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The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation: 106 grants to organizations, $6.5 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, a private foundation in Little Rock, AR, paid 106 grants to organizations totaling $6,459,300 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $600,000 to Forward Arkansas - Little Rock Ar in Little Rock, AR for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 710285871
- Based in
- Little Rock, AR
- Assets
- $151,505,317
- Grants paid
- $6,459,300
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349106375. It reported $6,459,300 in grants paid; 106 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support operations and implementation of its 2024-25 work plan and strategies | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities Unlimited - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Flexible funding for broadband expansion in rural arkansas | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Innovative Poverty Solutions - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | To build long-term infrastructure and people-centered capacity for local and statewide policy change in arkansas. | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to support the arkansas public policy panel | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Circles Inc - Helena-West Helena Ar | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc - New York New York | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Possibility Labs - San Francisco Ca | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc- Lubbock TX | Little Rock, AR | To support the redesigh of teacher preparation programs in arkansas | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Liberty Initiative - Rogers Ar | Little Rock, AR | To build long-term infrastructure and people-centered capacity for local and statewide policy change in arkansas. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Winrock Solutions LLC - North Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Multicultural business xcellerator program | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Advocates for Community and Rural Education Dba Rural Community Alliance - | Little Rock, AR | To increase the rural community alliance's capacity to carry out its mission in pursuit of equity in arkansas. | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support the arkansas movement collective's mission for arkansas black/brown power coalition (bbpc) | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Values Institute - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Faith Matters Network - Nashville TN | Little Rock, AR | To expand the number of trained faith leaders and continue growing the faith network engaged in advocacy and moral leadership to advance the narrative of economic equity in arkansas. | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Just Communities of Arkansas - North Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Advancing Black Entrepreneurship Inc Dba Remix Ideas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support for remix ideas through abe | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Black Mayors Association - Altheimer Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support the arkansas black mayors association (abma) to reimagine its role & strategic direction | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Community Development and Law Center - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oxford American Literary Project - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support the journalism econsystem to amplify narrative change for equity and better represent alice stories in arkansas media. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Phoenix Youth and Family Services - Crossett Ar | Little Rock, AR | Build long-term infrastructure and support place-based and people-centered capacity for local and statewide policy change | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Contingent - Portland Or | Little Rock, AR | Provide technical assistance to the arkansas department of health and human services and partner with the department to support arkansas families negatively impacted by the foster care system | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Village Place - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Build long-term infrastructure and support place-based and people-centered capacity for local and statewide policy change | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to support economic equity in arkansas. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Model pilot for ar's small business access to capital | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To increase media representation of stories that center alice, the opportunities for policy change that will positively impact alice and investigative reporting on policy changes that negatively impac | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Justice Collective Dba Ar Immigrant Defense - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to arkansas justice collective dba arkansas immigrant defense | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Rural Health Partnership - Lake Village Ar | Little Rock, AR | Strengthen community capacity through strategic partnerships and place-based investment for policy change | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conexion de Negocios Latinos - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Strengthen the entrepreneurial support ecosystem for hispanic and latinx business owners in arkansas | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Circles Inc - Helena-West Helena Ar | Little Rock, AR | To build long-term infrastructure and support for local and statewide policy change | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Urban League of the State of Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Build long-term infrastructure and support place-based and people-centered capacity for local and statewide policy change | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Central Arkansas - Conway Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support uca deep to expand dbie training to school districts across the state and fully integrate deep framework in partner schools. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women's Foundation of Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support organizational development, advocacy, research, and programming to advance economic equity for women in arkansas. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support arkansas advocates for children and families capacity to perform their mission. | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To provide general operating support to arkansas impact philanthropy as it identifies and takes on additional collaborative philanthropic strategies to advance equity | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unrestricted Grants Under 5000 | Little Rock, AR | Unrestricted grants under $5,000 | $50,100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Broadcasting Foundation - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Delta Informer - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asset Funders Network - Chicago Il | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kuaf 913 FM - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Public News Service - Boulder Co | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| States Newsroom - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Voice of Arkansas Minority Advocacy Council - Jonesboro Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Arkansas Foundation for Benefit of Little Rock Public Radio ( | Little Rock, AR | Gos to fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carter's Crew - Jacksonville Ar | Little Rock, AR | To enable life skills for youth's campaign to transform the current foster care system and change outcomes for alice families. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Arkansas Legal Services - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To enable life skills for youth's campaign to transform the current foster care system and change outcomes for alice families. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forge Kiva - Huntsville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Invest in new models for equitable distribution of capital in arkansas and in networks that can wield their collective influence and leverage to bring models to scale and drive systemic change | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Life Skills for Youth Inc - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To enable life skills for youth's campaign to transform the current foster care system and change outcomes for alice families. