Arkansas PBS Foundation Gets New CEO After Schism
After a leadership showdown and a nationwide search, the Arkansas PBS Foundation board has chosen a new CEO, experienced fundraiser Marge Betley. read more >
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Chelsea Peters Named Chief Strategy Officer at Walton Family Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation names Chelsea Peters as chief strategy officer, serving as a key advisor to Executive Director Caryl M. Stern. read more >
Rice Mills Donate 153K Pounds to Arkansas Foodbank
The Arkansas rice industry this week donated 153,500 pounds of rice to the Arkansas Foodbank in honor of National Rice Month. read more >
U.S. Bank Donates $250K to 2 LR Organizations
U.S. Bank has donated $250,000 in the Little Rock area as part of its $15 million U.S. Bank Foundation Rebuild and Transform Fund that aims to rebuild corridors impacted by social unrest and systemic racial inequities in small business, housing and workforce advancement. read more >
Nominate Now for the 33rd Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Arkansas Business is once again seeking nominations of the state's outstanding businesses, business executives and nonprofits for its Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
There Oughta Be a Word For This (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
I need a word for the sensation that 2020 has simultaneously been the longest year of my life and is also flying by. read more >
Xayasane Takes Over CFO Role at Medical Center of South Arkansas (Movers & Shakers)
Vince Xayasane has been hired as the new chief financial officer for the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. read more >
McLarty-Arquette Takes Seat on Cinema Board (Movers & Shakers)
Christina McLarty-Arquette has been named to the board of the Arkansas Cinema Society. read more >
Venture Center, Alumni Net International Awards
The Venture Center took home the top prize in the Best Fintech Accelerator/Incubator category at the second annual Finovate Awards, an international competition. read more >
Walton Foundation Honors Don Munro With $800K Donation
The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Board gives $800,000 to the Don Munro Building Community Endowment at the Arkansas Community Foundation. read more >
Quapaw House Officially Declared Insolvent
An attorney for Quapaw House Inc., the troubled Hot Springs drug and alcohol treatment provider, says its liabilities "exceed its assets and it is unable to pay its debts as they come due." read more >
Toombs Named Director of Johnny Cash, Tenant Farmers Properties (Movers & Shakers)
Penny Toombs has been appointed as the new director of two of Arkansas State University’s heritage sites: the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum. read more >
Most Feedback Is Just Noise (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
Is it any wonder that the phrase “May I provide you with some feedback?” sets up an emotional loop almost guaranteed to grate on nerves and create stress? read more >
Windgate Gives $3M to UA Little Rock for Art Center Care
The Windgate Foundation has gifted $3 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to fund a building maintenance endowment for its Windgate Center of Art + Design. read more >
Walton Foundation Announces $500K Grant Program for Students
The Walton Family Foundation announced Wednesday that it has or will distribute $500,000 to Little Rock nonprofits, to help meet the needs of local students through the Community Support Grant Program. read more >
Arkansas' Waltons Among Forbes' Top 12 Richest
Only one Walton family member was in the top 10 of Forbes magazine's list of the country's 400 richest people, and she doesn’t live in Arkansas. read more >
Charity Challenge: Nonprofits Forced to Adjust to COVID-19
Easterseals Arkansas had auction items and flowers arrayed at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock last March, all set for its annual Fashion Event. But an invisible threat was rising. read more >
Take Out Your Checkbook (Editorial)
As most of us do remember from the Great Recession, demands on government increase as the number of employed Americans decreases. The same is true for relief agencies like food banks. read more >
Central Arkansas Population Stands at 750,000
The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area now has a population of about 750,000, according to a report by Metroplan, the planning agency for Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski and Saline counties. read more >
Alley Honored by Burlsworth Foundation (Movers & Shakers)
Sam Alley, chief executive officer of VCC, the Little Rock general contracting company, is being recognized by the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation as the Legends honoree for 2020. read more >
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