: $55,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMAIN STREET FORT SMITH: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFORT SMITH HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF FORT SMITH: $40,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFORT SMITH CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER: $25,860 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHEART TO HEART PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $21,400 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE SERVICES INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $15,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT CENTER INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF SEBASTIAN COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOST FOUNDATION INC: $8,700 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetBOYS SHELTER INC: $8,400 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS' SHELTER OF FORT SMITH: $8,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetABILITIES UNLIMITED INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAMILTON CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $6,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT COMPASSION INC: $5,100 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHE ARC FOR THE RIVER VALLEY: $4,800 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetARKANSAS VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWE CARE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - DIAMONDS OF ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA & TEXAS: $1,500 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 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FORT SMITH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CALL ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTMAS HONORS ↗
  • Who funds FORT KIDS ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET FORT SMITH ↗
  • Who funds FORT SMITH HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF FORT SMITH ↗
  • Who funds FORT SMITH CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds HEART TO HEART PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ↗
  • Who funds THE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT 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.

William Thomas & May …Arvest FoundationArkansas Community Fo…Elizabeth H & Stanley…Alline B & Chloe C Da…Rosalie Tilles Childr…The Degen FoundationUnited Way of Fort Sm…The Griffin Charitabl…Cadence Bank Foundati…Maurras Family Charit…Windgate Charitable F…
William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy FoundationAR47.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · Rosalie Tilles Childrens Home Inc · The Degen Foundation · United Way of Fort Smith Area Inc · The Griffin Charitable Organization · Cadence Bank Foundation · Maurras Family Charitable Trust · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Walter O Caldwell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter O Caldwell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 73 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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