Arkansas · Nonprofit
Philander Smith College
Philander Smith College (Arkansas) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,153,616 to it, the largest being UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ($6,464,837). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $55M
What Philander Smith College does
Mission
The Colleges mission is to graduae academically accomplished students, grounded as advocates for social justice, determined to change the world for the better.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Philander Smith College offers four degrees, including the Bachelor of Business Administration, the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Social Work, and the Bachelor of Arts, as well as certificates and dual credits for College and Career pathways.
$17,995,278 spentof which $4,838,289 as grants$10,435,427 earned by the program80% of program spendingAuxiliary Enterprise supports the Universitys mission of providing quality educational opportunities. These services include, but are not limited to, food services, campus housing, postal services, parking, vending, campus stores and athletics.
$4,471,200 spent$3,945,967 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,466,478.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $60M to $65M (+9%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 16% · 2018 11% · 2019 10% · 2020 16% · 2021 32% · 2022 36% · 2023 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of Philander Smith College’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% 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
Dr Sherece Y West-Scantlebury
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $796k → $2.2M.
10 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Philander Smith College’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
Philander Smith College leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Philander Smith College.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 54% · 2019 57% · 2020 37% · 2021 32% · 2022 50% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
47% of Philander Smith College's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Philander Smith College draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
Philander Smith College is better cushioned than half of the 3,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,812 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2023
Government funding Philander Smith College receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record.
- Department of Education$2.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Philander Smith College
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Philander Smith College: 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 Philander Smith College?
- Philander Smith College (Arkansas) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,153,616 to it, the largest being UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ($6,464,837). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Philander Smith College have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $17,153,616 in grants to Philander Smith College, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Philander Smith College?
- UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,464,837 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Philander Smith College 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 61 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing