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The Peel Compton Foundation

The Peel Compton Foundation (Arkansas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,413,997 to it, the largest being Town Branch Foundation ($19,659,290). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$9.8M
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$22M
Net assets
$78M
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 83%
01What it does

What The Peel Compton Foundation does

Programs

  1. The Peel Museum and Botanical Garden- located at 400 S. Walton includes an historical home representing Arkansas in the late 1800s and the life of Colonel Samuel Peel, his wife Mary Emaline, and their children. The Museum is open to the public, free of charge. The Botanical Garden is approximately 2 acres in size and has multiple heritage gardens and is open to the public, free of charge. Certain parts of the historical home are available for special events and business meeting rentals. The property also includes a small, retail gift shop, featuring locally sourced goods available for resale. The Museum is focused on preservation of historic homes, artifacts, and providing educational opportunities in various programs for elementary aged students and adults alike.

    $1,752,802 spent
  2. The Coler Mountain Bike Preserve and Campgrounds are located at 2003 NW Homestead Lane and are within 5 miles of downtown Bentonville. The property includes approximately 19 miles of soft-surface mountain bike trails, a retail cafe, and 22 dry, primitive campsites available for rental. The Coler Preserve is approximately 300 acres in size and is open 365 days a year to the General Public, free of charge. Various spaces are available to the public for rental. The Preserve focuses on outdoor recreation, education, nature, and preservation of natural resources.

    $1,646,706 spent
  3. The Compton Gardens and Arboretum and Conference Center located at 312 N. Main Street includes the family home of Dr. Neil Compton, a mid-century modern style home built in 1951. The home is open to the public, free of charge, includes an Exhibit Room highlighting the life of Dr. Compton, and has rental space for special events and business meetings. The Gardens, approximately 7 acres in size has over 100 native plant species and is open to the public, free of charge. The Gardens are focused on nature & education of native plant species.

    $1,568,328 spent
  4. Osage Park and Quiver Archery Range located at 700 SW 16th Street includes approximately 70 acres of greenspace and 12 acres of wetlands. The Park is open to the General Public 365 days a year, free of charge, and includes 8 pickleball courts, playgrounds, raised walkways and a pavilion. The Quiver Archery Range is a modern 20 lane archery range open to the public for a nominal lane rental fee, including equipment and instruction. The Park and Archery Range focus on outdoor recreation, nature, education, and wetlands preservation.

    $741,797 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($5.0M)2020 Revenue 3015 ($52M) Expenses 151 ($2.5M) Net assets 1078 ($54M)2021 Revenue 1602 ($27M) Expenses 239 ($3.9M) Net assets 1546 ($78M)2022 Revenue 247 ($4.2M) Expenses 369 ($6.0M) Net assets 1508 ($76M)2023 Revenue 291 ($5.0M) Expenses 355 ($5.8M) Net assets 1494 ($75M)2024 Revenue 570 ($9.8M) Expenses 449 ($7.3M) Net assets 1543 ($78M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (570)Expenses (449)Net assets (1543)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $5.0M to $54M (+978%).

$5.0M
$54M
$78M
$76M
$75M
$78M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $2.4M → $3.9M.

3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 The Peel Compton Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 14 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

The Peel Compton Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 92% · 2021 63% · 2022 89% · 2023 91% — 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.

How long its funders stay

100% of The Peel Compton Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of The Peel Compton Foundation's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Arkansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Peel Compton Foundation?
The Peel Compton Foundation (Arkansas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,413,997 to it, the largest being Town Branch Foundation ($19,659,290). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Peel Compton Foundation have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $22,413,997 in grants to The Peel Compton Foundation, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Peel Compton Foundation?
Town Branch Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $19,659,290 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Peel Compton 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 14 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