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Leaders Council Arkansas - Washington DC | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General contribution to the arkansas narrative fund at arcf, fortifying the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Create a docuseries on alice arkansans | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Construction Education Foundation - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support for thd delta workforce and training program | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas United Community Coalition - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Support policy and systems reform to achieve economic dignity for alice workers | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asset Funders Network - Chicago Il | Little Rock, AR | Invest in new models for equitable distribution of capital in arkansas and in networks that can wield their collective influence and leverage to bring models to scale and drive systemic change | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breaking the Ties That Bind - de Queen Ar | Little Rock, AR | Support their mission to break cycle of substance abuse in southwest arkansas | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City Year Inc - Boston Ma | Little Rock, AR | To support the undergraduate teaching fellowship in arkansas | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Little Rock - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Support for small business development in central arkansas | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Circles Inc - Helena-West Helena Ar | Little Rock, AR | Fiscal sponsor for the pine bluff black chanber of commerce | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eforall - Lowell Ma | Little Rock, AR | To provide matching resources for a full-time community outreach coordinator to establish and maintain minority-focused community outreach activities in northwest arkansas. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Rights for Kids - Washington DC | Little Rock, AR | To build long-term infrastructure and people-centered capacity for local and statewide policy change in arkansas. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Interform - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Capacity for equity | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kindred Futures - Atlanta Ga | Little Rock, AR | To support economic empowerment for alice households and foster wealth-building in marginalized communities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference - Chicago Il | Little Rock, AR | Support the on-going work in arkansas of the samuel dewitt proctor conference, inc. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach Plus Inc - Boston Ma | Little Rock, AR | To support the mission of teach plus arkansas empowering teacher excellence in arkansas | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The New Teachers Project - New York Ny | Little Rock, AR | To deepen tntps capacity to perform its mission. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arco Iris Inc - Huntsville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Earth care project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | 2024 board honorarium for terry mazany | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of Native American History Inc | Little Rock, AR | 2024 board honorarium forsharon toomer | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women's Foundation of Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To equip community partners and advocates with the resources to inform and engage policy makers on issues impacting alice families. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Locus Impact Investing - Richmond Va | Little Rock, AR | To provide the management fee to participate in the community investment guarantee pool (cigp) | $23,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisteres of Central Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | Build long-term youth advocacy and organizing infrastructure of arkansas youth-serving organizations to build their capacity to support youth voices to advocate for alice individuals and communities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carter's Crew - Jacksonville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Build long-term youth advocacy and organizing infrastructure of arkansas youth-serving organizations to build their capacity to support youth voices to advocate for alice individuals and communities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mams Unidas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Build long-term youth advocacy and organizing infrastructure of arkansas youth-serving organizations to build their capacity to support youth voices to advocate for alice individuals and communities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| AR&R Transitional Living Inc | Little Rock, AR | To expand the central arkansas re-entry coalition in forrest city, ar | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Americans for Action - Marianna Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support americans for action in their work to bridge the gap between decision makers and community members | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansans for Stronger Communities | Little Rock, AR | To support efforts to improve residential renters protections | Community improvement and capacity building | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To develop a poll to understand how arkansans are thinking about the current status of education efforts across the state. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Intransitive - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Capacity for equity | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Restore Hope Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support the arkansas consrtium of higher education in prison | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Democracy Project - Brooklyn Ny | Little Rock, AR | Support arkansas youth leadership and language academy for elementary school children | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women's Foundation of the South - New Orleans La | Little Rock, AR | Capacity for equity | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Seeds of Liberation Inc - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support the democracy pilot and capacity building | $10,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support arkansas advocates for children and families capacity to perform their mission. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | 2023 board honorarium for kiisha morrow | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Community Institute - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support ar 2024 youth leadership and development training mlk event | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas United Community Coalition - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Workshop sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asset Funders Network - Chicago Il | Little Rock, AR | 2024 biennial conference sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bay Area Video Coalition Inc - San Francisco Ca | Little Rock, AR | Documentary film | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Arkansas Legal Services - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Blytheville - Blytheville Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support ar municipalities in planning, training and grant writing support to increase their chances of securing federal resources | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Elaine - Elaine Ar | Little Rock, AR | To support ar municipalities in planning, training and grant writing support to increase their chances of securing federal resources | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees - Sebastapol Ca | Little Rock, AR | 2024 biennial convening sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Rights for Kids - Washington DC | Little Rock, AR | Capacity for equity | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Jonesboro Community Development Corporation | Little Rock, AR | General operating support for the north jonesboro community development corporation community table/coalition with alice advocates | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy Southeast - Atlanta Ga | Little Rock, AR | 2024 pse annual meeting sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Movement innovation grant to support completion of a state-level health index report | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women's Leadership Network - Conway Ar | Little Rock, AR | Her path to politics sponsorship | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | 2023 board honorarium for kiisha morrow | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association of Black Foundation Executive - New York City Ny | Little Rock, AR | 2024 annual meeting sponsorship | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association of Black Foundation Executive - New York City Ny | Little Rock, AR | 2024 conference sponsorship | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy | Little Rock, AR | 2024 epip annual conference sponsorship | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Faith Matters Network - Nashville TN | Little Rock, AR | 2024 gala sponsorship | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partnership for America's Children - Washington DC | Little Rock, AR | Arkansas medicaid expansion | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Advocates for Community and Rural Education Dba Rural Community Alliance - | Little Rock, AR | Capacity building champion | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Circles Inc - Helena-West Helena Ar | Little Rock, AR | Capacity building champion | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Community improvement and capacity building | $15,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | $6,459,300 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.