Grant funders

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Private foundation, Arkansas

Also known as WRF

United States
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Given in 2024 $6.5m
Typical grant $30k Middle half $15k to $75k
New grantees in 2024 58% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

58% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Arkansas 264 grants · typical $36k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Grant to Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy $5,000 31 Dec 2024
Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference - Chicago Il Grant to Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference - Chicago Il $30k 31 Dec 2024
Eforall - Lowell Ma Grant to Eforall - Lowell Ma $30k 31 Dec 2024
Oxford American Literary Project - Little Rock AR Grant to Oxford American Literary Project - Little Rock AR $100k 31 Dec 2024
State Democracy Project - Brooklyn NY Grant to State Democracy Project - Brooklyn NY $15k 31 Dec 2024
Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock AR Grant to Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Little Rock AR $15k 31 Dec 2024
City of Elaine - Elaine AR Grant to City of Elaine - Elaine AR $10k 31 Dec 2024
Kindred Futures - Atlanta GA Grant to Kindred Futures - Atlanta GA $30k 31 Dec 2024
Human Rights for Kids - Washington DC Grant to Human Rights for Kids - Washington DC $10k 31 Dec 2024
Human Rights for Kids - Washington DC Grant to Human Rights for Kids - Washington DC $30k 31 Dec 2024

How to apply

How to apply
Wrf provides general operating support, project support, technical assistance, and program related investments to organizations working to advance economic equity, educational equity and/or social, ethnic, and racial equity within arkansas. Detailed guidelines are available on our website at https://www.wrfoundation.org/what-we-fund/#how. Our approach begins with an idea submitted to our online portal, www.wrfoundation.org/how-to-apply/
Deadlines
Submissions are rolling and can be received online at www.wrfoundation.org/how-to-apply/ at any time
Restrictions
Wrf grants and program-related investments are limited to initiatives that directly or significantly impact the state of arkansas, and are primarily provided to organizations located in arkansas. If your initiative is not LED by a nonprofit, government agency, school, college, or university, wrf will require a fiscal sponsor. A fiscal sponsor acts as a guardian of grant funds, retains discretion and control over the use of grant funds, and ensures that the funds are used for 501(C)(3) purposes. The fiscal sponsor and organization's missions should be in alignment. Wrf will generally not: Fund individuals support capital expenditures (construction, major renovations, equipment, or supplies) provide operating support to cover budget shortfalls support fundraising campaigns support basic scientific research support endowments support initiatives that do not directly or significantly have an impact within the state of arkansas
Contact
Online At Wwwwrfoundationorg
Address
225 East Markham Street Suite 200, Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone
5013766854

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)