Open Foundations · Arkansas

Simmons First Foundation Inc

Pine Bluff, Arkansas · EIN 464607601. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $868K across 102 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$868K
paid in 2024
102
grants paid
$5K
median grant
75%
to first-time recipients
$19.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
SHANNON MORGAN
Address
PO BOX 7009, PINE BLUFF, AR, 71611
Phone
8705411102
Form the request should take
WRITTEN FORMAT
Submission deadline
DETERMINED BY THE BOARD
Restrictions on awards
DETERMINED BY THE BOARD

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202522669349100107. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

youth programmingeconomic developmentcommunitytherapy

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 102 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Arkansas Game & FishAR$60,256TRACK CHAIR PROGRAM
2U of a Collegeimpact Ar FellowshipAR$26,750ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3Wings of Hope Family Crisis ServicesOK$26,000CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
4Centers for Youth and FamiliesAR$25,000UPDATING ROOMS FOR YOUTH WHO LIVE AT THE SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS RESIDENTIAL CENTER
5HooplifeAR$25,000HOOPLIFE SUMMER CAMP
6Miracle League of Little RockAR$25,000FIELD REPAIR
7Our Daily Bread Food & Resource CenterOK$25,000LINCOLN ACADEMY MARKETPLACE EXPANSION
8Pga Tour CharitiesFL$25,000GENERAL DONATION FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING
9The Allen SchoolAR$25,000SENSORY GYM RETROFIT - PHASE II
10Believe Memphis AcademyTN$23,3101 SCHOOL 1 MISSION PROGRAM
11Columbia Center for Urban AgricultureMO$23,000OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROGRAM
12Reaching for Life IncAR$22,200ADVENTURES IN READING & WRITING FUN PROGRAM
13Boys & Girls Club of Jefferson CountyAR$20,000GENERAL DONATION FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING
14Bryant Boys & Girls ClubAR$19,968BLUE DOOR LITERACY
15New Hope Children's Advocacy CenterTN$19,959PRIVACY FENCE FOR THERAPY GARDEN PROGRAM

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202017$147K
202193$1.5M
202255$362K
202390$1.0M
2024102$868K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Arkansas32%
Tennessee22%
Missouri22%
Texas15%
Oklahoma6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Carla MartinDIRECTOR · 2024
Catherine SmartDIRECTOR · 2024
David GarnerDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Harry L RyburnDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Kaleybra MitchellDIRECTOR · 2024
George MakrisDIRECTOR · 2024
J Thomas MayPRESIDENT · 2024
Marty D CasteelDIRECTOR · 2024
Mary PringosDIRECTOR · 2024
Pat AndersonDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert FehlmanDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert L ShoptawDIRECTOR · 2024
Scott McgeorgeDIRECTOR · 2024
Shannon MorganEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Steve MassanelliDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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