Ross Foundation Archives

Photos, maps and more from the early days of the Big Lake Club are displayed on the walls of the current clubhouse. The 2,829-SF structure was built 17 years ago on the site of the original, which was torn down in 1951.

Ross Whipple’s Big Lake Remains Elite Getaway

More than 135 years ago, a group of Little Rock businessmen banded together to form a hunting club on about 2,000 acres of bottomland woods in south Pulaski County. read more >

by George Waldon - November 29, 2021, 12:00am

From left: Abby Turner, Abby White, Griffin Brown and Emilee Roberson are all students who are attending college with the help of the Arkadelphia Promise program.

Banking & Finance / Business Services / Energy

Promises Are Kept, Paving A Broader Path To College

Southern Bancorp Inc., the Ross Foundation and Murphy Oil Corp. are spending millions on Promise scholarships that sponsors and an administrator say have increased the college-going rate of high school graduates in Arkadelphia and El Dorado. read more >

by Sarah Campbell-Miller - August 6, 2018, 12:00am

Ross Whipple
Chairman of the Ross Foundation and President of Horizon Timber Services Inc.

Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Education

Ross Whipple Branches Out, Logs Time Away from Boardroom

Ross Whipple manages more than 120,000 acres of Arkansas timberland as chairman of the Ross Foundation and president of Horizon Timber Services Inc. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - November 27, 2017, 12:00am

Arkansas Business Power List 2016: Nonprofits

A nonprofits resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - March 21, 2016, 12:00am

Education / Nonprofits

Mid-America Science Museum Gets Ross Foundation Grant

Two schools in Clark County are the beneficiaries of a grant from the Ross Foundation in Arkadelphia to the Mid-America Science Museum. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - August 15, 2014, 1:31pm

The Arkadelphia Promise says that 63 of 90 students from the original Promise class of 2011 returned to college for their sophomore year, a retention rate of 70 percent. The retention rate for all Arkansas college freshmen is 61.4 percent.

Education / Nonprofits

Arkadelphia Promise’s First Class Has 70 Percent Retention Rate

The Arkadelphia Promise announces a college retention rate of 70 percent for its first class of Arkadelphia High School graduates, which exceeds both the state and national rates. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - November 16, 2012, 10:29am