Funding search · EIN 710723781 · Little Rock, AR

Windgate Charitable Foundation

Name: Windgate Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,124
grants reported: $375.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

culture improvement education community health wellness animal welfare

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Craft and studio art: ceramics, metals, glass, wood, fiber
Art education at universities and craft schools
Arkansas higher education endowments and capital projects
Arkansas community needs: food, housing, family violence, libraries
Craft artist residencies, workspaces, and artist relief funds

Typical grant

The median grant is $50,000 and the middle half runs $25,000 to $131,444, so most of the 1,124 grants are modest program or operating checks. The money is heavily top-loaded: Arkansas Community Foundation, University of Arkansas Foundation, Arkansas State University Foundation, Hendrix College, Artspace Projects, and the Metal Museum take $2.5M to $7.5M at a time, which reads as endowment and capital-scale commitments. Giving repeats hard, with 1,124 grants going to only 337 recipients and the same craft institutions appearing across years and in multiple grants within one year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“ART & CULTURE”
“ART EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT”
“EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT”
“COMMUNITY SUPPORT/IMPROVEMENT”
“HEALTH/WELLNESS”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame work as craft: ceramics, metal, glass, wood, fiber. Generic visual arts language does not match their record.
If housed at a university, position under ART EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT with named studio programs, faculty lines, or facilities.
Ask $50,000 to $150,000 for a first program request. Multimillion asks go to long-standing institutional partners.
Arkansas location or a working Arkansas partner materially improves fit; 456 of 1,124 grants stayed in-state.

Worth knowing: This is a craft-field funder with an Arkansas home base: Arkansas takes the plurality of grants and the largest checks, with North Carolina second because of the Penland and Asheville craft cluster. A handful of repeat grantees absorb most of the dollars, and giving looks relationship-driven and institutionally anchored rather than open to cold approaches.

0 grants matching “water quality and access”

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Arkansas Community Foundation26 grants · $66.4M
University of Arkansas Foundation46 grants · $56.0M
Arkansas State University1 grant · $25.0M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation14 grants · $19.3M
Artspace Projects6 grants · $19.1M
Abf Fund1 grant · $15.1M
Hendrix College7 grants · $14.8M
Metal Museum7 grants · $12.1M
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education1 grant · $10.0M
University of Central Arkansas1 grant · $10.0M

Giving over time

$93.3M

2022

$101.0M

2023

$75.9M

2024

$104.8M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,124 grants.

$30.1M
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
Art education improvement
$25.0M
Arkansas State University · State University, AR · 2024
Art education improvement
$15.1M
Abf Fund · Helena, MT · 2022
Art & culture
$10.1M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Art & culture
$10.0M
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
Health/wellness
$10.0M
University of Central Arkansas · Conway, AR · 2023
Education improvement
$10.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Art & culture
$8.1M
Artspace Projects · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Art & culture
$7.5M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Art education improvement
$7.0M
Hendrix College · Conway, AR · 2022
Education improvement
$6.3M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Art & culture
$6.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Art & culture
$6.0M
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2025
Education improvement
$5.1M
Artspace Projects · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Art & culture
$5.0M
Arkansas State University Foundation · State University, AR · 2025
Education improvement
$5.0M
Hendrix College · Conway, AR · 2025
Education improvement
$5.0M
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2025
Education improvement
$5.0M
Artspace Projects · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Art & culture
$5.0M
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
Art education improvement
$4.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Community support/improvement
$4.0M
Women & Children First the Center Against Family Violence · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Community support/improvement
$4.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Art & culture
$3.8M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Art & culture
$3.7M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2022
Health/wellness
$3.6M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
Art education improvement
$3.5M
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
Education improvement
$3.0M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
Art education improvement
$3.0M
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts · Edgecomb, ME · 2022
Art & culture
$3.0M
Metal Museum · Memphis, TN · 2024
Art & culture
$3.0M
Metal Museum · Memphis, TN · 2025
Art & culture
$3.0M
Metal Museum · Memphis, TN · 2025
Art & culture
$3.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Art & culture
$2.6M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2024
Health/wellness
$2.5M
Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Art & culture
$2.5M
Arkansas State University Foundation · State University, AR · 2025
Art education improvement
$2.5M
University of Iowa Center for the Book · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Art education improvement
$2.5M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Art & culture
$2.5M
Metal Museum · Memphis, TN · 2025
Art & culture
$2.2M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
Health/wellness
$2.2M
Penland School of Craft · Penland, NC · 2022
Art & culture
$2.0M
University of the Ozarks · Clarksville, AR · 2023
Art education improvement
$2.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Art & culture
$2.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Art & culture
$2.0M
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Art & culture
$1.6M
Hendrix College · Conway, AR · 2025
Education improvement
$1.5M
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2023
Environment conservation
$1.5M
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Art & culture
$1.5M
Our House · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Community support/improvement
$1.5M
Our House · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Community support/improvement
$1.4M
Philander Smith College · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Health/wellness
$1.3M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
Art education improvement
$1.3M
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2025
Health/wellness
$1.0M
Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Art & culture
$1.0M
Arkansas State University Foundation · State University, AR · 2025
Art education improvement
$1.0M
North Carolina Arts Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Art education improvement
$1.0M
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts · Gatlinburg, TN · 2023
Art & culture
$1.0M
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Art & culture
$1.0M
Eastern Michigan University Foundation · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Art education improvement
$1.0M
Pilchuck Glass School · Seattle, WA · 2022
Art & culture
$962,917
Starworks Center for Creative Enterprise · Star, NC · 2022
Art & culture
$884,589
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
Art education improvement
$800,000
Artspace Projects · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Art & culture
$750,000
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
Art education improvement
$750,000
Starworks · Star, NC · 2023
Art & culture
$700,000
Arkansas Repertory Theatre · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Art & culture
$691,000
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Art & culture
$600,000
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Art & culture
$600,000
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts · Helena, MT · 2022
Art & culture
$574,425
Center for Craft · Asheville, NC · 2025
Art & culture
$562,500
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Health/wellness
$562,500
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Health/wellness
$562,500
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Health/wellness
$553,774
Southern Arkansas University · Magnolia, AR · 2022
Art education improvement
$544,426
Comprehensive Juvenile Services · Fort Smith, AR · 2024
Community support/improvement
$500,901
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Animal welfare
$500,000
Arkansas State University Foundation · State University, AR · 2025
Art education improvement
$500,000
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Art & culture
$500,000
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Art education improvement
$500,000
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Art & culture
$500,000
Women & Children First the Center Against Family Violence · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Art & culture
$500,000
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Art & culture
$500,000
Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Art & culture
$500,000
Cccd Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Art & culture
$500,000
Craft Emergency Relief Fund · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
Art & culture
$500,000
Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2023
Art & culture
$500,000
Metal Museum · Memphis, TN · 2022
Art & culture
$500,000
Tennessee Tech University Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Art education improvement
$498,375
American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Art & culture
$490,000
North Carolina Pottery Center · Seagrove, NC · 2024
Art & culture
$470,000
Louisiana State University Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Art education improvement
$462,976
Louisiana State University Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025
Art education improvement
$450,000
Calico Rock Community Foundation · Calico Rock, AR · 2024
Art & culture
$450,000
Thea Foundation · North, AR · 2024
Art & culture
$440,000
Hendrix College · Conway, AR · 2023
Education improvement
$420,000
Arkansas Food Bank · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Community support/improvement
$415,380
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Art & culture
$412,106
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Art & culture
$405,511
University of Arkansas Foundation · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
Art education improvement
$403,018
American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Art & culture
$400,000
American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Art & culture

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