Open Foundations · Arkansas

Robert E and Catherine Woodson Sampley Foundation Inc

Mount Ida, Arkansas · EIN 716156225. 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 $313K across 48 grants in 2025, a median of $7K each.

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$313K
paid in 2025
48
grants paid
$7K
median grant
31%
to first-time recipients
$1.2M
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
ROBERT E SAMPLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA
Address
PO BOX 1147, MOUNT IDA, AR, 71957
Phone
8708673564
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE STATEMENT
Submission deadline
APRIL OF SENIOR YEAR
Restrictions on awards
SEE STATEMENT

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641349349101789. 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.

college education

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 48 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Gunner BourAR$12,000TRADE SCHOOL
2Addison ScottAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
3Aleena RowlandAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
4Alex MartinAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
5Annibell StrotherAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
6April VelasquezAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
7Ashton YoungAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
8Brady PhilpotAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
9Brooklyn FraizeAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
10Caleb WhiteAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
11Damian RamirezAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
12Deanna BourAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
13Drayton StandridgeAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
14Emily McanellyAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION
15Emma PittmanAR$7,000COLLEGE EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202042$273K
202135$238K
202236$245K
202339$248K
202445$304K
2025 (partial year)48$313K

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.

Francis DobbsTREASURER DIRECTOR · 2025
Jason Lenderman CpaVICE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR · 2025
Jeff BlackPRESIDENT DIRECTOR · 2025
Randy BlackDIRECTOR · 2025
Ruth NormanSECRETARY DIRECTOR · 2025
Tammy MccarterDIRECTOR · 2025
William EdwardsDIRECTOR · 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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