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Who funds education in Arkansas

$1.0B reached 457 education organizations in Arkansas, from 961 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.0B
granted
457
organizations
73%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of education in Arkansas

The funders giving the most to education organizations in Arkansas, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Arkansas Community Foundation Inc$179M2Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc$159M3Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc$118M4Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$57M5Walton Family Foundation Inc$57M6Episcopal Collegiate School Foundation$46M7Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Foundation$26M8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$25M9Arkansas Animal Rescue Foundation$17M10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$17M

Education organizations in Arkansas that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

447 other education organizations$345M
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$201MThaden School$131MEpiscopal Collegiate School$73MJohn Brown University$67MHarding University Inc$48M

How to find education funders in Arkansas

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Arkansas

    The funders giving the most to education in Arkansas are Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc, Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the education organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.

  3. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    27% of education money in Arkansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Arkansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Arkansas?
Start with the funders already giving to education in Arkansas, currently Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc, Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Arkansas from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Arkansas?
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc gives the most to education organizations in Arkansas, $179M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Arkansas?
$1.0B reached 457 education organizations in Arkansas, from 961 funders. 73% came from funders also based in Arkansas.
How recent is this data?
It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines
Giving abroad
which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.