During federal fiscal years 2017-20, Arkansas lenders made more than $658 million loans through the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) program. Of that total, only about $10 million or 1.5% went to Black-owned businesses in the state. read more >

Heather Nelson of Seal Solar of North Little Rock and Fred Scarborough of the Arkansas Children’s Foundation in Little Rock won Executive of the Year awards, and billionaire philanthropist Johnelle Hunt of Lowell was honored for her lifetime of leadership last week at the 33rd annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >

Alexandra Rouse has been named director of planned giving and Shannon Williams has been named affiliate officer of the Arkansas Community Foundation in Little Rock. read more >

The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Board gives $800,000 to the Don Munro Building Community Endowment at the Arkansas Community Foundation. read more >

Jerry Talbert has been appointed as the new deputy director of the U.S. Small Business Administration Arkansas District Office in Little Rock. read more >

Entergy Corp. and its charitable foundation announced $847,682 in contributions to 168 Arkansas nonprofit organizations this month, including a $250,000 gift to the Salvation Army. read more >

The Arkansas Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund has awarded $1,000 rapid response grants to 678 nonprofits in 149 cities and towns across the state. read more >

The fund efficiently pools together all donations, then makes grants to Arkansas nonprofits. These nonprofits are meeting immediate and increased needs for shelter, food and other critical services at a time when many Arkansans have lost their jobs and need help. read more >

The Arkansas Community Foundation partners with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, asking Arkansans to donate to its COVID-19 Relief Fund. read more >

The Arkansas Community Foundation creates the COVID-19 Relief Fund to direct resources to Arkansas nonprofits disproportionately affected by the coronavirus and its economic fallout. read more >

Bill Sowell of Sowell Management and Larry Freeman of Synergy Saturday Inc. won executive of the year awards, and Wallace Fowler was honored for his lifetime of leadership at the 32nd annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >

Jessica Hughes Ford recently was named communications director of the Arkansas Community Foundation, a statewide nonprofit that fosters smart giving to improve communities. read more >

As the youngest baby boomers close in on retirement and begin to contemplate what their legacies will be, nonprofits and universities are looking to consistent donors for their slice of an expected multitrillion-dollar wealth transfer. read more >

Bryan Cochran has been hired as the new director of sales for KATV in Little Rock. read more >

We don’t need a presidential speech to tell us what the state of the union is. It’s broken but held together, at least in Arkansas, by individual and communal acts of goodwill, acts that we salute and appreciate. read more >

Corporate charitable giving is one way businesses help improve their communities. But companies may not be aware of the substantial benefits corporate giving brings to the business itself. read more >

Mica Strother has been promoted to senior director of development at the Razorback Foundation in Little Rock. read more >

Arkansas Business is once again seeking nominations of the state's most outstanding businesses, business executives and nonprofit organizations for its Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >

Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI and Ghidotti Communications of Little Rock were big winners, along with the Arkansas Community Foundation, at the ARcom public relations awards ceremony Thursday at the Mosaic Templar Cultural Center. read more >

Jennifer LaPerre has been recognized by the Northwest Arkansas Business Women’s Conference as Woman of the Year, and Meredith Lowry was selected as Young Woman of the Year. read more >