Preeminent arts philanthropist Alice Walton established the Art Bridges Foundation to expand access to American art. New foundation head Anne Kraybill walks us through Art Bridges’ work, how she got there, and more.
Read MoreExcellerate Foundation, a public charity serving Northwest Arkansas, is using data-driven initiatives to support the community, connecting residents to resources, applicants with jobs, and more.
Read MoreThe Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation (the other Walton foundation) continues its run of mega-grants to the University of Arkansas, funding a new interdisciplinary institute for scientific research and commercial innovation.
Read MoreThe creation of a new organization tasked with supporting Northwest Arkansas’ growing arts ecosystem represents the latest phase in Alice Walton and her family’s plans to make their home region into a cultural hotspot.
Read MoreTo help you wrap your head around this community foundation’s giving, here are four ways that ACF works with nonprofit communities across the state of Arkansas. Grantmaking may be more flexible than you think.
Read MoreWinthrop Rockefeller moved to Arkansas in 1953, and his philanthropic legacy continues to this day, most recently with a $100 million commitment to a University of Arkansas-based think tank from a trust he established at his death that’s now set to wind down.
Read MoreThe Walton Family Foundation has been engaged in a concerted push to create a strong arts ecosystem in Northwest Arkansas. Its latest move involves a partnership with Artspace.
Read MoreA recent report provides a big-picture view of the state of philanthropy in the American South. Where are grants going, and how effective are funders at addressing entrenched inequities in the region?
Read MoreOne of the biggest campus gifts ever for the arts—to the University of Arkansas—has Alice Walton's fingerprints all over it. What's this ambitious Walmart heir up to?
Read MoreThe Walton Family Foundation is a major grantmaker for national and global environmental work, but this funder also has a big local presence in Arkansas, where it supports parks and greenspace.
Read MoreThe Blue & You foundation was established by the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 2001 and is one of the most reliable funders for health nonprofits in the state. Here are two grant opportunities.
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