Funding search · EIN 237365134 · Little Rock, AR

Stella Smith Charitable Trust

Name: Stella Smith Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
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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.

67
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $469,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts4 grants · $420,000
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts4 grants · $351,000
Mount Vernon Ladies Association4 grants · $196,538
Huntington National Artspace3 grants · $150,000
Arkansas Children'S Foundation4 grants · $124,193
Ballet Arkansas4 grants · $106,000
Arkansas Repertory Theatre3 grants · $81,000
Crystal Bridges Museum1 grant · $56,000
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame4 grants · $38,500

Giving over time

$485,941

2022

$595,185

2023

$564,734

2024

$620,055

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$162,500
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$161,500
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$152,500
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$137,500
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$123,000
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$103,000
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$102,500
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$85,769
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2024
General fund
$70,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$65,000
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$60,000
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$56,000
Crystal Bridges Museum · Bentonville, AR · 2025
General fund
$52,500
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$50,384
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Arkansas Repertory Theatre · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Huntington National Artspace · Columbus, OH · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Huntington National Artspace · Columbus, OH · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Huntington National Artspace · Columbus, OH · 2023
General fund
$35,385
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2025
General fund
$35,000
Ballet Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$35,000
Arkansas Arts Center · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$34,068
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$32,141
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$30,000
William J Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$29,443
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$28,541
Arkansas Children'S Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$26,000
Arkansas Repertory Theatre · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Arkansas Governor'S Mansion · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Ballet Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2023
General fund
$23,000
Ballet Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$23,000
Ballet Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Oxford American Literacy · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$13,500
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$12,500
National Association of Olmsted Parks · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Access Schools · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Arkansas Cinema Society · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Heritage Poultry Conservancy · Little Rock, AR · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Arkansas Cinema Society · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$10,000
New York School of Design · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Arkansas Cinema Society · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$10,000
New York Philharmonic Orchestra · Syosset, NY · 2023
General fund
$10,000
New York Philharmonic Orchestra · Syosset, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Access Schools · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Arkansas Historic Museum · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Trinity Catherdral Parish · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Access Schools · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Episcopal Collegiate School · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Access Schools · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Arkansas Repertory Theatre · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Episcopal Collegiate School · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$3,500
Trinity Episcopal Choir · Portland, OR · 2023
General fund
$3,500
Moss Mountain Farm Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Episcopal Collegiate School · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General fund
$2,500
League of American Orchestras · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$2,500
League of American Orchestras · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$1,600
Northwest Symphony Orchestra · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General fund
$29
From Energy Transfer Lp K-1 · Dallas, TX · 2025
General fund
$22
From Energy Transfer Lp K-1 · Dallas, TX · 2024
General fund
$17
From Energy Transfer Lp K-1 · Dallas, TX · 2023
General fund
$16
From Energy Transfer Lp K1 · Dallas, TX · 2022
General fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.