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Vogel Schwartz Foundation Inc

Little Rock, AR · EIN 71-0782093. Reported 81 grants totalling $1,181,500 to 45 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,181,500granted, 2021-2025
45recipients, as named on its returns
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,529,830assets, 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
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
12 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
10 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
20 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Chi St Vincent FoundationLittle Rock, AR$165,000552025
Children's Protective CenterLittle Rock, AR$155,000552025
City of Little RockLittle Rock, AR$145,000222024
Congregation B'nai IsraelLittle Rock, AR$139,000552025
Women's Own WorthLittle Rock, AR$112,500442025
St Vincent East ClinicLittle Rock, AR$62,500222025
Refuge VillageNorth Little Rock, AR$55,000112024
Hillcrest Softball LeagueLittle Rock, AR$50,000112023
Rockefeller Early Childhood CenterLittle Rock, AR$50,000112025
Arkansas Hunger Relief AllianceLittle Rock, AR$35,000332023
Jdrf Greater Arkansas ChapterLittle Rock, AR$30,000332023
Carti Cancer CenterLittle Rock, AR$25,100222025
Arkansas Food BankLittle Rock, AR$15,000112021
Compassion in ActionLittle Rock, AR$15,000442025
Old State House Museum AssociatesLittle Rock, AR$15,000552025
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
Children's Tumor FoundationNew York, NY$9,000332024
Arkansas Children's HospitalLittle Rock, AR$5,500442025
Humane Society of Pulaski CountyLittle Rock, AR$5,500222025
Disabled American VeteransNorth Little Rock, AR$5,000112021
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesLittle Rock, AR$5,000112025
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of ArkansasLittle Rock, AR$5,000112021
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryKerrville, TX$3,500112025
AcansaNorth Little Rock, AR$2,500112025
Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth RanchesBatesville, AR$2,500112023
Mayo ClinicRochester, MN$2,500112022
The Muses ProjectHot Springs, AR$2,500112025
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
20TH Century Club of Little Rock IncLittle Rock, AR$1,000112025
Phumc FoundationLittle Rock, AR$1,000112025
St Jude's HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000112024
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
Lake Ouachita Baptist ChurchMt Ida, AR$100112022

15 of 45 (33%) 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 47%, across 4 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 30 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.

Religion
6 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Medical Research
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants

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
202517$284,800$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

99% 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.

Arkansas
$1.2M
New York
$9K
Texas
$4K
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 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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsArkansas Community Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsRiggs Benevolent Fund6 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  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 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: 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

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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