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• 2019 Board Members
• 2019 Staff Members
• Statements of Financial Position
• Statements of Financial Activities
• 2019 Grants List

Arkansas Asset Funders Network — $40,000

To support a statewide coalition of public and private grantmakers committed to advancing economic equity in Arkansas

Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (AR-GLR) — $1,000,000

To support AR-GLR’s operations, fundraising, and continued implementation of its Excel by Eight birth-to-eight equity strategy

Arkansas Community Foundation — $1,000,000

To support AR-GLR’s operations, fundraising, and continued implementation of its Excel by Eight birth-to-eight equity strategy

Arkansas Impact Philanthropy — $100,000

To build philanthropic capacity to understand and invest in an equity agenda

Association of Black Foundation Executives — $5,000

To sponsor the organization's women in philanthropy event

Communities Unlimited — $75,000

To leverage USDA resources to build community-driven models for leadership and entrepreneurship in rural communities of color

Capacity for Equity Fund — $150,000

Capacity for Equity grants assist nonprofits aligned with the Moving the Needle strategic goals. The Foundation provided Capacity for Equity grants to the following organizations in 2019:

• Arkansas Community Foundation — $30,000
• Women’s Foundation of Arkansas — $10,000
• Credit Counseling of Arkansas. — $4,000
• Center for Artistic Revolution — $2,500
• Delta Circles — $20,000
• In Our Own Backyard (ioby) — $30,000
• Project South — $7,000
• Arkansas United — $25,000
• Just Communities of Arkansas — $25,000

The Clinton Foundation — $5,000

To sponsor "Economic Inclusion and Growth: The Way Forward

ForwARd Arkansas — $1,200,000

To support ForwARd’s transition to an equity-centered initiative through continued core operating support, technical assistance, and community engagement

Gates Foundation — $100,000

To leverage national resources to shift perceptions about poverty, economic mobility, and wage equity in Arkansas

Hope Enterprise Corporation — $5,000

To sponsor Hope's 25th anniversary celebration

People Trust Community Loan Fund — $60,000

To expand consumer and business microlending in southwest Little Rock and the 12th Street Corridor through cutting edge technology

Rural Community Alliance — $200,000

To carry out its mission to help rural schools and communities thrive through parent and youth organizing, parent and resident engagement, and education advocacy

Southeastern Council of Foundations (SECF) — $15,000

To support documentation of SECF's 50th Anniversary stories of Equity and sponsor the organization's annual meeting

University of Central Arkansas (UCA) — $150,000

To partner with the Harvard Disruptive Equity Education Project (Harvard DEEP) to launch UCA DEEP to examine inequity and system disruption within the UCA teacher preparation program and other programs statewide

Urban League of Arkansas — $160,000

To provide core support for its mission to create economic opportunity for people of color in Arkansas through policy, partnerships, research, and service

Women's Foundation of Arkansas — $150,000

To provide core support for its mission to support women and girls in Arkansas to realize and achieve their full potential

World Woman Summit — $5,000

To sponsor the 2019 World Woman Summit in Little Rock, Arkansas