To support Grit Studios, an entrepreneurial business support center in Bentonville, AR, that will focus on developing professionally trained, qualified and experienced business leader
2017
Home Region
$75,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To promote a series of convenings of live music community stakeholders from Northwest Arkansas to develop recommendations for growing and sustaining the live music ecosystem in the region.
2018
Home Region
$67,652
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
Support for the start-up of a new regional arts services organization and related programming
2018
Home Region
$220,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
2018
Special Projects
$120,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
Funding for an Angel Investment Landscape assessment in Northwest Arkansas
2019
Home Region
$66,750
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
Support for the establishment of a Grit Studios co-working space in Bentonville, Arkansas
2019
Home Region
$192,805
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
Support for the start-up of a new regional arts services organization and related programming
2019
Home Region
$250,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
2019
Special Projects
$37,500
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
2019
Special Projects
$147,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To develop a collaborative mechanism with the University of Arkansas to help strengthen its university-industry engagement. This industry liaison pilot will help the University of Arkansas and the region's industry engage each other and explore ways of collaboration which is mutually beneficial, spurring regional and statewide economic growth
2020
Home Region
$77,500
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To launch the Northwest Arkansas Arts resource desk in order to provide technical assistance and other support to local arts organizations during the COVID-19 crisis
2020
Home Region
$100,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
Benchmarking study to examine leading information technology (IT) programs in the U.S. higher education
2020
Home Region
$165,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To pilot Get Shift Done in Northwest Arkansas
2020
Home Region
$40,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
2020
Special Projects
$95,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
EngageNWA sponsorship
2020
Home Region
$3,300
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To support research on perception, talent and economic growth in Northwest Arkansas
2021
Home Region
$171,495
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To support an outdoor recreation accelerator pilot
2021
Home Region
$50,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To support polling to understand perspectives on COVID-19
2021
Home Region
$23,175
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To support industry and employer engagement at the Northwest Technical Institute
2021
Home Region
$122,000
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation
To support an initiative to provide education on equity and debt crowdsourcing platforms to the Northwest Arkansas entrepreneurial community