Rebsamen Fund
Little Rock, AR · EIN 71-6053911. Reported 125 grants totalling $839,650 to 64 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Rebsamen Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Symphony Orchestra | Little Rock, AR | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Little Rock, AR | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Single Parent Scholarship Fund | Little Rock, AR | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arkansas Reperatory Theatre | Little Rock, AR | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philander Smith College | Little Rock, AR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thea Foundation | North Little Rock, AR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of the Ozarks | Clarksville, AR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ar Kids Read | Little Rock, AR | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seis Puentes Hispanic Outreach | North Little Rock, AR | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Literacy Action of Central Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Hunger Relief | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Arkansas Library System Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access Schools | Little Rock, AR | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Discovery | Little Rock, AR | $17,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | Little Rock, AR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund | Little Rock, AR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sultana Disaster Museum | Marion, AR | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Watson Elementary | Little Rock, AR | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Arts Center Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clinton School of Public Service | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just Communities | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| No Politico No Religion Co Be Strong Re Entry | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall | Conway, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Arkansas at Fort Smith | Fort Smith, AR | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arkansas National Guard Foundation | North Little Rock, AR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brandon House Cultural & Performing Arts Center | Little Rock, AR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Year | Little Rock, AR | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Andover Academy | Andover, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Community Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Apple Seeds | Fayetteville, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Argenta Community Theater | North Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Abortion Support Network | Jacksonville, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Nature Conservancy | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arkansas Paws in Prison | North Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Times | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arkansas United | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Values Institute Inc | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Englewood STEM High School | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gospel Music Association Inc | Franklin, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gospel Music Trust Fund | Brentwood, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hendrix College | Conway, AR | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Pulaski County | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reveal | Emeryville, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chandler Project | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Central Arkansas | Conway, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Med Camps of Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $4,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Methodist Family Health Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arkansas Association of Black Professionals | Little Rock, AR | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Cinema Society | Little Rock, AR | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vera Lloyd | Little Rock, AR | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Acansa | North Little Rock, AR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Into the Light | Mountain Home, AR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Village Place | Little Rock, AR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Person Plural | Wolverhampton | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kuar | Little Rock, AR | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Capital Corporation | Little Rock, AR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts Diamonds of Arkanss Oklahoma and Texas | Little Rock, AR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival | Hot Springs, AR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mid-America Museum | Hot Springs, AR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Bowery Mission | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
31 of 64 (48%) 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 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $177,900 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $189,025 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $207,725 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $265,000 | $5,000 |
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. 94% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Arkansas.
- 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.
- 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 Rebsamen Fund'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: 11219 Financial Ctr Pkwy 303, Little Rock, AR, 72211. 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.
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