Open Foundations · Arkansas

Arkansas Community Health and Education Foundation

Little Rock, Arkansas · EIN 710607643. 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 $307K across 13 grants in 2025, a median of $5K each.

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$307K
paid in 2025
13
grants paid
$5K
median grant
48%
to first-time recipients
$2.1M
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
GUS VRATSINAS
Address
PO BOX 7681, LITTLE ROCK, AR, 72217
Phone
5016643499
Form the request should take
FORMAL APPLICATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
PROJECTS IN PULASKI COUNTY IN WHICH NO MORE THAN 1/3 OF TOTAL COST COMING FROM THE FOUNDATION; ORGANIZATIONS WITH ANNUAL REVENUE LESS THAN 3 MILLION, HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE FOUNDATION IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, AND USE HEALTH AND EDUCATION GRANT MONEY TO MATCH CHALLENGE GRANTS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621259349100132. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

homeless

Biggest grants in 2025

All 13 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Chi St Vincent FoundationAR$100,000HEALTH AND EDUCATION
2Uams FoundationAR$99,900SUPPORT UAMS
3Arkansas Alzheimer AssociationAR$35,000FUND RESEARCH FOR ALZHEIMER'S
4Dunbar Community GardenAR$14,320HEALTH AND EDUCATION
5Synergy SaturdayAR$12,500MEDICAL CARE FOR UNDER PRIVLEDGED
6American Red CrossAR$10,316DISASTER RELIEF ORGANIZATION
7Arkansas FoodbankAR$5,000HUNGER RELIEF FOR THE NEEDY
8Immerse ArkansasAR$5,000SUPPORT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
9Little Rock Compassion CenterAR$5,000HELP THE HOMELESS
10Meadow Park ElementaryAR$5,000EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
11Settled SoulsAR$5,000HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATION
12Stewpot & First PresbyterianAR$5,000HEALTH & EDUCATION
13The Van Little RockAR$5,000HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202010$199K
202114$255K
202212$142K
202317$230K
202416$235K
2025 (partial year)13$307K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Arkansas100%

Who decides

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

Brian ChunnSECRETARY · 2025
Clarice MillerDIRECTOR · 2025
Dan Cowling IiiDIRECTOR · 2025
Gus Blass IiiDIRECTOR · 2025
Gus VratsinasPRESIDENT · 2025
Linda NortonDIRECTOR · 2025
Stephen LeekTRUSTEE/DIRE · 2025
Susan BlairVICE PRESIDE · 2025
Wendy SaerTRUSTEE/DIRE · 2025

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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