FundersArkansas

Vogel Schwartz Foundation Inc

Little Rock, AR · EIN 71-0782093. Reported 64 grants totalling $896,700 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$896,700granted, 2021-2024
38organizations funded
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,110,556assets, 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. Vogel Schwartz 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $95,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
7 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
18 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
10 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
15 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 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
City of Little RockLittle Rock, AR$145,000222024
Chi St Vincent FoundationLittle Rock, AR$132,500442024
Congregation B'nai IsraelLittle Rock, AR$106,200442024
Children's Protective CenterLittle Rock, AR$105,000442024
Women's Own WorthLittle Rock, AR$80,000332024
Refuge VillageNorth Little Rock, AR$55,000112024
Hillcrest Softball LeagueLittle Rock, AR$50,000112023
Arkansas Hunger Relief AllianceLittle Rock, AR$35,000332023
Jdrf Greater Arkansas ChapterLittle Rock, AR$30,000332023
St Vincent East ClinicLittle Rock, AR$30,000112024
Arkansas Food BankLittle Rock, AR$15,000112021
Compassion in ActionLittle Rock, AR$12,500332024
Access SchoolsLittle Rock, AR$10,000222024
Arkansas Community FoundationLittle Rock, AR$10,000112024
Salvation ArmyLittle Rock, AR$10,000112021
Second Serving FoundationLittle Rock, AR$10,000112024
The One IncLittle Rock, AR$10,000112021
Old State House Museum AssociatesLittle Rock, AR$9,500442024
Children's Tumor FoundationNew York, NY$9,000332024
Disabled American VeteransNorth Little Rock, AR$5,000112021
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$5,000112021
Arkansas Children's HospitalLittle Rock, AR$4,500332024
Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth RanchesBatesville, AR$2,500112023
Mayo ClinicRochester, MN$2,500112022
Arkansas Advocates for Children & FamiliesLittle Rock, AR$2,000112022
Boys & Girls Club of Central ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$2,000112024
Arkansas Autism Resource & Outreach CenterLittle Rock, AR$1,500112022
Ifb SolutionsLittle Rock, AR$1,500112022
The Tiger FoundationLittle Rock, AR$1,500112023
Arkansa Children's HospitalLittle Rock, AR$1,200112021
St Jude's HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000112024
Humane Society of Pulaski CountyLittle Rock, AR$500112022
Little Rock Boys & Girls Club FoundationLittle Rock, AR$500112021
North Little Rock Boys & Girls ClubNorth Little Rock, AR$300112022
Natural State Council of the Boy ScoutsLittle Rock, AR$200112024
Arkansas HospiceNorth Little Rock, AR$100112022
Carti Cancer CenterLittle Rock, AR$100112022
Lake Ouachita Baptist ChurchMt Ida, AR$100112022

12 of 38 (32%) 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 47%, across 3 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 25 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Medical Research
3 grants
Crime & Legal
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
1 grant
Education
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$163,000$10,000
202219$122,900$2,000
202314$312,800$12,500
202417$298,000$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

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
$884K
New York
$9K
Minnesota
$2K
Tennessee
$1K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  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 Vogel Schwartz 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: 11219 Financial Ctr Parkway Ste 300, 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.

EIN 71-0782093 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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