Athletes of Promise Foundation concentrates its giving on supporting school-based youth athletics, evidenced by repeated, large grants to Parkview High School in North Little Rock to supply sports equipment. The foundation appears to operate locally and single-mindedly, prioritizing hands-on support that directly enables athletic participation for high school students.
Highly concentrated: all recorded giving is to a single local public high school, delivered as multiple grants for sports equipment rather than diversified or national funding.
Athletes of Promise Foundation’s recent giving is dominated by one pattern: very large, repeated equipment grants to school athletics, especially Parkview High School in Little Rock for sports equipment. That recurring support accounts for the foundation’s clearest footprint in the data and shows a direct-service approach aimed at keeping youth sports programs supplied with material needs. The same school appears across multiple years, with grants of $312,201 in 2025, $299,681 in 2024, and $268,418 in 2023. Beyond that central relationship, the foundation also funded Prospect Baseball in Sherwood for sports equipment in both 2023 and 2024, and made smaller grants to North Little Rock High School, Baseline Academy Pta, and Conway Country Club for similar purposes. A smaller set of grants extends to community and underprivileged support, including Central Baptist Church and Jarrett Allen's Project Inc. The pattern suggests a local funder focused on school-based athletics and direct material support rather than broad, multi-issue philanthropy.
A core theme in the foundation’s grantmaking is school athletics. Parkview High School received the largest awards in the data, all described as support to provide sports equipment, showing a sustained investment in one high school program over several years. The foundation also supports other youth sports settings. Prospect Baseball in Sherwood received grants in 2023 and 2024 for sports equipment, and North Little Rock High School received funding for the same purpose in 2023. These awards point to a consistent emphasis on access to athletic participation through material support. A smaller strand of giving reaches community organizations serving underprivileged people. Central Baptist Church in North Little Rock and Jarrett Allen's Project Inc in Cabot each received grants framed as help for the underprivileged, indicating that the foundation’s support is not limited entirely to athletics, even though sports equipment remains the dominant thread.
Typical grants are unevenly sized: the 25th percentile is $3,345, the median is $8,184, and the 75th percentile is $77,069. The distribution is pulled upward by a handful of very large awards, while most grants are much smaller. Recipients also reappear across years, most clearly in the repeated support for the same school athletics programs. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not shown making program-related investments. The data indicates a local giving pattern concentrated in Arkansas.
$315K
$44K
$295K
$315K
Most grants fall between $3K and $77K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$77K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in AR.
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Notable grantees: Parkview High School
Grantmaking is concentrated in Arkansas, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s top giving state. The strongest recipient clusters are in Little Rock, where Parkview High School and Baseline Academy Pta appear, and in North Little Rock, where Central Baptist Church, North Little Rock High School, and Robert Upshaw Ministries received support. Sherwood and Conway also appear in the recent-grants list, alongside Cabot.
The foundation mainly funds school-based youth athletics, especially grants described as providing sports equipment. The largest recent awards went to Parkview High School in Little Rock across 2023, 2024, and 2025 for that purpose.
The grant-size distribution is wide. The 25th percentile is $3,345, the median is $8,184, and the 75th percentile is $77,069, which reflects a mix of smaller awards and several very large grants.
No. The recipient distribution shown in the data is 100% US, and the top giving state is Arkansas.
Yes. Parkview High School received three consecutive large awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Prospect Baseball received grants in both 2023 and 2024.
In addition to athletics-related grants, the foundation gave to Central Baptist Church in North Little Rock and Jarrett Allen's Project Inc in Cabot with the purpose of helping the underprivileged.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $312,201 | 2025 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| CONWAY COUNTRY CLUB CONWAY COUNTRY CLUB | CONWAY, AR | $1,500 | 2025 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| ROBERT UPSHAW MINISTRIES ROBER UPSHAW MINISTRIES | NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR | $1,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $299,681 | 2024 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| PROSPECT BASEBALL PROSPECT BASEBALL | SHERWOOD, AR | $11,367 | 2024 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| BASELINE ACADEMY PTA BASELINE ACADEMY PTA | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $2,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $268,418 | 2023 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| PROSPECT BASEBALL PROSPECT BASEBALL | SHERWOOD, AR | $13,286 | 2023 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH | NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR | $5,000 | 2023 | HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEGED |
| NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL | NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR | $3,793 | 2023 | PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT |
| JARRETT ALLEN'S PROJECT INC JARRETT ALLEN'S PROJECT INC | CABOT, AR | $2,000 | 2023 | HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEGED |
PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
$312,201PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
CONWAY COUNTRY CLUB CONWAY COUNTRY CLUB
$1,500PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
ROBERT UPSHAW MINISTRIES ROBER UPSHAW MINISTRIES
$1,000PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
$299,681PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
PROSPECT BASEBALL PROSPECT BASEBALL
$11,367PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
BASELINE ACADEMY PTA BASELINE ACADEMY PTA
$2,000PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
$268,418PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
PROSPECT BASEBALL PROSPECT BASEBALL
$13,286PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
$5,000HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEGED
NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL
$3,793PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
JARRETT ALLEN'S PROJECT INC JARRETT ALLEN'S PROJECT INC
$2,000HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEGED