Open Foundations · Arkansas

Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust

Arkadelphia, Arkansas · EIN 710495345. 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 $571K across 33 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$571K
paid in 2024
33
grants paid
$10K
median grant
38%
to first-time recipients
$10.6M
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
LISA SPEER
Address
PO BOX 493, ARKADELPHIA, AR, 71923
Phone
5015393140
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTER EXPLAINING GRANT REQUEST; IRS DETERMINATION LETTER; OTHER INFOMRATION PERTINENT TO THE GRANT REQUEST.
Submission deadline
NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Restrictions on awards
STATE OF ARKANSAS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202512519349101011. 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.

equipmentfood

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 33 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Lifepoint ChurchAR$56,472GRANT
2Family Promise of Pulaski CountyAR$54,890GRANT
3Potluck Food RescueAR$45,500FOOD SUPPLIES
4Crowley's Ridge CollegeAR$45,000GRANT
5Ualr-kuarklreAR$34,638EQUIPMENT
6Arkansas Humanities CouncilAR$25,048GRANT
7Sultana MuseumAR$25,000GRANT
8Low Key ArtsAR$23,064EQUIPMENT
9Henderson State UniversityAR$20,000GRANT
10Third Baptist ChurchAR$20,000GRANT
11Arkansas PbsAR$18,271GRANT
12Uca FoundationAR$15,653EQUIPMENT
13Mid-america Science MuseumAR$10,786EQUIPMENT
14American Heart AssociationAR$10,000BLOOD PRESSURE KITS
15Catholic High SchoolAR$10,000GRANT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202036$763K
202127$615K
202230$671K
202334$643K
202433$571K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Arkansas100%

Who decides

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

Anna FindleyTRUSTEE · 2024
Kathy FindleyTRUSTEE · 2024
Lisa SpeerTRUSTEE · 2024
Mary DunnTRUSTEE · 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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