Town Branch Foundation directs a small number of very large grants, primarily supporting regional economic development and place-based initiatives in Northwest Arkansas and the broader U.S. Midwest. The foundation favors unrestricted/general operating support and partners with other foundations and intermediary organizations to advance land conservation/land-bank acquisitions and community economic research. Its giving is concentrated among a few institutional grantees rather than many small awards.
Town Branch Foundation makes a small number of very large grants, with several of the biggest awards tied to land-bank acquisitions, regional economic research, and place-based community work in Northwest Arkansas. The foundation’s recent grants show repeated multi-million-dollar support for Heartland Forward Inc., which received $5,910,255 in 2024 and $5,405,023 in 2023 for general operating support. Another major thread is land preservation: Walton Family Foundation Inc. received $7,772,027 in 2023 to support costs associated with the NWA Land Bank Fund acquisitions, followed by additional large awards for the same purpose. The portfolio also includes large unrestricted grants to local intermediaries and civic organizations, such as The Peel Compton Foundation, which received $3,854,715 in 2025 for general operations and $2,572,229 in 2025 for the Compton House expansion. Across the recent grant list, the foundation consistently backs institutional partners rather than many small awards, and its grant purposes often combine operating support with infrastructure, acquisition, or capacity-building costs.
Town Branch Foundation’s education-related giving appears through charter-school and school-improvement intermediaries. Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc. received $2,505,410 in 2024 for operational support and another $2,237,050 in 2024 for general operations, plus $1,908,658 in 2024 for the next phase of work to foster new leaders, expand education data, and strengthen school quality. In Arkansas, Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc. received $849,000 in 2025 and the same amount in 2024 to provide literacy specialists and coaches for charter schools. Higher-education completion is another theme: University of Arkansas Foundation Inc. received $833,334 in 2024 and $833,333 in 2025 for the Accelerate Student Achievement Program, aimed at first-generation and Pell Grant-eligible students. Workforce and school-seat expansion also appear through Tulsa Community Foundation’s $1,440,000 2025 grant for the 918 Fund.
Town Branch Foundation’s typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $60,000, and the 75th percentile is $569,600. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Heartland Forward Inc., The Peel Compton Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc., Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc., Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc., and University of Arkansas Foundation Inc. That pattern points to sustained partnership funding rather than one-off philanthropy. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, makes program-related investments, and does not fund individuals. Many awards are unrestricted or general operating support, alongside capital and acquisition funding.
$30M
$500M
$66.6M
$37.1M
Most grants fall between $10K and $570K, with a median of $60K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$60K
75th Percentile
$570K
About 54% of grants go to recipients in AR.
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a very small set of institutional grantees; emphasis on multi-grant relationships and unrestricted operating support rather than many small awards.
Notable grantees: Heartland Forward Inc, Walton Family Foundation Inc, The Peel Compton Foundation
Grantmaking is concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 54% of grants to recipients in the HQ state, but the foundation also funds nearby Midwest cities. Bentonville appears frequently, including grants to Heartland Forward Inc., The Peel Compton Foundation, the City of Bentonville, and Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc. Other repeated recipient cities include Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Kansas City, Little Rock, and Fayetteville. All recent grants in the provided sample went to U.S. recipients.
The recent grants list is centered on institutional partners: foundations, public school resource centers, universities, civic groups, and public entities. Examples include Heartland Forward Inc., The Peel Compton Foundation, Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc., and University of Arkansas Foundation Inc. The foundation also funds intermediary organizations for land acquisitions and community projects.
The grant-size distribution is skewed toward large awards. The 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $60,000, and the 75th percentile is $569,600. Recent grants also include several multi-million-dollar awards, showing that the foundation often operates at a much larger scale than the median suggests.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Heartland Forward Inc. in 2023, 2024, and 2025; The Peel Compton Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Walton Family Foundation Inc. in 2023 and 2024; and Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc. in 2024 and 2025. That pattern indicates sustained relationships with a small set of partners.
