by - August 21, 2025 1:07 pm
Arkansas Community Foundation announced Thursday (Aug. 21) that longtime President and CEO Heather Larkin will retire at the end of 2025, concluding 27 years of dedicated service to the Foundation,…
by - August 17, 2024 9:38 pm
The Arkansas Community Foundation has elected Tracy Cude of Bentonville as chair for the statewide organization’s board of directors, along with four new board members: Dennis Hunt of Fayetteville, Brad…
by - July 1, 2024 4:46 pm
The Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) has established the Fordyce Survivors Fund in response to the mass shooting event on June 21 in Fordyce, Arkansas. 100% of donations to the fund…
by - February 6, 2022 7:26 pm
The Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation, in partnership with Arkansas Community Foundation, is awarding grants to programs that benefit African American or other underserved populations in Arkansas. The deadline…
by - February 3, 2022 9:34 am
Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Community Foundation announced Wednesday (Feb. 2) 21 grants from the Arkansas LGBTQ+ Advancement Fund to support organizations with programs, activities or projects that directly support LGBTQ+…
by - October 26, 2021 5:03 pm
In 2001, the Arkansas Community Foundation, a non-profit, statewide philanthropic organization, decided to expand into Craighead County. When the newest chapter was opened with help from the Walton Family Charitable…
by - October 14, 2021 10:49 am
Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Community Foundation announced Thursday (Oct. 14) that Annetta Tirey is a new program officer in Northwest Arkansas. Tirey previously was director of development for the NorthWest…
by - October 11, 2021 6:36 pm
Arkansas Community Foundation announced Monday (Oct. 11) that a portal is now open for grants up to $150,000 to support organizations with programs, activities or projects that directly support LGBTQ+…
by - August 12, 2021 8:13 am
The Arkansas Community Foundation added three new members to its state board. They include Lisa John-Adams of Blytheville, Dr. Eduardo R. Ochoa of Little Rock, and Dr. Jack Porter of…
by - June 22, 2021 4:08 pm
Arkansas Community Foundation and the Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative announced Tuesday (June 22) that 40 grants from the Building Black Communities Fund have been awarded to Black-led and Black-serving nonprofit…
by - April 19, 2021 7:29 am
The Arkansas Community Foundation, in partnership with the Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative (ABPC), has opened applications for Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits to apply to the Building Black Communities Fund. The…
by - March 4, 2021 11:13 am
The Arkansas Community Foundation has reached $500 million in assets it said earlier this week. The statewide nonprofit is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. With $500 million under management,…
by - October 8, 2020 2:38 pm
Alexandra (Allie) Rodery Rouse, J.D., M.P.S., was named Thursday (Oct. 8) as Arkansas Community Foundation’s director of Planned Giving. Recently passing over $442 million in assets, the Arkansas Community Foundation…
by - September 15, 2020 1:46 pm
The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation board granted $800,000 to the Don Munro Building Community Endowment at Arkansas Community Foundation. The grant honors Munro’s 30 years of service on the…
by - July 29, 2020 2:13 pm
A total of 797 grants totaling more than $2.6 million from Arkansas Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund have helped local organizations fight the pandemic. “We learn more every day about…
by - June 5, 2020 1:03 pm
Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Community Foundation (ACF) has awarded the second phase of funding from its COVID-19 Relief Fund to help Arkansas organizations adapt to new and increased demands of…
by - May 31, 2020 9:19 am
Heather Larkin, CEO of the Arkansas Community Foundation, said her group sprung into action quickly when it was obvious the COVID-19 pandemic was headed to Arkansas. As a statewide grant-making…
by - May 20, 2020 4:03 pm
Two months after the creation of its COVID-19 Relief Fund to assist in pandemic relief, Arkansas Community Foundation (ACF) has awarded $1,000 rapid response mini-grants to 678 organizations in 149…
by - March 20, 2020 11:43 am
Nonprofit groups are expected to be hit hard as the COVID-19 crisis deepens, but one foundation in Arkansas hopes to provide aid to those community organizations in the coming weeks….
by - December 17, 2019 6:48 pm
An online, searchable database of Arkansas nonprofit organizations is now available from Arkansas Community Foundation at arcf.org/directory. Made possible by support from the Walmart Foundation, the online directory of 501c3…
