Arkansas · Nonprofit
THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION (Arkansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,955,000 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,900,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $149M
What The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation does
Programs
(40 organizations engaged) wrf continued to elevate the realities of arkansas's asset limited, income constrained, employed (alice) families. Through the alice champions network, wrf supported community and state leaders using data to drive action, including policy wins on tax relief and medical debt cancellation. The alice advocates coalition expanded its work to organize nonprofits around equity policy reforms impacting working families. Alice@work engaged employers to create family-friendly policies such as child care incentives. Wrf also distributed alice data through reports, media, and public presentations, equipping policymakers, business leaders, and community partners with evidence to inform systemic change.
$465,576 spent(60 organizations engaged) wrf expanded its statewide alice campaign, bringing community voices into media, policy, and public conversations. Through partnerships with nonprofits, artists, and communications professionals, wrf built a broader narrative infrastructure to center the realities of arkansas's alice households. This included developing new strategic communications tools, amplifying alice stories in state and national media, and strengthening partner capacity through initiatives like the heal lab. These efforts resulted in increased public awareness of systemic barriers and helped position alice priorities at the forefront of policy discussions.
$453,800 spent(20 organizations engaged) wrf implemented the next stage of the arkansas enterprise capital grant fund (aecgf), created to provide larger grant investments paired with targeted technical assistance. In 2024, wrf brought together funders and nonprofit leaders to align on equity-based strategies, documented effective models, and supported capacity building for nonprofit partners. This approach provided nonprofits with the flexible capital and operational support needed to scale their work, improve efficiency, and drive systems change on behalf of arkansas communities.
$190,690 spentPhilanthropic collaboration (55 organizations engaged) wrf strengthened the infrastructure for collective action among philanthropic partners across the state. Through initiatives such as the arkansas black philanthropy collaborative (abpc), arkansas asset funders network (afn), arkansas impact philanthropy (aip), arkansas cdfi network, and the delta philanthropy forum, wrf supported joint advocacy and investments in equity. These collaborations secured new federal and private dollars for arkansas communities, increased capital flows to underserved regions and populations, and amplified the voice and power of nonprofits across the state.
$191,958 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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.
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 $169M to $146M (−14%).
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
Sherece West-Scantlebury
President & CEO
Board chair
Cedric Williams
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $930k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER 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
THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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: 2022 97% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
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In Arkansas
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION?
- THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION (Arkansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,955,000 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,900,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,955,000 in grants to THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER 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 2017–2024), 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