Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable
Arkadelphia, AR · EIN 71-0495345. Reported 124 grants totalling $2,499,695 to 63 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. Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable 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 $12,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,581; the smallest was $500 and the largest $99,428. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Rose Volunteer Fire Department | Malvern, AR | $149,428 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Malvern | Malvern, AR | $140,334 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crowley's Ridge College | Paragould, AR | $115,197 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Arkansas University | Mangolia, AR | $104,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Potluck Food Rescue | North Little Rock, AR | $97,660 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philander Smith College | Little Rock, AR | $96,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ualr-Kuarklre | Little Rock, AR | $88,146 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Well Fed Community Development Corp | Little Rock, AR | $78,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clark Co Historical Assoc | Arkadelphia, AR | $71,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Low Key Arts | Hot Springs, AR | $65,005 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mount St Mary Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arkansas PBS | Conway, AR | $60,227 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ar Arts Center & Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifepoint Church | Malvern, AR | $56,472 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, AR | $55,782 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Pulaski County | Little Rock, AR | $54,890 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helping Hand of Greater Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Little Rock, AR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Historic Cane Hill | Canehill, AR | $45,035 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texarkana Baptist Children's Home | Texarkana, AR | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Arkadelphia, AR | $43,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jackson House | Hot Springs, AR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $38,913 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Park College | Hot Springs, AR | $36,580 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fair Park Early Childhood Center | Little Rock, AR | $35,185 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Humanities Council | Little Rock, AR | $35,048 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic High School | Little Rock, AR | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Little Rock Public Library | North Little Rock, AR | $33,946 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid-America Science Museum | Hot Springs, AR | $30,786 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uca Foundation | Conway, AR | $30,653 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Little Rock, AR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hot Springs Cultural Alliance | Hot Springs, AR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Humane Society Clark Co | Arkadelphia, AR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary School | North Little Rock, AR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Burlsworth Foundation | Harrison, AR | $29,537 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $25,581 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sultana Museum | Marion, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sultana the Exhibit | Marion, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cadc Meals on Wheels | Benton, AR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Immaculate Conception Church | North Little Rock, AR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hendrix College Wingate Museum | Conway, AR | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stop Animal Cruelty | Hot Springs, AR | $20,890 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clark County Ecumenical Food Pantry | Arkadelphia, AR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Garland Co Historical Society | Hot Springs, AR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Henderson State University | Arkadelphia, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hot Springs Film Festival | Hot Springs, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our House | Little Rock, AR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Third Baptist Church | Malvern, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Garland County Historical Society | Hot Springs, AR | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rison Paws for Arkansas | Rison, AR | $17,032 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asu System Foundation Inc | Jonesboro, AR | $16,425 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Call | Little Rock, AR | $13,801 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arkadelphia Fpc | Arkadelphia, AR | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Francois Missionary Baptist Church | Malvern, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Festiv | Hot Springs, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immaculate Conception School | North Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ouachita Baptist University Swim | Arkadelphia, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Resource Center | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hot Springs Children's Dance Theate | Hot Springs, AR | $8,476 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hempstead County Historical Society | Washington, AR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grant County Unified Community | Sheidan, AR | $6,276 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy Council of Grant County | Sheridan, AR | $5,940 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Area Agency on Aging | Arkadelphia, AR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
37 of 63 (59%) 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 65%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Philander Smith College
FOOD PANTRY EQUIPMENT & FOOD - Clark Co Historical Assoc
EQUIPMENT & FOOD BANK SUPPLIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $614,628 | $16,425 |
| 2022 | 30 | $670,611 | $13,580 |
| 2023 | 34 | $642,993 | $11,250 |
| 2024 | 33 | $571,463 | $10,000 |
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
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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 $12,500. 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 Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable'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: Po Box 493, Arkadelphia, AR, 71923. 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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