Strategic Community Investments

Public charity · Grantmaker Fort Smith, AR EIN: 20-3188701

Provide relief to the poor and distressed through the development of affordable housing-- predominately low, very low, and moderate-income families-- and any other community or economic development initiative.

Strategic Community Investments at a glance

Total assets
$2,128,534
+11.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$444,678
+10.6% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$26,282
-2.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$213,615
+2.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Strategic Community Investments funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Fort Smith

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2019) to $40K (2021). In 2021 it made 1 grant totaling $40K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
646 Downtown Fort Smith, AR—$40,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,128,534$444,678$213,615——$26,282
2024$1,911,761$402,113$208,209——$26,905
2023$1,733,001$172,088$236,606——$22,809
2022$1,785,104$318,667$306,777——$8,721
2021$1,766,335$176,592$253,286$40,0001$3,678
2020$1,843,028$441,580$233,824$25,0001$2,213
2019$1,635,272$213,185$185,306$25,0001$3,649

About Strategic Community Investments

Based on IRS filings

Strategic Community Investments is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Fort Smith, AR. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.1M in total assets. Net investment income was $26K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Strategic Community Investments is led by Mitchell Minnick, Executive Director & Secretary on every filing since 2019; none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mitchell Minnick

    Executive Director & Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rick Foti

    Chairman

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rex Terry

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alex Sanchez

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jackie Flake

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Presley

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Barbara Meadows (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Chip Paris (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Larry Weir (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Richard Griffin (2019–2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Rusty Myers (2019–2021) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Strategic Community Investments

How large is Strategic Community Investments?

Strategic Community Investments reported $2.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $445K.

What is Strategic Community Investments?

Strategic Community Investments is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Fort Smith, AR. It holds $2.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Strategic Community Investments operate?

Strategic Community Investments has awarded grants in Arkansas.

What is Strategic Community Investments's EIN?

Strategic Community Investments's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-3188701. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 6, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 2, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 29, 2022)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 18, 2026)

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