Record · State
Nonprofits in Arkansas
The IRS recognizes 16,404 tax-exempt organizations with an Arkansas address, rank 32 of 51. 5,061 of them have a Form 990 on record.
Arkansas is 32 of 51 by tax-exempt organizations, at 16,404. Highest on the left.
The 51 figures behind this strip
| Rank | Name | Tax-exempt organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 203,805 |
| 2 | Texas | 155,577 |
| 3 | New York | 125,130 |
| 4 | Florida | 114,851 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 82,237 |
| 6 | Ohio | 77,494 |
| 7 | Illinois | 75,114 |
| 8 | Georgia | 62,701 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 59,487 |
| 10 | Michigan | 56,832 |
| 11 | Virginia | 54,568 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 53,855 |
| 13 | Indiana | 44,650 |
| 14 | Missouri | 44,280 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 44,202 |
| 16 | Maryland | 43,818 |
| 17 | Washington | 42,812 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 40,399 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 39,461 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 39,235 |
| 21 | Colorado | 36,502 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 32,575 |
| 23 | Arizona | 31,700 |
| 24 | Iowa | 30,339 |
| 25 | Oregon | 27,028 |
| 26 | Alabama | 26,440 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 24,098 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 23,749 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 22,861 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 22,534 |
| 31 | Kansas | 18,568 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 16,404 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 15,898 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 14,915 |
| 35 | District of Columbia | 14,200 |
| 36 | Nevada | 13,586 |
| 37 | Utah | 13,160 |
| 38 | Montana | 12,397 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 11,851 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 11,324 |
| 41 | Idaho | 10,569 |
| 42 | Delaware | 10,529 |
| 43 | Maine | 10,385 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 9,679 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 9,562 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 7,469 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 6,823 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 6,675 |
| 49 | Vermont | 6,606 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 6,159 |
| 51 | Alaska | 5,878 |
At a glance
- 16,404
- Organizations recognized
- Registration, not activity.
- 13,617
- Recognized under 501(c)(3)
- The charitable subsection.
- 5,061
- With a Form 990 on record
- The only organizations with financial figures here.
- 526.6
- Per 100,000 residents
- Census resident population as the denominator.
- $25.2 billion
- Revenue reported
- $25,224,045,976
- Summed across filings, each for a different year.
- 0.8%
- Share of all US organizations
- Of 1,975,975 recognized nationally.
Taken from the IRS on October 14, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.
Largest by revenue
2 more columns on a wider screen
| Rank | Organization | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart Inc Associates Health and Welfare Plan | $3.7 billion$3,737,153,584 |
| 2 | Baptist Health | $1.5 billion$1,475,094,828 |
| 3 | Walton Family Foundation Inc | $1.1 billion$1,146,415,772 |
| 4 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital | $962.4 million$962,373,622 |
| 5 | Alice L Walton Foundation | $721.9 million$721,949,474 |
| 6 | St Bernards Hospital Inc | $686.4 million$686,409,464 |
| 7 | Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute Inc | $620.5 million$620,523,795 |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith | $571.1 million$571,103,098 |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Rogers | $493.8 million$493,810,257 |
| 10 | Washington Regional Medical Center | $458.0 million$457,972,922 |
| 11 | White County Medical Center | $336.7 million$336,705,992 |
| 12 | White River Health System Inc | $329.7 million$329,732,237 |
| 13 | Baptist Health Regional Hospitals | $319.5 million$319,502,592 |
| 14 | Arcare | $313.4 million$313,360,695 |
| 15 | Baxter County Regional Hospital Inc | $308.8 million$308,753,340 |
The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.
Largest by assets
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| Rank | Organization | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walton Family Foundation Inc | $6.1 billion$6,143,971,109 |
| 2 | Alice L Walton Foundation | $4.7 billion$4,688,592,870 |
| 3 | Baptist Health | $2.0 billion$1,997,278,800 |
| 4 | Southwest Power Pool Inc | $1.9 billion$1,870,065,706 |
| 5 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital | $1.4 billion$1,442,027,760 |
| 6 | Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation | $1.0 billion$1,023,854,583 |
| 7 | Walmart Inc Associates Health and Welfare Plan | $902.6 million$902,595,677 |
| 8 | First Electric Cooperative Corporation | $842.4 million$842,440,929 |
| 9 | Jesus Fund | $761.5 million$761,494,178 |
| 10 | Washington Regional Medical Center | $533.1 million$533,057,901 |
Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.
Highest reported compensation
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| Rank | Organization | Reported compensation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith | $8.3 million$8,311,222 |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Rogers | $8.3 million$8,311,222 |
| 3 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital | $2.7 million$2,712,312 |
| 4 | Baptist Health | $2.3 million$2,295,979 |
| 5 | Baptist Health Regional Hospitals | $2.3 million$2,295,979 |
| 6 | Mercy Health Northwest Arkansas Communities | $2.2 million$2,246,767 |
| 7 | Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute Inc | $2.2 million$2,171,865 |
| 8 | Southwest Power Pool Inc | $2.1 million$2,121,977 |
| 9 | Washington Regional Medical Center | $1.9 million$1,932,962 |
| 10 | Arkansas Health Group | $1.7 million$1,744,121 |
The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.
What they do
| Category | Organizations |
|---|---|
| Religion-Related | 1,785 |
| Education | 1,460 |
| Human Services | 1,309 |
| Recreation and Sports | 929 |
| Arts, Culture and Humanities | 795 |
| Community Improvement and Capacity Building | 703 |
| Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations | 591 |
| Youth Development | 464 |
| Health Care | 444 |
| Animal-Related | 394 |
Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.
Nearest by count
| Rank | State | Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Kansas | 18,568 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 16,404 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 15,898 |
Arkansas elsewhere on the Factbook
- Reported crime Crime and justice
Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.
- Most dangerous cities in Arkansas Crime and justice
What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.
- Prison population Crime and justice
People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.
- Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice
Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.
- Hate crime Crime and justice
Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.
- Federal obligations Federal spending
What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.
- Payments to doctors Health
What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.
- Farm program payments Farm subsidies
What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.
- Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans
The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.
- Population, age, income and origin Demographics
The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.
- Public schools Schools
Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.
- Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions
The FDIC-insured banks headquartered in the state and their offices, and the credit unions based there and their sites, each per resident and against every other state.
- Housing Housing
The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.
- Mortgage lending Mortgage lending
The mortgage applications, loans and denials lenders reported in the state under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and its largest lenders and counties.
- Cost of living Cost of living
BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.
- County health County health
CDC’s model-based estimates of adult health, risk behaviors and prevention for every county in the state, each with its 95% interval.
- College athletics Sports
Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.
- Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries
Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.
- The Arkansas Factbook entry Across the Factbook
Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.
The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.
Compared with Mississippi.
Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, largest grantmakers, and highest reported nonprofit pay. All organizations: nonprofits.
What this page cannot show
- The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
- Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
- Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.
Full method at methodology.
Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 14, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data
Compiled automatically from Exempt Organizations Business Master File and Form 990 series e-file data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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