Talbert Moves Ahead at SBA (Movers & Shakers)
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 Announces $847K in Nonprofit Giving
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 >
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ACF Grant Fund Helps Nonprofits Cope With COVID-19
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 >
COVID-19 Relief Fund Helps Arkansans (Heather Larkin Commentary)
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 >
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Governor Promotes Arkansas Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Fund
The Arkansas Community Foundation partners with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, asking Arkansans to donate to its COVID-19 Relief Fund. read more >
Update: Arkansas Community Foundation Creates COVID-19 Relief Fund
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 >
Sowell, Freeman Named Top Execs; Fowler Gets Legacy Award at Business of the Year Event
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 >
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Ford Selected for Communications Role at ACF (Movers & Shakers)
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 >
Nonprofits Targeting Wealth of Boomers
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 Joins Channel 7 as Sales Director (Movers & Shakers)
Bryan Cochran has been hired as the new director of sales for KATV in Little Rock. read more >
The State of The Union (Editorial)
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 >
Giving Back Improves Your Business and Your Community (Heather Larkin Commentary)
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 >
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Mica Strother Advances at Razorback Foundation (Movers & Shakers)
Mica Strother has been promoted to senior director of development at the Razorback Foundation in Little Rock. read more >
Nominate Now for the Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
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 >
Best in PR, Communications Honored at ARcom Awards
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 >
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NWA Business Women Recognize LaPerre, Lowry (Movers & Shakers)
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 >
Ford, Herman Named Top Executives at Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Danny Ford of Glen Sain Motor Sales Inc. of Paragould and Todd Herman of the Arkansas Arts Center of Little Rock won executive of the year awards at the 30th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas Community Foundation Adds Lauren Morris (Movers & Shakers)
Lauren Morris has joined the Arkansas Community Foundation in Little Rock as affiliate program director. read more >
Walmart to Award $1.12M in Grants Wednesday
Walmart will host a “Day of Giving” in Little Rock at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to award Walmart Foundation Arkansas State Giving grants totaling $1.12 million to 11 nonprofits. read more >
Community Foundation Activates Disaster Recovery Fund
The Arkansas Community Foundation on Tuesday announced its Disaster Recovery Fund has been activated in the wake of historic flooding in northeast Arkansas, and the nonprofit organization has already contributed $10,000 to it. read more >