CURRENT GRANTEE PARTNERS

Advancing Black

Entrepreneurship, Inc.

Amount: $200,000

WRF provided general operating support for Advancing Black Entrepreneurship, Inc.‘s mission to support under-resourced small businesses owners in Arkansas.

Advocates for Community

and Rural Development

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for Advocates for Community and Rural Education’s mission to strengthen rural leadership, advocacy and organizing.

Arkansas Advocates for

Children and Families

Amount (Collective): $375,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families’ mission to advance equity through policy change, sustainability, and leadership development.

Arkansas Black Mayors Association

Amount: $300,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Black Mayors Association’s mission to reimagine its role and strategy in support of small town leaders in Arkansas.

Arkansas For

Stronger Communities

Amount: $15,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas for Stronger Communities’ mission to promote safety and engagement in local communities.

Arkansas Appleseed

Legal Justice Center

Amount (Collective): $275,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center’s mission to advocate for ALICE families through legal reform and infrastructure.

Arkansas Community

Foundation

Amount (Collective): $1,050,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Community Foundation to create and manage the Starshine Narrative Fund that amplifies narratives and ALICE stories through nonprofit journalism.

Arkansas Impact

Philanthropy

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Impact Philanthropy’s mission to strengthen statewide philanthropic infrastructure.

Amount: $65,000

Arkansas Movement

Collective

Amount: $125,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Movement Collective’s mission to center wellness and liberation through inclusive movement practices.

Arkansas Rural

Health Partnership

Amount: $75,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Rural Health Partnership’s mission to advance health equity in rural communities through collaborative strategies.

Arkansas United

Community Coalition

Amount: $25,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas United Community Coalition’s mission to empower immigrant communities through advocacy.

Asset Funders

Network

Amount: $50,000

WRF provided general operating support for Asset Funders Network’s mission to align philanthropic resources in support of reducing the number of ALICE Arkansans.

Capitalize Good

Amount: $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for Capitalize Good to support and grow the Arkansas Enterprise Capital Grant Fund.

Center of Arkansas Legal Services

Amount: $80,000

WRF provided general operating support for Center for Arkansas Legal Services strategy to reform foster care in Pulaski County.

Arkansas Public

Policy Panel

Amount (Collective): $175,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Public Policy Panel’s mission to inform and equip advocates on ALICE-related policies.

Arkansas Small Business and

Technology Development Park

Amount: $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Park’s mission to pilot capital access strategies for small businesses.

Arkansas Values

Institute

Amount: $25,000

WRF provided general operating support for Arkansas Values Institute’s mission to support ALICE families through advocacy.

Big Brothers Big

Sisters of Arkansas

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Arkansas’s mission to strengthen youth-serving infrastructure.

Carters Crew

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for Carter’s Crew’s mission to empower youth through community-driven solutions.

Central Arkansas

Pride

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for Central Arkansas Pride’s mission to promote inclusion through youth advocacy.

City of Blytheville,

Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Blytheville to build local capacity for infrastructure planning.

City of Elaine,
Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Elaine to build local capacity for infrastructure planning.

City of Eudora,
Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Eudora to enhance local capacity to obtain federal and state investments.

City of Forrest

City, Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Forrest City to enhance access to community development resources.

City of Fairfield

Bay, Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Fairfield Bay to prepare for and utilize community development resources.

City of Little

Rock, Arkansas

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Little Rock to support youth development and advocacy.

City of Madison, Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Madison to plan and deploy resources for equitable growth.

City of Wrightsville, Arkansas

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for City of Wrightsville, Arkansas’s mission to increase municipal capacity for equitable investment.

Communities Unlimited

Amount: $200,000

WRF provided general operating support for Communities Unlimited’s strategy to expand broadband access in rural Arkansas.

Delta Circles, Inc.

Amount (Collective: $375,000

WRF provided general operating support for Delta Circles’ strategy to support people-centered capacity for policy change.

Excel By Eight

Amount: $1,000,000

WRF provided general operating support for Excel by Eight’s mission to better organize local health, education and community development systems in support of better outcomes for young children.

Conexion de Negocios

Latinos

Amount: $125,000

WRF provided general operating support for Conexion de Negocios Latinos‘s mission to uplift Latino-owned businesses in Arkansas.

Delta Community

Development Law Center

Amount: $100,000

WRF provided general operating support for Delta Community Development and Law Center’s mission to develop affordable housing in the Delta.

