Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

Name

Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

Legal name

Arkansas Community Foundation

Website

https://arcf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Foundation and Philanthropic Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Community foundation services
• Donor advised funds
• Charitable grantmaking
• Impact investing
• Philanthropic advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees: Manages over $1 billion in assets across more than 2,000 component funds. Revenue derived from fees charged to fundholders for investment management, administration, and grantmaking services.
2. Grants and Donations: Primary funding from charitable contributions from individuals, families, and organizations. Since 1976, has distributed more than $600 million in grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Arkansas Community Foundation manages charitable funds for donors, corporations, and nonprofits through donor advised funds, corporate giving funds, and organizational endowments, while distributing grants through competitive programs including Giving Tree Grants and Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Grants. It supplements these services with the Aspire Arkansas data platform, impact investing through CDFI partnerships, and a statewide network of 29 affiliate offices supporting local philanthropy.

Product overview

Arkansas Community Foundation offers a platform of philanthropic services centered around charitable fund management, grantmaking, and community data tools. The core offerings include Donor Advised Funds and Corporate Giving Funds for charitable giving management, Organizational Endowments for nonprofit investment services, and competitive grant programs including Giving Tree Grants and Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Grants. The Foundation also provides Impact Investing services supporting CDFIs, and community intelligence tools including Aspire Arkansas (an interactive data platform with county-by-county metrics), ENGAGE Magazine (quarterly publication), and the Arkansas Nonprofit Directory. Press Forward Arkansas represents their initiative to support local journalism. The portfolio functions as an integrated philanthropy ecosystem enabling donors, nonprofits, and community leaders to engage, connect resources, and inspire solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARCF: Abbreviated name used on website navigation and communications
• Press Forward Arkansas
• Aspire Arkansas
• ENGAGE Magazine
• Impact Investing
• Giving Tree Grants
• Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Grants

Products and services

• Donor Advised Funds Charitable giving accounts that allow individual donors and families to contribute assets, receive immediate tax deductions, and recommend grants to nonprofits over time.
• Corporate Giving Funds Charitable giving programs designed for corporations to manage corporate philanthropy and employee giving programs.
• Organizational Endowments Agency endowment funds that serve as permanent sources of annual income for nonprofit operations and programs, with investment oversight managed by the Foundation.
• Giving Tree Grants Endowment-based competitive grant program at local and state levels supporting a variety of causes based on changing community needs.
• Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Grants Grant program for nonprofits with programs focusing on education, health and wellness, youth development, strengthening families, and economic development benefiting African American and underserved populations.
• Impact Investing Program Debt and equity investments in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and financial intermediaries to support entrepreneurship, job creation, access to capital, and community development in Arkansas.
• Press Forward Arkansas Statewide chapter of the national Press Forward initiative to strengthen local journalism through infrastructure building, media landscape analysis, and grantmaking to support local news access.

Quantifiable outcome

• Distributed more than $600 million in grants since 1976
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Press ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Arkansas Community Foundation designated as statewide chapter for Arkansas in fall 2024. Press Forward is a national initiative with over $500 million in collective investment to strengthen local newsrooms. Received $250,000 catalyst grant to build Press Forward Arkansas infrastructure, conduct media landscape analysis, and support local journalism.
• Hytrol Conveyor CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Established Workforce Training Consortium Endowment at the Community Foundation to support manufacturing workforce development. Fund has granted nearly $83,000 to robotics engineering programs, manufacturing camps, career awareness projects, and scholarships. Demonstrates corporate commitment to long-term community workforce development.
• FORGE Community Loan Fund, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Impact investing partner providing access to affordable capital for small businesses and nonprofits. Arkansas Community Foundation made investment in 2017 enabling FORGE to provide low-interest loans. Foundation also provided grant funding for Rapid Response Loan Program during COVID-19 pandemic, helping 25 small businesses from 12 Arkansas counties.
• Communities UnlimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Impact investing partnership since 2016 with original $1 million investment deployed through 100 loans totaling $2,698,066 to rural entrepreneurs. Provides low-interest loans to underestimated entrepreneurs in rural areas, supporting food trucks, small businesses, and community development.
• Stephens Inc.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerInvestment advisory firm that refers clients to Arkansas Community Foundation for philanthropy services. Doug Seelicke, investment advisor at Stephens, regularly refers clients for donor advised funds and other giving vehicles, citing trust and stellar service.
• Academies of Central ArkansasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCareer-connected learning model across multiple school districts supporting workforce development. Industry-recognized credentials rose from 800 to 2,899; 94 partners contributed almost 12,000 hours valued at $1.17 million; internships jumped from 112 to 894.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Fidelity Charitable: The largest national donor-advised fund sponsor, offering DAFs with lower fee structures and a broader investment menu than community foundations. Competes head-on for the high-net-worth donor advised fund market ARCF serves.
• National Philanthropic Trust: Leading national DAF sponsor providing donor advised funds and philanthropic giving services at scale. Represents the alternative channel competing for the same high-net-worth donors ARCF cultivates through its professional advisor referral network.
• Schwab Charitable: Major national DAF sponsor with integrated brokerage account experience and competitive fees. Represents the scaled-platform competitor that increasingly captures donor advised fund flows community foundations historically controlled.

Direct peers

• Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: Regional community foundation managing significant AUM with donor advised funds, scholarship programs, and impact investing — overlapping ARCF's core services while serving a larger metropolitan donor base.
• Tulsa Community Foundation: Oklahoma-based community foundation offering donor advised funds, competitive grantmaking, and impact investing programs. Operates a comparable statewide-affiliate model targeting similar donor and grantee profiles.
• Oklahoma City Community Foundation: State-level community foundation managing comparable AUM and operating a similar affiliate model across Oklahoma. Direct structural parallel to ARCF in mission, fund offerings, and community foundation governance.
• Central Indiana Community Foundation: Indiana statewide community foundation offering donor advised funds, endowments, scholarships, and impact initiatives. Closely parallels ARCF's structure with a broader urban anchor and similar affiliate coverage strategy.
• Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee: One of the largest community foundations in the U.S., providing donor advised funds, competitive grant cycles, and affiliate-style regional coverage. Closely matches ARCF's product mix and statewide operating model at a larger scale.
• New Mexico Foundation: Statewide community foundation operating donor advised funds and place-based grantmaking across New Mexico. Comparable mission, scale, and rural-urban mix to ARCF's Arkansas footprint.

Regional players

• Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation: Arkansas-focused private foundation making grants in economic development, education, and economic security. Operates in the same geography and often co-funds with ARCF, representing an in-state grantmaking peer rather than a direct service competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ARCFvideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/ArkansasCommunityFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arkansas-community-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/arkansascommunityfoundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries29 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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