Arkansas · Nonprofit
Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas
Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas (Arkansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,774,356 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($3,747,263). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $253k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $883k
What Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas does
Mission
Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas is organized to support, protect, enhance and add value to places that provide exceptional recreation experience and build on the legacy of the civilian conservation corps by providing a conduit and opportunity for giving back and expediting development for today's generation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Arkansas Parks & Recreation Foundation was granted funds to support the evaluation, design, commission, and installation of three art projects on the Monument Trail at Pinnacle Mountain. The Foundation worked with the art curator, KIN, and three artists to commission the art works. The project will be complete in Spring of 2026.
$164,980 spent30% of program spendingArkansas Parks & Recreation Foundation was granted funds to support the evaluation, master planning, and federal permitting process for a mountain bike trail project near Queen Wilhelmina State Park in Mena, Arkansas. The project includes contracting with consultants SE Group to navigate master planning, public comment, and the National Environmental Policy Act. The Foundation is acting as the liaison between Arkansas State Parks, the U.S. Forest Service, City of Mena, and local advocates throughout the process.
$68,683 spent13% of program spendingArkansas Parks & Recreation Foundation was granted funds to support the evaluation, planning, and implementation of rock climbing and via ferrata at Mt. Magazine and Petit Jean State Parks. The project includes contracting with consultants CragWorks and Adventure Partners, Inc. throughout the process.
$93,563 spent17% of program spendingVarious other small projects relating to the tax exempt function of the organization.
$222,160 spent40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $549,386.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.9M to $5.1M (+167%).
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.
83% of Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Craig Soos
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $616k → $237k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas’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
Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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 Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas: 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 Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas?
- Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas (Arkansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,774,356 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($3,747,263). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $4,774,356 in grants to Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,747,263 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Parks and Recreation Foundation of Arkansas 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 3 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