To expand the number of participants enrolled in grantee's after school-based academic enrichment and youth development programming by 45 seats over three years, doubling in size to 90 students.
To support grantee's initiative to acquire approximately 863 acres as an addition to the Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area/Wildlife Management Area located north of Beaver Lake.
To research and understand how the foundation can use philanthropy to engage with local institutions to positively impact public safety in Phillips County, Arkansas and Coahoma County, Mississippi.
To create the Delta College Attainment Network (DCAN), a partnership with the Helena-West Helena and Cross County School District designed to provide college access and degree completion support to over 4,800 students and alumni in the Delta Region through individual advising, family/community engagement, college and leadership experiences, and post-secondary support.
Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazers Association, Inc.
To support an executive director, an assistant project manager, and an executive assistant as well as provide support for maintenance of multiple properties, including Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville, AR.
Restoration and renovation of the Shiloh Meeting House; specifically, the purchase and installation of interior furnishings for both floors of the building, as well as grounds improvements (landscaping, lighting and signage.)
To support grantee's initiative to create jobs and to launch an arts-driven, community-inclusive revitalization project in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi.
2018
Home Region
$43,000
Bentonville Child Care and Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Helen R. Walton Children's Center
To support grantee's initiative to provide quality seats to 750 children in Northwest Arkansas.