Faith Matters Network

Amount: $125,000

WRF provided general operating support for Faith Matters Network’s mission to equip justice-focused faith leaders through the Micah Fellows Program.

Financing Ozark's Rural

Growth and Economy

(FORGE)

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for Financing Ozark’s Rural Growth and Economy (FORGE)’s mission to empower small businesses through small and microloans

ForwARd Arkansas

Amount: $1,200,000

WRF provided general operating support for Forward Arkansas’s mission to improve educational outcomes across Arkansas.

Grassroots Arkansas

Amount: $15,000

WRF provided general operating support for Grassroots Arkansas’s mission to develop youth leaders and advocates for equity.

Innovative Poverty

Solutions

Amount (Collective): $300,000

WRF provided general operating support for Innovative Poverty Solutions’s mission to address systemic poverty with equity-driven solutions.

InTRANSitive

Amount: $15,000

WRF provided general operating support for InTRANSitive‘s mission to protect and support the human rights of trans Arkansans.

Human Rights

For Kids

Amount (Collective): $70,000

WRF provided general operating support for Human Rights for Kids’ mission to strengthen local and state policy change for vulnerable children.

Interform

Amount: $30,000

WRF provided general operating support for Interform’s mission to elevate ALICE families through public policy advocacy and education.

Just Communities

of Arkansas

Amount: $325,000

WRF provided general operating support for Just Communities of Arkansas‘s mission to build coalitions for sustainable policy change.

Kindred Futures

Amount: $30,000

WRF provided general operating support for Kindred Futures’ mission to foster wealth-building and economic justice for ALICE households.

New Leaders

Council Arkansas

Amount: $80,000

WRF provided general operating support for New Leaders Council Arkansas’s mission to develop progressive leadership across the state.

Oxford American
Literary Project

Amount: $100,000

WRF provided general operating support for Oxford American Literary Project’s mission to shift narratives through journalism and storytelling.

Mamas Unidas

Amount: $20,000

WRF provided general operating support for Mamas Unidas’s mission to ensure Latino children are judged by potential, not circumstance.

NYIYCOM at Arkansas

State

Amount: $75,000

WRF provided general operating support for NYITCOM at Arkansas State’s mission to expand equity-centered capacity in local communities.

Pine Bluff Black Chamber

of Commerce

Amount: $30,000

WRF provided general operating support for the Chamber's mission to expand entreprenurial opportunities in Pine Bluff.

Samuel Dewitt

Proctor Conference

Amount: $30,000

WRF provided general operating support for Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference’s mission to mobilize faith leaders for justice.

Southern Capital Project

Amount: $40,000

WRF provided general operating support for Southern Capital Project’s mission to ensure equitable access to resources for underserved founders.

Seeds of Liberation

Amount: $10,000

WRF provided general operating support for Seeds of Liberation’s mission to offer community-based education in support of better public policy for ALICE Arkansans

The Contingent

Amount (Collective): $110,000

WRF provided general operating support for The Contingent’s mission to grow place-based capacity for equity-centered policy change.

The Library Initiative

Amount (Collective): $175,000

WRF provided general operating support for The Library Initiative’s mission to support ALICE-focused policy education and advocacy.

The Village Place

Amount (Collective): $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for The Village Place’s to support stronger youth leaders and advocates.

University of Arkansas

Foundation

Amount: $3,000,000

WRF provided general operating support for University of Arkansas Foundation’s to support increased teacher efficacy across Arkansas.

Venceremos

Amount: $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for Venceremos’s mission to expand worker rights for ALICE Arkansans.

The Methodist Foundation

of Arkansas

Amount: $25,000

WRF provided general operating support for The Methodist Foundation of Arkansas’s strategy to support the faith leader education on ALICE supportive policy and practice.

University of Arkansas

Clinton School of Public Service

Amount: $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service’s mission to increase community level philanthropy across Arkansas.

University of Central Arkansas Center for Community and Economic Development

Amount: $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for University of Central Arkansas Center for Community and Economic Development’s mission to implement DEEP strategies in school systems.

Women's Foundation

of Arkansas

Amount (Collective): $250,000

WRF provided general operating support for the Foundation's mission to implement equity training and empower women statewide.

Women's Foundation of the South

Amount: $150,000

WRF provided general operating support for the Foundation's mission to invest in the health, wealth, and leadership of women and girls of color in the South.