Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
To pilot 'Cartwheel: Next Generation Business Accelerator,' a startup studio program focused on validating and identifying the most promising business concepts and developing these concepts into actual businesses in NWA
To pilot the Community Growth Program and Toolkit in four Home Region areas, i.e. Northwest Arkansas, as well as Phillips, Jefferson and Coahoma Counties in the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta
To support the activation of the 2022 NWA Fashion Week and build awareness and capacity with host organizations Transition Closet and the Trans Equality Network
To construct two separate greenway trail projects, both of which are part of the NWA Walk/Bike Plan: Mercy Way Bridge and Blowing Springs to Metfield Greenway Connection
To support efforts to (1) convene stakeholders across the NWA community for important conversations about the region, and (2) support economic development to combat community deterioration and to lessen prejudice and discrimination against underserved communities
To support the Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative (ABPC), launched in January 2021 to connect philanthropic organizations to solutions for social change in Arkansas
To support continuity programming and operations, as well as one-time support to launch the first phase of a data mapping project to better understand equitablility of access to arts in the region's schools
To support operations and programmatic work while executing the merger of Trike and the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra (APO) into a new organization, the Performance Art Coalition (PAC)
