Rebsamen Fund
Little Rock, AR · EIN 71-6053911. Reported 165 grants totalling $1,121,698 to 73 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 $3,548 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Symphony Orchestra | Little Rock, AR | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | Little Rock, AR | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Reperatory Theatre | Little Rock, AR | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Thea Foundation | North Little Rock, AR | $52,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Philander Smith College | Little Rock, AR | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of the Ozarks | Clarksville, AR | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ar Kids Read | Little Rock, AR | $49,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Single Parent Scholarship Fund | Little Rock, AR | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Literacy Action of Central Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Central Arkansas Library System Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Seis Puentes Hispanic Outreach | North Little Rock, AR | $33,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Hunger Relief | Little Rock, AR | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund | Little Rock, AR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Access Schools | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Museum of Discovery | Little Rock, AR | $22,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Sultana Disaster Museum | Marion, AR | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Watson Elementary | Little Rock, AR | $16,048 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Apple Seeds | Fayetteville, AR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | Little Rock, AR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clinton School of Public Service | Little Rock, AR | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Hospice Inc | North Little Rock, AR | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arkansas National Guard Foundation | North Little Rock, AR | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| City Year | Little Rock, AR | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Times | Little Rock, AR | $11,667 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| ACLU of Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Arts Center Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Englewood STEM High School | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Youth Advocacy Resourse Network | Mayflower, AR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brandon House Cultural & Performing Arts Center | Little Rock, AR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kuar | Little Rock, AR | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Methodist Family Health Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Andover Academy | Andover, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Community Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Acansa | North Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 United | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Values Institute Inc | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Get Loud Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Mcarthur Park Group | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reveal | Emeryville, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chandler Project | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ualr School of Law | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Central Arkansas | Conway, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vera Lloyd | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Cinema Society | Little Rock, AR | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Med Camps of Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | $4,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Association of Black Psychology Professionals | Little Rock, AR | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arkansas Association of Black Professionals | Little Rock, AR | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bowery Mission | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival | Hot Springs, AR | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lr Public Radio | Little Rock, AR | $1,667 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Arkansas Advocate | Washington, DC | $1,666 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Mid-America Museum | Hot Springs, AR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 73 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 65 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2025 | 40 | $282,048 | $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
94% of its giving went to organizations in Arkansas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 55330, Little Rock, AR, 72215. 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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