Funding search · EIN 581605071 · Little Rock, AR
The Hussman Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 176
- grants reported
- $2.0M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,500
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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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 Foundation3 grants · $350,000
- Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts3 grants · $220,000
- Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation3 grants · $150,000
- Arkansas Community Foundation1 grant · $100,000
- Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation1 grant · $100,000
- Park Endowment Fund3 grants · $80,000
- The Muses3 grants · $79,000
- Hoover Institution3 grants · $75,000
- Lr Advertising Information Commission1 grant · $50,000
- Equitable Facilities Fund2 grants · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 176 grants.
- $150,000
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $100,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $100,000
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $100,000
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $100,000
Arkansas Community Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Arts
- $70,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $50,000
Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2025
General Support
- $50,000
Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2024
General Support
- $50,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $50,000
Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2023
General Support
- $50,000
Lr Advertising Information Commission · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $50,000
Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2022
General support
- $40,000
Park Endowment Fund · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $40,000
The Muses · Hot Springs, AR · 2023
General Support
- $25,000
Hoover Institution · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
- $25,000
Artspace · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General Support
- $25,000
Equitable Facilities Fund · New York City, NY · 2024
General Support
- $25,000
Hoover Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $25,000
Equitable Facilities Fund · New York City, NY · 2023
General Support
- $25,000
Hoover Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $25,000
Equitable Facilities Fund · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Hoover Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $22,500
Central Arkansas Library Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $22,208
Chi St Vincent · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $20,000
The Muses · Hot Springs, AR · 2025
General Support
- $20,000
Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Center · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $20,000
Park Endowment Fund · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $20,000
Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Center · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $20,000
Park Endowment Fund · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $20,000
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $20,000
Park Endowment Fund · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Center · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $19,000
The Muses · Hot Springs, AR · 2024
General Support
- $19,000
The Muses Project · Hot Springs, AR · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame · Fayetteville, AR · 2025
General Support
- $14,400
Access Group · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Christ Church Capital Campaign · Salisbury, NC · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
James Madison Program at Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
Metrock- Lr Chamber · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
United States Marshall Museum · Fort Smith, AR · 2025
General Support
- $10,000
Arkansas Newspaper Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Delta News Foundation · Helena, AR · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Entitlements How · Lexington, KY · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Free the Facts · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Pathway To Freedom · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
United States Marshall Museum · Fort Smith, AR · 2024
General Support
- $10,000
Chi St Vincent · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Gladney Center for Adoption · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Metrock- Lr Chamber · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
United States Marshall Museum · Fort Smith, AR · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
University of Arkansas Law School · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Arkansas Press Association · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Little Rock Regional Chamber · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $10,000
United States Marshals Museum · Fort Smith, AR · 2022
General support
- $8,400
Steadman Philippon · Vail, CO · 2024
General Support
- $8,000
Quapaw Area Council Bsa · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $7,500
Easterseals Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $6,500
Access Group · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $6,500
Access · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Education
- $6,000
Steadman Philippon · Vail, CO · 2025
General Support
- $5,000
Access Group · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $5,000
Arkansas Cinema Society · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $5,000
Easterseals Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $5,000
Our House · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $5,000
Philander Smith · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $5,000
Pathway To Freedom · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Philander Smith · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Steadman Philippon · Vail, CO · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Elijah Pitts Memorial Golf Tournament · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Pathway To Freedom · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institute · Vail, CO · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Ualr · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $3,500
Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $3,500
Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $3,500
Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Girl Scouts Diamonds of Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $3,000
Quapaw Area Council · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $3,000
Junior Achievement of Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $3,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $3,000
Quapaw Area Council · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $3,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Arkansas Children'S Hospital · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $2,500
Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General Support
- $2,500
Junior Achievement of Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General Support
- $2,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General Support
- $2,500
Society of Professional Journalists · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General Support
- $2,500
Arkansas Children'S Hospital · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Arkansas State Golf Association · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Our House · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
University of Arkanasas at Little Rock · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
Easterseals Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $2,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Support
- $2,500
Our House · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General Support
- $2,500
Readworks · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Support
- $2,500
Society of Professional Journalists · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General Support
- $2,500
Easterseals Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Little Rock School District · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
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Similar grant size
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