The recent grants point to regional economic competitiveness, land preservation and land-bank acquisitions, school quality and charter-school support, literacy coaching, and higher education completion for first-generation and Pell-eligible students. The foundation also funds recreation and trail infrastructure, including trail construction and a Bentonville adult recreation center.
No. Arkansas is the top state by grant count, but the recent grants also include organizations in Oklahoma, Missouri, New York, and Texas. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the provided data.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Peel Compton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $3,854,715 | 2025 | To support general operations |
| The Peel Compton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $2,572,229 | 2025 | to support the construction costs associated with the Compton House expansion |
| City of Bentonville | Bentonville, AR | $2,000,000 | 2025 | to support the construction of the Bentonville Adult Recreation Center and for the Center Manager's salary |
| Heartland Forward Inc | Bentonville, AR | $1,661,880 | 2025 | To support general operations |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $1,440,000 | 2025 | to support the 918 Fund, a program focusing on the creation of 15,000 quality school seats in the next 10 years |
| TNTP Inc | New York, NY | $1,320,148 | 2025 | to support improved teacher practice and early literacy through high-touch teacher coaching in Phelps County, Missouri, as a pilot program for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to consider for expansion in other districts |
| Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000,030 | 2025 | to support Fuel OKC |
| Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc | Little Rock, AR | $849,000 | 2025 | To provide literacy specialists and coaches to implement literacy support for charter schools and serve as a self-sustaining unit for school interventions |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $833,333 | 2025 | to support Grantee's Accelerate Student Achievement Program designed to support academic achievement, college completion, and post-graduation success among first-generation and Pell Grant-eligible students from the Arkansas Delta region |
| The Peel Compton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $750,000 | 2025 | to support the costs associated with trail and property clean-up recovery efforts |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $733,012 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWA LAND BANK FUND ACQUISITIONS. |
| Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc | Little Rock, AR | $702,500 | 2025 | to establish a central kitchen for charter schools to provide cost-effective meal options to students |
| Phalen Leadership Academies Indiana Inc | Quincy, MA | $695,000 | 2025 | to provide financial support to Hogan Preparatory Academy to hire up to eight academic support staff to be deployed at all three campuses in Kansas City |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $623,324 | 2025 | to support the implementation and evaluation of the BehaviorHelp program |
| Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $620,500 | 2025 | to provide support to launch a statewide Registered Apprenticeship Program |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $616,274 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWA LAND BANK FUND ACQUISITIONS. |
| Dove Schools | Oklahoma City, OK | $600,000 | 2025 | Dove Schools of Tulsa Expansion |
| Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc | Bentonville, AR | $586,297 | 2025 | To support construction costs of a concrete trail connecting WOKA Whitewater Park to Siloam Springs |
| City of Bentonville | Bentonville, AR | $570,120 | 2025 | to complete design work for a new Adult Recreation Center for the City of Bentonville |
| Dove Schools | Oklahoma City, OK | $550,000 | 2025 | Dove Schools North OKC Expansion |
| Dove Schools | Oklahoma City, OK | $550,000 | 2025 | Dove Schools South OKC Expansion |
| Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc | Little Rock, AR | $518,071 | 2025 | to create a Charter Impact Team that will provide targeted support to struggling charter schools |
| Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc | Bentonville, AR | $500,000 | 2025 | to support construction costs of soft surface trails located in Northwest Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma near the WOKA whitewater park located on the Illinois River |
| Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc | Little Rock, AR | $500,000 | 2025 | To support general operations |
| Proud To Partner Leadership Academy Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $500,000 | 2025 | Proud To Partner Leadership Academy - Startup |
| Show Me KC Schools | Kansas City, MO | $488,200 | 2025 | To design, support, and implement a common application system for [charter] schools in the St. Louis City boundaries |
| The Peel Compton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $442,736 | 2025 | to support costs associated with Coler Mountain Bike Park trail improvements |
| Harding Independence Charter District Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $397,500 | 2025 | Harding Independence Charter District Elementary Expansion |
