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Entergy Arkansas Pledges $660K to Local Nonprofits

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Entergy Arkansas announced that it’s donating $660,000 to six nonprofits as part of its “Entergy Arkansas Bright Futures Campaign” to help build strong communities.

Six separate grants in the amount of $110,000 from the Entergy Charitable Foundation will be awarded to nonprofits that align with utility’s philanthropic focus on sustaining families, investing in workforce opportunities and a healthy environment, the utility said in a news release. These initiatives are grounded in actions proven to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve now and for generations to come.

The following nonprofits will receive grants:

  • The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance will use funds to support hunger initiatives and child feeding programs, including food-filled backpacks, breakfast and after-school meals through the food banks located in the Entergy Arkansas footprint.
  • The Arkansas Community Foundation will administer donations of books through the Dolly Parton Foundation’s Imagination Library program and the Excel by 8 literacy program to help kids throughout our service territory read at grade level by the third grade.
  • The Arkansas STEM Coalition will support STEM education in Arkansas Schools in our service area focused on low-income students.
  • The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas internships for women of color who are juniors, seniors and college-aged provides paid experience and includes housing and transportation. This will expose these women to career opportunities and prepare them to enter the workforce and succeed. Many women-owned businesses are located in the Delta, which is in our service area, and a portion of funding will support the Women’s Economic Mobility Hub.
  • Habitat for Humanity chapters in the Entergy Arkansas service area will receive a total of $110,000 to provide affordable housing to address housing, homelessness and poverty.
  • The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas will use funding to enhance their efforts to protect and restore forests across a 10-county area in the Arkansas Delta and upper Gulf Coastal Plain.

In 2022, Entergy Arkansas awarded more than 100 nonprofit partners and community organizations with $3.4 million in grants. Employees and retirees dedicated more than 25,292 hours of volunteer service valued at more than $757,495.

Laura Landreaux, president and CEO of Entergy Arkansas, said in a statement, “Entergy Arkansas has been honored to serve for more than a century in our great state, and these grants highlight important partnerships and demonstrate the priority we place on being good corporate citizens by investing in our customers and the places we all call home.”

 

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