SHARE Foundation

SHARE Foundation

SHARE Foundation was established in 1996 as a public charity in Union County, Arkansas, led from inception by President and CEO Brian Jones. Rather than tracing its capital to a single family or corporate founder, the foundation operates as a community-rooted nonprofit that channels earned revenue and contributed assets toward health and well-being programs across southern Arkansas. On the investment side, SHARE Foundation follows a fund-of-funds strategy, allocating its roughly $54 million portfolio (Altss estimate) across third-party managers. The foundation’s primary capital expression, however, is not purely financial — it deploys resources directly into owned and operated entities. Its physical footprint includes the John R. Williamson Hospice House, HealthWorks Fitness Center, Father Bob Allen Charitable Clinic, and the Agape House Children’s Home Campus. These assets reflect a posture in which the investment portfolio serves as a permanent capital base for a growing network of community health infrastructure. SHARE Foundation’s influence in the region expanded materially in May 2023 when it led a consortium including the Murphy Foundation and Murphy USA Charitable Foundation to launch South Arkansas Regional Hospital, a new nonprofit facility replacing the former Medical Center of South Arkansas. The foundation also partners with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to host a regional campus and residency program in El Dorado, further cementing its role as a human-capital pipeline for the area’s health system. On its board, Mindy West serves as a governance link to Murphy USA, where she is CFO, while former Murphy Oil executive Steven Cosse adds legacy energy-sector connectivity. What sets SHARE Foundation apart structurally is its integration of a grantmaking and operating nonprofit with a dedicated investment portfolio of a scale typically associated with single-family offices. The foundation’s holdings include its headquarters building, a fine-art collection, and the History of Arkansas sculpture series, alongside its health-oriented real assets — blurring the line between a charitable endowment and a direct operator of community infrastructure.