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Nonprofits in Arkansas

The IRS recognises 16,288 tax-exempt organizations with a Arkansas address, rank 32 of 51. 958 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

16,288
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
13,518
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
958
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
527.4
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$24,067,660,830
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
0.8%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Arkansas by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1WALMART INC ASSOCIATES HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN$3,737,153,584
2BAPTIST HEALTH$1,475,094,828
3WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$1,146,415,772
4ARKANSAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$962,373,622
5ALICE L WALTON FOUNDATION$721,949,474
6ST BERNARDS HOSPITAL INC$686,409,464
7MERCY HOSPITAL ROGERS$493,810,257
8MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH$481,715,176
9WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$457,972,922
10CENTRAL ARKANSAS RADIATION THERAPY INSTITUTE INC$393,023,493
11WHITE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER$336,705,992
12WHITE RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM INC$329,732,237
13BAPTIST HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITALS$319,502,592
14ARCARE$313,360,695
15BAXTER COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC$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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Organizations in Arkansas by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$6,143,971,109
2ALICE L WALTON FOUNDATION$4,688,592,870
3BAPTIST HEALTH$1,997,278,800
4SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INC$1,870,065,706
5ARKANSAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$1,442,027,760
6CARROLL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$1,023,854,583
7WALMART INC ASSOCIATES HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN$902,595,677
8FIRST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION$842,440,929
9JESUS FUND$761,494,178
10WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$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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Organizations in Arkansas by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1MERCY HOSPITAL ROGERS$8,311,222
2MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH$2,743,691
3ARKANSAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$2,712,312
4BAPTIST HEALTH$2,295,979
5BAPTIST HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITALS$2,295,979
6MERCY HEALTH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITIES$2,246,767
7CENTRAL ARKANSAS RADIATION THERAPY INSTITUTE INC$2,153,822
8SOUTHWEST POWER POOL INC$2,121,977
9WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$1,932,962
10ARKANSAS HEALTH GROUP$1,744,121

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Arkansas by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Education139
Human Services128
Health Care108
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations83
Arts, Culture and Humanities41
Community Improvement and Capacity Building34
Religion-Related30
Housing and Shelter25
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention24
Youth Development17

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

States either side of Arkansas by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
31Kansas18,473
33Mississippi15,803

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  • The Arkansas Factbook entryAcross 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.

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Compared with Mississippi.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. 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

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