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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-1740109

Carol and Witt Stephens Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Little Rock, AR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $975,739 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $975,739

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,607,102

  • Tax year 2024

    $338,515

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,152,142

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,092,725

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,407,411

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,845,495

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,367,222

  • Tax year 2021

    $348,170

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $5,189,499

  • Tax year 2020

    $708,670

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $3,517,798

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jefferson Scholars FoundationCharlottesville, VA

    38,500 units of energy transfer partners LP

    $669,515
  2. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts FoundationLittle Rock, AR

    Reimagining the arkansas museum of fine arts campaign

    $200,000
  3. Tall Timbers FoundationTallahassee, FL

    Albany quail project

    $30,124
  4. Arkansas Game & Fish FoundationLittle Rock, AR

    Mallards for marion & get it for game wardens

    $21,000
  5. Uset FoundationGladstone, NJ

    Pathway to the podium

    $20,000
  6. New Life ChurchConway, AR

    General fund

    $12,000
  7. Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship FundN Little Rock, AR

    2025 a day of hope presenting sponsorship

    $10,000
  8. Sculpture at the RivermarketLittle Rock, AR

    General fund

    $5,000
  9. Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TX

    Brittany ann hildebrand fund for adhd prescription reform

    $5,000
  10. First United Methodist ChurchMagnolia, AR

    Tucker elliott franks scholarship fund

    $2,000
  11. Delta Waterfowl FoundationBismarck, ND

    Predator management program

    $1,100

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $669,51573% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $200,00022% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $30,1243% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $21,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia1 grant $669,515
  2. Arkansas6 grants $250,000
  3. Florida1 grant $30,124
  4. New Jersey1 grant $20,000
  5. Texas1 grant $5,000
  6. North Dakota1 grant $1,100

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • WR Stephens JrTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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