Arkansas Community Foundation (Arkansas)

 
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    Funder Type

    Private Foundation

    IT Classification

    C - Funds little to no technology

    Authority

    Arkansas Community Foundation

    Summary

    Arkansas Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes smart giving to improve communities. The Community Foundation offers tools to help Arkansans protect, grow and direct their charitable dollars as they learn more about community needs. By making grants and sharing knowledge, the Community Foundation supports charitable programs that work for Arkansas and partners with others to create new initiatives that address the gaps. 
     
    The Arkansas Community Foundation has five grant programs:
    • Giving Tree Grants: Typically, these grants are available for a wide variety of charitable causes; sometimes, though, we'll choose to target a particular need (like hunger relief or childhood nutrition). Check with the affiliate to which you're applying for information about the current grantmaking focus.
    • Summer Learning Initiative: The Summer Learning Initiative will provide grants for innovative summer learning programs that increase reading proficiency for pre-K - 3rd graders in Arkansas.
    • Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation: ABHOF grants support programs that address challenges and opportunities in the African-American community and in other underserved communities throughout Arkansas.
    • AR Delta Endowment for Building Community: Grants to help improve social and economic conditions for children and families in the 26-county Delta region. 
    • Bridge Fund: The Bridge Fund Endowment was created at Arkansas Community Foundation in 1993 to serve as a bridge between Arkansas's past and future by supporting education, libraries and the teaching/promotion of Arkansas history. Grants from the endowment are made throughout Arkansas for schools, archives, local county and state historical societies and museums for projects to provide training for teachers of Arkansas history; to facilitate teaching and learning of state and local history; and to increase the knowledge and understanding of Arkansas history, especially through research and publication.
     

    History of Funding

    Since 1976, we've provided more than $120 million in grants and partnered with thousands of Arkansans to help them improve our neighborhoods, our towns and our entire state.Recent grants can be seen at http://www.arcf.org/Nonprofits/RecentGrants.aspx.

    2016 Summer Learning Initiative grantees can be seen at http://www.arcf.org/About/GiveSmARtBlog/TabId/164/PostId/41/five-new-grants-to-support-summer-learning-and-improve-grade-3-literacy.aspx.

    Grantees of ABHOF can be seen at http://www.arcf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/15/Arkansas-Black-Hall-of-Fame-Foundation-Awards-16-Grants-to-Support-Under-served-Communities.aspx. 

    Bridge fund grantees can be seen at http://www.arcf.org/About/GiveSmARtBlog/TabId/164/PostId/32/five-arkansas-historyeducation-projects-supported-through-bridge-fund.aspx.

    Additional Information

    Giving Tree Grants: Giving Tree grants are place-based, meaning that the applicant organization must serve one of the areas where ACF is currently making grants. Please note that if applicants are applying for funding on behalf of a statewide organization, proposals are more likely to be successful if the applicant can demonstrate that the project will be based in or have a direct impact on the county where they're applying.

    The following types of requests generally are not considered:
    • Support for annual fundraising campaigns
    • Support for capital campaigns
    • Projects that address sectarian religious purposes
    • Projects that are political in nature or have a political bias
    • Multi-year proposals
    • Scholarships or fellowships for formal education at any level
    • Funding for salaries
    Summer Learning Initiative: The program should target children entering pre-K through 3rd grade; however, the program could include children entering 4th – 6th grades, especially if the partner school houses those grades. The following types of requests generally are not considered:
    • Support for annual fundraising campaigns
    • Support for capital campaign
    • Projects that address sectarian religious purposes
    • Projects that are political in nature or have a political bias
    • Multi-year proposals
    • Scholarships or fellowships for formal education at any level
    • General operating support outside the specific project or proposal
    • Support for organizations that do not qualify for tax-exempt status
    Priority consideration will be given to programs that:
    • Have a strong nonprofit/school partnership (including financial and/or in-kind participation from the school/district, such as personnel, space, transportation, meals, etc.)
    • Serve a partner school at which 50 percent or more of the students receive free or reduced price lunch.
    • Address the nine quality domains developed by the National Summer Learning Association in their guide entitled Summer Starts in September: A Comprehensive Planning Guide for Summer Learning Programs.”
                    - Purpose
                    - Sustainability
                    - Planning
                    - Staff
                    - Partnership
                    - Individualized assessment and instruction
                    - Intentional use of research-based instructional methods
                    - Integration of academic and social/emotional development strategies
                    - Summer culture that is different from the school year

    Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation: Priority consideration will be given to:
    • Applications that show multiple sponsoring agencies/organizations
    • Proposals that include evidence of local financial support (including, but not limited to, in-kind support)
    • Proposals that demonstrate collaborative ventures among organizations within the community
    • Proposals that have promise for sustainability beyond the period of the grant (applications should address this issue)
    • Innovation and appropriateness of the proposed project. For example, a proposal that merely asks for computer hardware will be given lower consideration than a project that shows how the agency's clients will participate in a number of technology projects that benefit them immediately as well as in the future.
     The following types of requests generally are not considered:
    • Support for annual fund raising campaigns
    • Support for capital campaigns
    • Projects that address sectarian religious purposes
    • Projects that are political in nature or have a political bias
    • Multi-year proposals
    • Scholarships or fellowships for formal education at any level
    • Funding for salaries
    AR Delta Endowment for Building Community: Your proposal should address one of these purposes:
    • Improving the conditions of people and families in the Arkansas Delta
    • Building local capacity and infrastructure in the Arkansas Delta
    • Fostering networks and connections across the region
    Generally, funding is not provided for:
    • Support for annual fund raising events
    • Support for capital campaigns
    • Projects that address sectarian religious purposes (however, faith-based organizations may apply for community-based programs)
    • Projects that have a political bias
    • Multi -year proposals
    • Scholarships or fellowships for formal education at any level
    Bridge Fund: Priority is given to proposals for projects that show evidence of collaboration with other organizations and that have multiple sources of funding. Proposals should focus on one or both of these areas:
    • Community, school and college libraries for technology to improve access to information; for improving services to patrons; and for upgrading history and reference collections 
    • Schools, archives, county and state historical societies and museums for projects to provide training for teachers of state and local history, and to increase the knowledge and understanding of Arkansas history, especially through research and publication, with an emphasis on county and local history projects.
    The following types of requests generally are not considered:
    • Support for annual fundraising campaigns
    • Support for capital campaigns
    • Projects that address sectarian religious purposes
    • Projects that are political in nature or have a political bias
    • Multi-year proposals
    • Scholarships or fellowships for formal education at any level
    • General operating support outside the specific project or proposal
    • Support for organizations that do not qualify for tax-exempt status

    Contacts

    Jane Jones

    Jane Jones
    Union Station 1400 W. Markham, Suite 206
    Little Rock, AR 72201
    (501) 372-1116
    (501) 372-1166
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Giving Tree Grants: Any 501c3 public charity, hospital or government agency in the counties where grants are being made is eligible to apply.


    Summer Learning Initiative: Applicants should be nonprofit, community-based organizations that will submit their proposals in partnership with a local public school. Any IRS 501(c)(3) public charity or government agency in Arkansas is eligible. Grants are not made to individuals. All geographic sections of the state are eligible to apply for funding. 


    Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation: All geographic sections of the state are eligible, but scholarship requests will not be considered. Nonprofits with programs focusing on education, health and wellness, youth development, strengthening families, and economic development are eligible to apply. Organizations that do not qualify for tax-exempt status are not eligible. 


    AR Delta Endowment for Building Community: 501c3 nonprofit organizations, public schools and government agencies in 26 Delta counties are eligible. (See Where We're Currently Making Grants”.) Other organizations may be eligible if the proposed project has a clear charitable purpose.


    Bridge Fund: Any IRS 501(c)(3) public charity or government agency in Arkansas is eligible. Grants are not made to individuals. All geographic sections of the state are eligible to apply for funding.

    Deadline Details

    Giving Tree Grants: The application period will open on January 10 and close on February 15, annually.

    Summer Learning Initiative: Proposals are currently not being accepted for this grant cycle. If you have a project that might fit the parameters for this grant program, contact Jane Jones at jjones@arcf.org for more information.

    Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation: Applications are accepted between February 1 and April 1, annually. 

    AR Delta Endowment for Building Community: First-round applications will be accepted between May 1 and May 22, annually. Finalists will be notified by June 1, annually and invited to submit a more in-depth second-round proposal. 

    Bridge Fund: Proposals are currently not being accepted for this grant cycle. If you have a project that might fit the parameters for this grant program, contact Jane Jones at jjones@arcf.org for more information.

    Award Details

    The foundation annually grants over $4,400,000 for all program areas. Multiple awards are expected.
    Giving Tree Grants: Each affiliate determines the funding range for grants in its service area. To learn about funding ranges by area, contact your local affiliate office. 
    Summer Learning Initiative: Grants will be up to $50,000. 
    Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation: Grants will generally be in the $1,000 to $2,500 range but may approach $5,000.
    AR Delta Endowment for Building Community: Grant requests can begin at $5,000 and go up to $15,000, depending on the comprehensiveness of the project.
    Bridge Fund: Grants range between $1,000 and $25,000.

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