The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Historical FunderLittle Rock, Arkansas · EIN 71-0285871 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$6.5M
Organizations funded106
Typical grant$30,000
Total assets$151.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $15,000 and $75,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | ONLINE AT WWWWRFOUNDATIONORG |
|---|---|
| Address | 225 EAST MARKHAM STREET SUITE 200, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201 |
| Phone | 5013766854 |
| Form and materials | WRF PROVIDES GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, PROJECT SUPPORT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC EQUITY, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND/OR SOCIAL, ETHNIC, AND RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN ARKANSAS. DETAILED GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.WRFOUNDATION.ORG/WHAT-WE-FUND/#HOW. OUR APPROACH BEGINS WITH AN IDEA SUBMITTED TO OUR ONLINE PORTAL, WWW.WRFOUNDATION.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY/ |
| Deadlines | SUBMISSIONS ARE ROLLING AND CAN BE RECEIVED ONLINE AT WWW.WRFOUNDATION.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY/ AT ANY TIME |
| Restrictions | WRF GRANTS AND PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS ARE LIMITED TO INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY OR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND ARE PRIMARILY PROVIDED TO ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN ARKANSAS. IF YOUR INITIATIVE IS NOT LED BY A NONPROFIT, GOVERNMENT AGENCY, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, OR UNIVERSITY, WRF WILL REQUIRE A FISCAL SPONSOR. A FISCAL SPONSOR ACTS AS A GUARDIAN OF GRANT FUNDS, RETAINS DISCRETION AND CONTROL OVER THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS, AND ENSURES THAT THE FUNDS ARE USED FOR 501(C)(3) PURPOSES. THE FISCAL SPONSOR AND ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONS SHOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT. WRF WILL GENERALLY NOT: FUND INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR RENOVATIONS, EQUIPMENT, OR SUPPLIES) PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER BUDGET SHORTFALLS SUPPORT FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS SUPPORT BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SUPPORT ENDOWMENTS SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT DO NOT DIRECTLY OR SIGNIFICANTLY HAVE AN IMPACT WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS |
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What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
0% of grants went outside Arkansas.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $600,000 |
| 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 |
| Communities Unlimited - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Flexible funding for broadband expansion in rural arkansas | $200,000 |
| 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 |
| Possibility Labs - San Francisco Ca | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $150,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc - New York New York | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $150,000 |
| Delta Circles Inc - Helena-West Helena Ar | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $150,000 |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to support the arkansas public policy panel | $150,000 |
| Winrock Solutions LLC - North Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Multicultural business xcellerator program | $150,000 |
| 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 |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc- Lubbock Tx | Little Rock, AR | To support the redesigh of teacher preparation programs in arkansas | $150,000 |
| Arkansas Values Institute - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $125,000 |
| Just Communities of Arkansas - North Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $125,000 |
| 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… | $125,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Delta Community Development and Law Center - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Enterprise capital lite rwjf passthrough | $100,000 |
| Advancing Black Entrepreneurship Inc Dba Remix Ideas - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support for remix ideas through abe | $100,000 |
| 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… | $100,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $75,000 |
| Arkansas Justice Collective Dba Ar Immigrant Defense - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to arkansas justice collective dba arkansas immigrant defense | $75,000 |
| Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to support economic equity in arkansas. | $75,000 |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (Arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Model pilot for ar's small business access to capital | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Conexion de Negocios Latinos - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Strengthen the entrepreneurial support ecosystem for hispanic and latinx business owners in arkansas | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| 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… | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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… | $65,000 |
| 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 |
| Unrestricted Grants Under 5000 | Little Rock, AR | Unrestricted grants under $5,000 | $50,100 |
| Asset Funders Network - Chicago Il | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Arkansas Broadcasting Foundation - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Gos to fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| States Newsroom - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas | $50,000 |
| Public News Service - Boulder Co | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 |
| Arkansas Delta Informer - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 |
| Kuaf 913 Fm - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | To fortify the local nonprofit media and journalism landscape in arkansas. | $50,000 |
| New Leaders Council Arkansas - Washington DC | Little Rock, AR | General operating support | $40,000 |
| 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… | $40,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Interform - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Capacity for equity | $30,000 |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (Arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Create a docuseries on alice arkansans | $30,000 |
| Delta Circles Inc - Helena-West Helena Ar | Little Rock, AR | Fiscal sponsor for the pine bluff black chanber of commerce | $30,000 |
| Arkansas Construction Education Foundation - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | General operating support for thd delta workforce and training program | $30,000 |
| 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… | $30,000 |
| City of Little Rock - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Support for small business development in central arkansas | $30,000 |
| Arkansas United Community Coalition - Fayetteville Ar | Little Rock, AR | Support policy and systems reform to achieve economic dignity for alice workers | $30,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Showing the 60 largest of 106 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| South Arkansas Health Council - Crossett Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | Build the capacity and infrastructure to support better health and well-being outcomes in south arkansas. | $300,000 |
| Arkansas Community Foundation (Arcf) - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Strenthen organizations supportive of asset limited income constrained employed (alice) arkansans | $150,000 |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | To develop an arkansas-based, capacity-building and community -outreach infrastructure | $150,000 |
| Arkansas State University New York Institute of Technology College of Oste | Little Rock, AR | To research the social determinants of health in the delta region and provide policy recommendations to address systemic inequities that… | $75,000 |
| Capacity for Equity Fund | Little Rock, AR | Grant fund for small grants to support arkansas nonprofits | $70,794 |
| Conexion de Negocios Latinos - Springdale Ar | Little Rock, AR | Strengthen the entrepreneurial support ecosystem for hispanic and latinx business owners in arkansas | $50,000 |
| The Liberty Initiative - Rogers 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 |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel - 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 |
| Arkansas United Community Coalition - Fayetteville 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 |
| Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families - 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 |
| Arkansas Values Institute - 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 |
| The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas - Little Rock Ar | 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… | $25,000 |
| Central Arkansas Pride - 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… | $20,000 |
| City of Little Rock - 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… | $20,000 |
| Seeds of Liberation Inc - Little Rock Ar | Little Rock, AR | Movement innovation grant | $10,000 |
| City of Wrightsville - Wrightsville 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 |
| City of Eudora - Eudora 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 |
| City of Fairfield Bay - Fairfield Bay 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 |
| City of Earle - Earle 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 |
| Forrest City - Forrest City 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 |
| City of Harrisburg - Harrisburg 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 |
| City of Hughes - Hughes 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 |
| City of Madison - Madison 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 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,459,300 | 130 |
| 2023 | $5,194,750 | 123 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 17, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503219349106375
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 71-0285871
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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