Grants and funding in Arkansas

2,312 foundations reported granting into Arkansas on their most recent IRS filings: 7,081 itemized grants worth $934M between them. On top of that, 21 live grant programs and 18 contract opportunities are specific to Arkansas, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

2,312

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$934M

across 7,081 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Arkansas

21

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

32

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Arkansas

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Arkansas on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 2,312 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Arkansas-specific grants are for

Of the 21 live grant programs specific to Arkansas, here is who the announcements name. 10 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

32 community development lenders serve Arkansas: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Communities Unlimited, Inc., Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.