To pilot a digital internship management program with district and charter schools in NWA to increase the number of K-12 students with work-based learning experiences and to build interest in startups and small businesses
To support after-school academic programming that will assist students in developing educational gains that are critical in preparation for current academic performance and future college attainment
To continue the 'New American Dreams' program that will enable refugees in the community to leverage entrepreneurship to create sustainable and livable incomes for themselves and their families
Center for Land Reform, Inc. dba Center for Community Progress
To create and lead a delegation of local influencers and key stakeholders from the Delta to Chicago for the 2022 Reclaiming Vacant Properties (RVP) Conference
2022
Home Region
$40,000
Center For Nonprofit Excellence
To develop and deliver content for a nonprofit excellence conference and to conduct an assessment of the region's nonprofit support ecosystem and Home Region Program grantee strengths and gaps
2022
Home Region
$233,525
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Excellence & Conservation Inc.
To support a workforce program designed to assist small farmers in gaining skills and knowledge to fight the impacts of climate change, and programming to support women recently released from prison with skills to become gainfully employed
2022
Home Region
$356,200
Center on Rural Innovation, Inc.
To support the goal of building inclusive digital economies in the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta region
2022
Home Region
$250,000
Children's Museum of Northwest Arkansas dba Scott Family Amazeum
To provide continuity support for programming and operations, as well as investments in staff leadership development and planning
2022
Home Region
$868,099
City of Bella Vista
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 the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation, including public transit
To construct and monitor two "Quick Build" street infrastructure projects, creating the first known on-street, protected bicycle lanes in the city's history
To construct an expansion to the Yvonne Richardson Community Center and sustain public engagement and programming for residents in southeast Fayetteville
To construct continuous, connected complete street facilities for all modes of transportation along 13th Street and West Poplar Street in the City of Rogers