| The Peel Compton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $330,000 | 2025 | to support costs associated with the completion of the construction design services |
| Advance Rural Education Foundation | Seminole, OK | $330,000 | 2025 | The Academy of Okmulgee expansion |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $252,477 | 2025 | to support the implementation and evaluation of the Fostering Informed and Responsive Systems for Trauma: Early Care and Education program |
| RISE STEAM Academy | Oklahoma City, OK | $250,000 | 2025 | RISE STEAM Academy Start-up |
| Oklahoma Montessori Initiative | Oklahoma City, OK | $250,000 | 2025 | Oklahoma Montessori Initiative Start-up |
| Under the Canopy Inc | Tulsa, OK | $250,000 | 2025 | Under the Canopy School Start-up |
| Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc | State University, AR | $197,085 | 2025 | to support the implementation and evaluation of the BehaviorHelp program |
| The Peel Compton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $190,000 | 2025 | to support the costs associated with property clean-up recovery efforts for the Compton Gardens property |
| Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $172,000 | 2025 | to support the Grantee's Growing Strong Leaders Cohort |
| Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc | State University, AR | $161,040 | 2025 | to support the implementation and evaluation of the Fostering Informed and Responsive Systems for Trauma: Early Care and Education program |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2025 | To support general operations |
| Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $140,000 | 2025 | to implement a two-year pilot program that will assist teachers in developing and enhancing high-quality lesson plans through the introduction of Khanmingo |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $134,028 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWA LAND BANK FUND ACQUISITIONS. |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $116,720 | 2025 | To serve as fiscal sponsor for Opportunities Exchange to pilot a business coaching program with early childhood providers aimed at streamlining costs to improve the quality and accessibility of early childhood education in Arkansas |
| Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $98,365 | 2025 | to pilot a new pathway for high school students interested in becoming early childhood educators |
| Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc | Bentonville, AR | $88,000 | 2025 | to support the tunnel straightening and new parking lot on NW A Street for Slaughter Pen |
| Watershed Conservation Resource Center | Fayetteville, AR | $77,121 | 2025 | to construct stream flow improvements and riparian restoration in the vicinity of the NW A Street low-water crossing |
| State of Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability | Oklahoma City, OK | $49,500 | 2025 | to support the costs associated with the Harvard Strategic Data Fellow |
| Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc | Bentonville, AR | $46,366 | 2025 | to support the engineering design costs of the tunnel to reroute the Greenway trail under Hwy 102 near P Street |
| Institute for Humane Studies | Arlington, VA | $40,000 | 2025 | To support general operations |
| Cookson Hills Christian School Inc | Kansas, OK | $40,000 | 2025 | To support general operations |
| Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc | Bentonville, AR | $35,000 | 2025 | to provide support to maintain the Oklahoma paved trails, the property, and the house located near the WOKA trail |
The Peel Compton Foundation
$3,854,715To support general operations
The Peel Compton Foundation
$2,572,229to support the construction costs associated with the Compton House expansion
City of Bentonville
$2,000,000to support the construction of the Bentonville Adult Recreation Center and for the Center Manager's salary
Heartland Forward Inc
$1,661,880To support general operations
Tulsa Community Foundation
$1,440,000to support the 918 Fund, a program focusing on the creation of 15,000 quality school seats in the next 10 years
TNTP Inc
$1,320,148to support improved teacher practice and early literacy through high-touch teacher coaching in Phelps County, Missouri, as a pilot program for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to consider for expansion in other districts
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc
$1,000,030to support Fuel OKC
Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc
$849,000To provide literacy specialists and coaches to implement literacy support for charter schools and serve as a self-sustaining unit for school interventions
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc
$833,333to support Grantee's Accelerate Student Achievement Program designed to support academic achievement, college completion, and post-graduation success among first-generation and Pell Grant-eligible students from the Arkansas Delta region
The Peel Compton Foundation
$750,000to support the costs associated with trail and property clean-up recovery efforts
Walton Family Foundation Inc
$733,012TO SUPPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWA LAND BANK FUND ACQUISITIONS.
Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc
$702,500to establish a central kitchen for charter schools to provide cost-effective meal options to students
Phalen Leadership Academies Indiana Inc
$695,000to provide financial support to Hogan Preparatory Academy to hire up to eight academic support staff to be deployed at all three campuses in Kansas City
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc
$623,324to support the implementation and evaluation of the BehaviorHelp program
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc
$620,500to provide support to launch a statewide Registered Apprenticeship Program
Walton Family Foundation Inc
$616,274TO SUPPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWA LAND BANK FUND ACQUISITIONS.
Dove Schools
$600,000Dove Schools of Tulsa Expansion
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc
$586,297To support construction costs of a concrete trail connecting WOKA Whitewater Park to Siloam Springs
City of Bentonville
$570,120to complete design work for a new Adult Recreation Center for the City of Bentonville
Dove Schools
$550,000Dove Schools North OKC Expansion
Dove Schools
$550,000Dove Schools South OKC Expansion
Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc
$518,071to create a Charter Impact Team that will provide targeted support to struggling charter schools
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc
$500,000to support construction costs of soft surface trails located in Northwest Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma near the WOKA whitewater park located on the Illinois River
Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc
$500,000To support general operations
Proud To Partner Leadership Academy Inc
$500,000Proud To Partner Leadership Academy - Startup
Show Me KC Schools
$488,200To design, support, and implement a common application system for [charter] schools in the St. Louis City boundaries
The Peel Compton Foundation
$442,736to support costs associated with Coler Mountain Bike Park trail improvements
Harding Independence Charter District Inc
$397,500Harding Independence Charter District Elementary Expansion
The Peel Compton Foundation
$330,000to support costs associated with the completion of the construction design services
Advance Rural Education Foundation
$330,000The Academy of Okmulgee expansion
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc
$252,477to support the implementation and evaluation of the Fostering Informed and Responsive Systems for Trauma: Early Care and Education program
RISE STEAM Academy
$250,000RISE STEAM Academy Start-up
Oklahoma Montessori Initiative
$250,000Oklahoma Montessori Initiative Start-up
Under the Canopy Inc
$250,000Under the Canopy School Start-up
Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc
$197,085to support the implementation and evaluation of the BehaviorHelp program
The Peel Compton Foundation
$190,000to support the costs associated with property clean-up recovery efforts for the Compton Gardens property
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc
$172,000to support the Grantee's Growing Strong Leaders Cohort
Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc
$161,040to support the implementation and evaluation of the Fostering Informed and Responsive Systems for Trauma: Early Care and Education program
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
$150,000To support general operations
Oklahoma Public School Resource Center Inc
$140,000to implement a two-year pilot program that will assist teachers in developing and enhancing high-quality lesson plans through the introduction of Khanmingo
Walton Family Foundation Inc
$134,028TO SUPPORT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWA LAND BANK FUND ACQUISITIONS.
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc
$116,720To serve as fiscal sponsor for Opportunities Exchange to pilot a business coaching program with early childhood providers aimed at streamlining costs to improve the quality and accessibility of early childhood education in Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation Inc
$98,365to pilot a new pathway for high school students interested in becoming early childhood educators
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc
$88,000to support the tunnel straightening and new parking lot on NW A Street for Slaughter Pen
Watershed Conservation Resource Center
$77,121to construct stream flow improvements and riparian restoration in the vicinity of the NW A Street low-water crossing
State of Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability
$49,500to support the costs associated with the Harvard Strategic Data Fellow
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc
$46,366to support the engineering design costs of the tunnel to reroute the Greenway trail under Hwy 102 near P Street
Institute for Humane Studies
$40,000To support general operations
Cookson Hills Christian School Inc
$40,000To support general operations
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazer's Association Inc
$35,000to provide support to maintain the Oklahoma paved trails, the property, and the house located near the WOKA trail