Children and YouthCommunityHealth & WellbeingSpringdale Arkansas Children’s NW Receives $25M from Walker Foundation The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Inc. of Fayetteville announced Friday that it is donating $25 million to Arkansas…Aron SheltonAugust 11, 2023
Food InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale Alice L. Walton Foundation Grants $3.5M to NW Arkansas Food Bank Of the total, $3 million was granted as a matching gift to support construction of the food bank's new distribution…Aron SheltonOctober 13, 2022
BentonvilleChildren and YouthEducationFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale Adopt-A-Classroom in Northwest Arkansas Search by zip code to discover 30 local teachers in need of school supplies and resources. 100% of donations made…Aron SheltonSeptember 13, 2022
BentonvilleFayettevilleFood InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale UAMS Receives $350k to Support Double Your Dollars Food Assistance Program Created in 2012 to address food insecurity of low-income residents in Northwest Arkansas, the Double Your Dollars program provides recipients…Aron SheltonSeptember 2, 2022
Arts & CultureBentonvilleFayettevilleSpringdale CACHE Awards $1.2M to Local, Music-focused Nonprofits 2022-23 MOAC recipients are the House of Songs, City Sessions, Black Fret, the Music Education Initiative, NWA Jazz Society, Music…Aron SheltonAugust 26, 2022
CommunityNorthwest ArkansasPovertySpringdaleTechnology Excellerate Foundation Uses Technology to Help Thousands of Locals in Need As of 2020, Excellerate served over 10,000 individuals in the community through the region’s most comprehensive and real-time updating resource…Aron SheltonAugust 20, 2022
Children and YouthFood InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale Simple+Sweet Creamery Has Provided Over 15,000 Meals to Help Fight Child Hunger Ice cream truck owner fights hunger 1 scoop at a time.Aron SheltonMay 21, 2022
Arts & CultureNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale Creative Exchange Fund (CXF) Provides $169,000 to NWA artists CXF is a one-year multi-faceted programming initiative that will activate 214 by CACHE as a community-led art venue.Aron SheltonMay 18, 2022
Arts & CultureBentonvilleFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale Artists 360 Offering $214k in Artist Grants "The Artists 360 program, which provides grants for local artists, will return for a fifth year when the application period…Aron SheltonApril 22, 2022
Arts & CultureCommunityDEISpringdale INTERFORM Receives $2.2 Million Grant from Walton Family Foundation INTERFORM has received a grant to fund three years of programming and operations to provide support and visibility for the…Aron SheltonApril 13, 2022