To provide college access services to Mississippi Delta students, with an emphasis on Coahoma County
2022
Home Region
$125,000
Thrive, Inc.
To support its Creative Leadership Youth Program (CLYP) to increase the local capacity and leadership of 100 students in the 7th through 12th grades in Phillips County, AR
To support the production of Grit Fest 2022 − a multi-day festival promoting an inclusive approach to diversity in outdoor recreation, mountain biking and cycling
To support professional development for educators in the Delta region by exposing them to entrepreneurial and workforce development opportunities for their students and schools throughout the Delta region
2022
Home Region
$100,000
University of Arkansas
To support Project REACH's efforts to support bilingual/bicultural paraprofessionals on their journey to becoming certified teachers
To support the development of Amplified, a program that builds the local journalism pipeline while providing a platform for youth expression
2022
Home Region
$20,000
Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission
To send up to 20 local transportation planners and engineers to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Designing Cities 2022 Conference in Boston, MA in September 2022
To strengthen the organization's operations in areas such as fundraising, strategic planning and leadership development while sustaining programmatic work
2022
Home Region
$200,000
In Our Backyards, Inc.
To pilot a place-based match program in Benton and Washington Counties that will support residents of these counties with good ideas to improve and utilize local public spaces in their communities
2022
Home Region
$250,000
Canopy NWA
To support an event activation celebrating their inclusion in the national docuseries, Gutsy
To complete a Regional Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (also known as a Regional Vision Zero Plan) and to hire a recruitment firm to fill a senior transit planner position