Arkansas · Nonprofit
OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION
OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,339,400 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($2,075,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Ozark Outdoor Foundation does
Mission
Ozark foundation ozf is a community-supported 501c3 charitable organization focused on positioning our state as a premier outdoor recreation destination. By producing and supporting a diverse lineup of events, we aim to make outdoor recreation accessible to all and elevate the region to be a better place to live work and play.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grit series culture and brand building events, some competitive in nature. Events include arkansas graveler, arkansas enduro series, expedition ozark and adventure ozark.
$919,480 spent63% of program spendingCommunity, art family focus on building community and outdoor recreation culture with particular focus on kids events. Events include kids crit series, bikes and books and ozark adventure passport.
$198,163 spent14% of program spendingSummit series world and national caliber racing events that attract elite and professional racers as well as competitive amatuers. Example includes us pro cup mountain bike.
$151,062 spent10% of program spendingProgram service expenses 198,408, grants and allocations 0, revenue 0 other program services program level revenue and expenses, cross multiple events / program areas. Examples program marketing, programming equipment, allocated programming payroll. Other program services
$198,408 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,467,113.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $624k to $2.1M (+234%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Michael J Spivey
President and CEO
Board chair
Ann Bordelon
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $572k → $1.5M.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $264k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION?
- OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION (Arkansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,339,400 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($2,075,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,339,400 in grants to OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,075,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OZARK OUTDOOR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing