Tyson Family Foundation Inc
Fayetteville, AR · EIN 23-7087948. Reported 103 grants totalling $23.6M to 62 recipients 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. Tyson Family 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $14,300 and $175,000; the smallest was $23 and the largest $3,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cache | Bentonville, AR | $2,171,420 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johnny Morris Wonders of Wildlife Fdn | Springfield, MO | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johnny Morris Wonders of Wildlife Foundation | Springfield, MO | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of St Andrews | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Bentonville, AR | $1,855,266 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Springdale | Springdale, AR | $1,533,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Scholarship Grants to Colleges and Universities | Springdale, AR | $1,365,681 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Population Services International | Washington, DC | $1,305,572 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation | Springdale, AR | $695,976 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Downtown Springdale Alliance | Springdale, AR | $619,119 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan House Community Center | Rogers, AR | $532,170 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fuse Box Austin | Austin, TX | $370,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Arkansas Foundation | Fayetteville, AR | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| US Marshals Museum Foundation Inc | Fort Smith, AR | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Fashion Week Dba Interform | Springdale, AR | $265,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Experience Fayetteville | Fayetteville, AR | $256,366 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theatresquared | Fayetteville, AR | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nwa Council Foundation | Springdale, AR | $230,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $166,667 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nwa Community Creative Center | Bentonville, AR | $143,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Springdale Public Schools | Springdale, AR | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Athletes Outreach | Fayetteville, AR | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Music Moves Ltd | Springdale, AR | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Community Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $102,632 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Bentonville, AR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Entrepreneurship for All | Lowell, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Arkansas Heritage | Little Rock, AR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Arkansas Equality Inc | Springdale, AR | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Folk School of Fayetteville Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Downtown Fayetteville Coalition | Fayetteville, AR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Interform | Springdale, AR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Safety Center | Springdale, AR | $56,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas Children's Foundation | Springdale, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Cinema Society | Little Rock, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springdale Public Schools Education Foundation | Springdale, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ualr Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Latin Art Organization | Springdale, AR | $34,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bentonville Film Festival | Bentonville, AR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Chick Mission Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Advocacy Centers | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soar After School Program | Springdale, AR | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| House of Songs | Bentonville, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Music Education Initiative | Rogers, AR | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 100 Black Men of Greater Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arkansas United | Springdale, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walton Arts Center | Fayetteville, AR | $9,280 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dress for Success Northwest Arkansas | Rogers, AR | $7,736 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rogers Experimental House | Rogers, AR | $5,630 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts One Presents (fka Arts Center of the Ozarks) | Springdale, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bentonvillebella Vista Trailblazers | Bentonville, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fayetteville Student Mountain Biking Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Little Craft Show | Bella Vista, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Porter Fund | Little Rock, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trendsetters Foundation | Fayetteville, AR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holidaze Pop-Up Inc | Eureka Springs, AR | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Apple Seeds Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chinese Association of Northwest Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spotco | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| From Energy Transfer Lp K-1 | Dallas, TX | $23 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
25 of 62 (40%) 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 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Johnny Morris Wonders of Wildlife Foundation
CONSERVATION2019 PARTNERSHIP IN CONSERVATION - Cache
OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTONS AT THE MEDIUM - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
MOMENTARY AND CRYSTAL BRIDGES PROGRAMMING SUPPORT - University of Arkansas Foundation
U OF A PRESS AND UALR ATHLETICS - Nwa Council Foundation
OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING - Downtown Springdale Alliance
OPERATIONS AND ANNUAL EVENTS SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 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 | 31 | $7,068,912 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 25 | $7,847,812 | $56,250 |
| 2023 | 27 | $6,788,586 | $35,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $1,875,678 | $40,000 |
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
53% 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 $50,000. 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 Tyson Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: Post Office Box 1526, Fayetteville, AR, 72701. 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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