About Arkansas Children's Hospital
We're focused on improving child health through exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, continuing education, and outreach and prevention.
Focus Areas
PediatricsEmergency careCardiologyPulmonologyNeurosciencesHematology and oncologyEar, nose, and throat (ENT)Clinical research and trialsFamily support and patient resourcesCommunity health and prevention
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportflexible funding
About Arkansas Children's Hospital
A single $20,000,000 general-support grant to Arkansas Children's Foundation stands out in Arkansas Children's Hospital's recent giving and signals how heavily the foundation relies on flexible funding. The foundation supports child health through patient care, research, continuing education, outreach, and prevention, and its grant record shows that mission spread across medical institutions, family-support organizations, and community partners. Arkansas Children's Research Institute received two large general-support grants in consecutive years, totaling more than $13.8 million across 2023 and 2024, while Arkansas Children's Medical Group also appears among the larger recipients. Beyond its own health system, the foundation funded groups tied to food access, maternal and child health, and family services, including Arkansas Foodbank, Ronald Mcdonald House Charities, and the Children's Protection Center. The overall pattern suggests a funder that uses unrestricted support to sustain core operations and reinforce the local ecosystem around children's health in Arkansas.
What Arkansas Children's Hospital Funds
In research, Arkansas Children's Hospital backed Arkansas Children's Research Institute with $7,020,261 in 2024 and $6,798,282 in 2023, both for general support. That same general-support approach appears in clinical delivery, where Arkansas Children's Medical Group received $1,490,679 in 2024. The foundation also supports institutions connected to training and medical education, including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, which received $204,800 in 2023 and $202,350 in 2024. Outside direct healthcare operations, the foundation extended support to the Children's Protection Center for general support in 2023 and 2024, reflecting attention to child and family services alongside medical care.
How Arkansas Children's Hospital Gives
Typical grants are modest relative to a few large institutional awards: the p25 grant size is $9,693, the median is $10,000, and the p75 is $46,340. The recent record shows repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years, including Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Arkansas Children's Northwest, Arkansas Foodbank, and Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas. Grants are mainly general support, with flexible and unrestricted funding tags consistent with that pattern. The organization also makes program-related investments. There is no indication of an open application process in the provided data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11.6M
Total Assets
$1.4B
Total Revenue
$962.4M
Total Expenses
$864.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $46K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$46K
Geographic Reach
Local8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MARCELLA DODERER
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