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Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Launches New $50M Grant Fund

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has launched the Arkansas Enterprise Capital Grant Fund, aiming to raise $50 million for nonprofits across the state. read more >
Marta Loyd, CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute atop Petit Jean Mountain, has a mission to keep the former governor’s legacy alive.
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Education

Rockefeller Groups Live Up to Rich NameLock Icon

Almost 50 years after Winthrop Rockefeller died, the three nonprofits seeded by his fortune are evolving their missions for doing good in Arkansas, the nation and the world read more >
Sherece West-ScantleburyPresident & CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Investments

Report Shows Gaps in Lending to Minority Businesses in Arkansas

Minorities and women do not have the same access to capital as their white male counterparts, a systemic issue that can be addressed, a panel of Arkansas bank leaders and a small-business owner says. read more >
Sherece West-ScantleburyPresident & CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Education / Nonprofits

Sherece West-Scantlebury on Who Gets Grants from Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Sherece West-Scantlebury has been involved in philanthropy for 25 years. read more >
Jack Mullen and Paula Colmondeley, new members of Bank of the Ozarks Inc.'s board of directors.
Banking & Finance / Investments / Public Companies

Jack Mullen, Paula Cholmondeley Join Board of Growing Bank of the Ozarks

At Monday's annual shareholders meeting, Chairman and CEO George Gleason also announced that a third seat would be filled by Trevor Burgess, president, CEO and founder of the $1.7 billion-asset C1 Financial Inc. of St. Petersburg, Florida. read more >
Education / Nonprofits

ForwARd Arkansas Conducts Survey, Plans Study of State Schools

ForwARd Arkansas is asking educators, parents, students and other stakeholders to complete a survey on how to prepare Arkansas students for success in college and the workplace. read more >
Jerry C. Jones
Education / Government & Politics

Beebe Said To Appoint Task Force ‘FASTER Arkansas’ With Plans for Broadband Expansion

Last Wednesday, Gov. Mike Beebe met with scores of representatives — the number we heard was 70 — of Internet service providers, large and small, from all over the state. The subject: broadband access, or lack thereof. read more >
Sherece West-Scantlebury

Sherece West-Scantlebury: Asking ‘Why?’

As president and CEO of the nonprofit Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation of Little Rock, Sherece West-Scantlebury is the leader of a staff of nine and oversees an organization that through year-end 2011 had received $25.6 million in funding from the estate of former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. The philanthropic organization was created using money the former governor left at his death in 1973. read more >
Rosalind Brewer
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Women of Influence: 10 Leaders Who Make Arkansas Strong

Business and politics in Arkansas and elsewhere are still dominated by men, and that fact is evident in the pages of Arkansas Business. Three years ago, we decided to make a special effort to highlight the fact that there are indeed “Women of Influence” in our midst, and in this issue we again set out to recognize 10 different women. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Education

Rockefeller Study: Immigrants Provide Economic Boost, But 4 in 10 Here Illegally

A study commissioned by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation found that roughly four in 10 immigrants in Arkansas are in the country illegally, but that immigrants as a whole provide a net positive impact on the state's economy. read more >