FundersArkansas

Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc

Sherwood, AR · EIN 26-1569324. Reported 99 grants totalling $3,912,965 to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$27,320median grant
$3,912,965granted, 2021-2024
72organizations funded
24%of grantees funded again the next year
$19.4Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $27,320. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,120 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,865 and the largest $600,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
36 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
42 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Arkansas Mission of Mercy IncSherwood, AR$600,000112024
School-Based Health Alliance of ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$267,930222024
Other Grants 5000Sherwood, AR$246,431222024
University of Arkansas Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$240,375432024
Mainline Health Systems IncDermott, AR$207,824112023
Tri County Rural Health Network IncHelena, AR$184,117112024
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of ArkLittle Rock, AR$130,120532024
St Francis House Nwa IncSpringdale, AR$95,488222024
Ar Chapter Am Academy of Pediatrics IncLittle Rock, AR$93,650222023
Carti Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$70,000222024
Hispanic Community Services IncJonesboro, AR$70,000222024
Welcome HealthFayetteville, AR$70,000112023
Arkansas Center for Health ImprovementLittle Rock, AR$61,125112021
Baptist Health FoundationLittle Rock, AR$60,000222024
Girl Scouts - Diamonds of ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$60,000222024
Ualr Children InternationalLittle Rock, AR$52,544212024
Crawford-Sebastian Community DevelopmentFort Smith, AR$50,000212021
Harmony Health ClinicLittle Rock, AR$50,000222024
WelcomehealthFayetteville, AR$48,050212024
University Ar Winthrop Rockefeller InstituteMorrilton, AR$46,200112023
Boys and Girls Club Arkansas River ValleyRussellville, AR$40,000212021
Community Dental ClinicFort Smith, AR$40,000112023
Crawford - Sebastian Community Development Council IncFort Smith, AR$40,000112024
Harris-Hannah Post No 6527 Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of ArkansasGreenwood, AR$40,000222024
River City MinistryNorth Little Rock, AR$40,000112023
River City Ministry of Pulaski County IncNorth Little Rock, AR$40,000112024
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesSpringdale, AR$40,000112023
Samaritan House Community CenterRogers, AR$40,000222024
Shirley School DistrictShirley, AR$40,000112024
Conway Regional Health Foundation IncConway, AR$35,000112024
Boys & Girls Club of Benton County IncBentonville, AR$30,250112024
Ar Childrens Hospital Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$30,000112021
Arkansas PBS FoundationConway, AR$30,000112023
Boys & Girls Club of Central ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$30,000112021
Division of Agriculture of the University of ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$30,000112024
Heart of Arkansas United WayLittle Rock, AR$30,000112024
Resiliency Empowerment Faith OvercomerPine Bluff, AR$30,000112021
University of Central Ar Foundation IncConway, AR$30,000112021
Advocates for Community and Rural EducationLittle Rock, AR$29,517112024
Kendrick Fincher Memorial FoundationRogers, AR$29,128222024
Arkansas Community Foundation IncLittle Rock, AR$28,400112024
Carter's CrewLittle Rock, AR$28,360112024
Uafs FoundationFort Smith, AR$27,320112023
Giving Others Ambition TogetherLittle Rock, AR$26,795222024
Boys & Girls Club of the Arkansas River ValleyRussellville, AR$25,125112024
Shepherds Hope Neighborhood Health CenterLittle Rock, AR$23,000222023
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Arkoma IncSpringdale, AR$20,000112024
Songbird Multimedia and PerformingLittle Rock, AR$20,000112023
University Arkansas Fort Smith FoundationFort Smith, AR$20,000112021
Mint for MoreCenterton, AR$18,436112024
Lafayette County Dental Clinic IncStamps, AR$18,241112024
Centers for Youth & FamilyLittle Rock, AR$18,000112023
Arkansas Immunization Action CoalitionLittle Rock, AR$17,572112024
Sharing Love Outreach Anthony PettigrewLittle Rock, AR$17,445112024
Life Skills for YouthLittle Rock, AR$17,000112023
Literacy Council of Bowie and Miller CountiesTexarkana, TX$16,000112024
Arkansas Oral Health CoalitionLittle Rock, AR$15,470112024
Mountain Home Christian ClinicMountain Home, AR$15,000112023
Pediatrics Plus Community ConnectionsConway, AR$14,582212024
Lula Mae's Day Center IncWhite Hall, AR$13,139222024
Arkansas Council on Economic EducationLittle Rock, AR$12,000112021
Boys and Girls Club of Mcgehee ArkansasMcgehee, AR$12,000112021
Northwest Arkansas Children's ShelterBentonville, AR$11,900112023
Superintendent of Gurdon HighGurdon, AR$11,316112023
Shepherd's Hope Health Centers IncLittle Rock, AR$10,750112024
American Red CrossBoone, IA$10,000112023
Arkansas Special OlympicsNorth Little Rock, AR$10,000112024
Pulaski County Youth ServicesLittle Rock, AR$9,500112023
Depaul USA IncLittle Rock, AR$7,500112024
United Way of Northwest ArkansasLowell, AR$7,500112024
Transformations By Little Rock AngelsLittle Rock, AR$7,000112021
Inspired Communities FoundationTimbo, AR$5,865112024

17 of 72 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 24%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 61 grants to individuals totalling $1,978,913 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
16 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Education
8 grants
Youth Development
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Arts & Culture
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202119$582,107$20,375
20222$45,120$22,560
202331$1,204,151$30,000
202447$2,081,587$26,050

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Arkansas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Arkansas
$3.9M
Texas
$16K
Iowa
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Arkansas Community Foundation Inc25 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc9 shared recipientsArkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $27,320. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Arkansas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1513 Country Club Rd, Sherwood, AR, 72120. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 26-1569324 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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