Grants awarded
Who does Riggs Benevolent Fund fund?
Riggs Benevolent Fund has awarded $3.6 million across 304 grants to 171 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $4,500, with most between $2,000 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $2,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$3.6M
Typical grant
$4K
Grantees
171
Grants
304
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| I Individual recipient | $864K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Kiwanis Activities Corporation | $208K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| A Arkansas Construction Education Foundation | $200K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$125K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
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$88K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
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$83K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
Arkansas Hospice Foundation INC
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$78K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| B Baptist Health Foundation | $75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$70K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| A Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | $60K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AR | |
| C Christ Community Church | $60K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Uams Foundation | $59K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $58K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Ualr Foundation | $58K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Our House INC | $55K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$53K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AR | |
Eastern Congo Initiative
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$50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| R Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana | $42K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Heart of Arkansas United Way | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Family Services | $37K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Q Quapaw Area Council | $36K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mission Clinical Services
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$35K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| U University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $34K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Arkansas Children's Northwest Hospital | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$28K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AR | |
| S Sultana Historical Preservation Society INC | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Mission Clinical Services | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Team Red White and Blue | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| W Women and Children First | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Arkansas | $23K | 4 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $22K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Museum of Discovery
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$22K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| Y Youth Home INC | $22K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Carti Cancer Center | $22K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | $20K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J James 127 Foundation | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cals Foundation | $20K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Arkansas Children's Foundation
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AR | |
| P Philander Smith University | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$19K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| T The Call | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Hendrix College
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
American Heart Association INC
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Ar Kids Read
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| T The Mayfly Project | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas | $14K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $14K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Museum of Discovery | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Carelink | $12K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodwill Industries of Ar | $11K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Irvin and Mary Graham Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Saving Grace Nwa at Grace Farms | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Nea Baptst Charitable Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W World Services for the Blind | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Razorback Foundation INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AR | |
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$9K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Central Arkansas | $9K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$8K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas | $8K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College | $8K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Home for Healing | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | — |
Brandon Burlsworth Foundation
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$8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| L Little Rock School District | $7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Uams Foundation University of Arkansas | $7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity Restore | $7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance INC
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Holy Angels Residential Facility
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | LA | |
| H Harmony Health Clinic | $6K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hendrix College | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation INC
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| H Heifer International | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Wynne Baptist Church | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Little Rock Christian Academy | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Home for Healing | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Associated Industries of Arkansas Foundation INC | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AR | |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $5K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Mayfly Project | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| A American Heart Association | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kiwanis Activities of Little Rock | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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