Master planning of the downtown "Quilt of Parks," a concept that threads together multiple downtown open spaces into a cohesive narrative, along with a full design of the 1-acre Dave Peel Park.
To design a series of urban spaces creating the Cultural Arts Corridor (CAC) in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas as part of the Design Excellence program.
Support for grantee to design and pilot an alternative teacher preparation program for education paraprofessionals in the Arkansas' Delta to address a shortage of teacher talent in the region
Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation, Inc.
Support to provide academically accelerated courses to 675 low income high school students who demonstrate the ability to do satisfactory college-level work throughout Northwest Arkansas in the Early College Experience center
Implementation of the eMINTS program in six of thirteen participating Arkansas public school districts (Decatur, Farmington, Pea Ridge, Siloam Springs, and West Fork.)
To support grantee's initiative to implement Reading Roadmap, a comprehensive learning model designed by the Kansas Department of Education that has shown to improve academic outcomes in schools throughout Kansas, focusing primarily on rural-based schools.
2018
Home Region
$100,500
Coahoma Collective
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
Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center
To design and purchase a mobile art studio for use across Northwest Arkansas.
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.
Support for piloting of an intensive College Access Initiative designed to increase and improve access to post-secondary opportunities to 450 tenth through twelfth grade first-generation, low-income students in the following Home Region school districts: Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale, Siloam Springs, and Gravette.
Three unique water quality projects: (1) the completion of priority best management practice (BMP) maps for Beaver Lake's 7 sub watersheds; (2) installation of low-impact development demonstration projects throughout the watershed in priority areas; and (3) implementation of a best management practice research project to address stormwater retention near critical infrastructure.
