Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust

Private foundation · EIN 75-6331832 · since 1984bofa.foundationsource.com/myfs/givinghub/39017/SturgisR·Arkansas, Dallas, Texas·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.1M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$10,000 to $35,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$20,000

Typical grant (median)

82 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The Trust funds educational, cultural, human services and health care work in Arkansas and Texas, and within Texas it gives strong preference to the Dallas area, so check your location against that focus before you apply.
Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $10,000 and $35,000 and the median is $20,000, so a request in that range is typical, although its largest grant has been $300,000.
Its filing says it encourages requests for capital, project-related, medical research and endowment campaigns, with start-up programmes and limited general operating requests also considered, and most grants are one-year awards.
Prior grantees receive a large share of its money, with 60% of grant dollars in its latest filing going to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a past relationship helps, though a first request is not discouraged.
Apply online through the grant-search page that Bank of America runs, before its March 1 deadline, as it accepts applications on fixed deadlines.

Overview

Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Bank of America, in Dallas, TX.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust supports and promotes quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming for all people. It awards grants to qualified charitable organisations in Arkansas and Texas. Approximately 65% of its annual distributions are made in Arkansas, while 35% are distributed in Texas; within Texas, it gives strong preference to organisations located in the Dallas area. It encourages requests for capital, project-related, medical research and endowment campaigns. Start-up programmes and limited general operating requests are also considered. Most grants are one-year awards, with multi-year support awarded on occasion.

Themes

Educational programming
Cultural programming
Human services
Health care

Geographic Focus

Arkansas; Texas. Priority: Dallas area.

How to apply

The filing directs applicants to the online grant guidelines and application form through Bank of America's philanthropic grant-search page.

Deadlines: March 1.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 60% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 269 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The Trust encourages requests for capital, project-related, medical research and endowment campaigns; start-up programmes and limited general operating requests are also considered.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Arkansas61%

Texas37%

Georgia<1%

Kansas<1%

California<1%

The largest single recipient received 14% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 60% of grant dollars went to organisations Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
8% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

82 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $20,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 82 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$5k–$10k2%

$10k–$25k67%

$25k–$50k23%

$50k–$100k2%

$100k–$250k4%

$250k–$500k1%

Median $20,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Clinton Foundation · Comprehensive campaign
$250,0002024 tax year
University of Arkansas Foundation · Sturgis int'l honors
$155,0002024 tax year
Arkansas Children's Foundation · Hospital expansion project
$100,0002024 tax year
University of Arkansas Foundation · Anthony timberlands center
$100,0002024 tax year
Baptist Health Foundation · Renovation & expansion
$50,0002024 tax year
Refuge Village · Tiny home support
$50,0002024 tax year
Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas · Unrestricted general
$40,0002024 tax year
Austin Street Center · Unrestricted general
$30,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Administered by its trustee, Bank of America.

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$3,415,581	$2,859,000	$41,708,587	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$2,666,654	$2,032,500	$47,350,525	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$2,726,873	$2,086,200	$50,245,185	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.