Winrock Chosen for Racial Equity Initiative
It will spend the next six months working with global nonprofit The Bridgespan Group to "strengthen our approach to advancing racial equity both internally and in our external work." read more >
It will spend the next six months working with global nonprofit The Bridgespan Group to "strengthen our approach to advancing racial equity both internally and in our external work." read more >
Funds for the Northwest Arkansas Farmers' Market Alliance's Double Your Dollars program will help provide low-income residents with vouchers for locally-grown food at participating farmers markets. read more >
The money will help parks and recreation agencies in 15 states. read more >
The grant will be used to help five groups of nonprofits over the next two years. read more >
The Walmart Foundation and Walton Family Foundation are providing nearly $1.3 million, combined, to help 14 grantees implement individualized diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plans as part of an initiative called TRUE Northwest Arkansas. read more >
The Walmart Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to the National 4-H Council for its 4-H Healthy Habitions nutritional education program. read more >
Walmart Inc. and the Walmart Foundation of Bentonville says it will give $25 million to support organizations responding to the global COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
The Walmart Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to the University of Arkansas for its new Student Success Center. read more >
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 >
The Early Childhood Initiatives Center announced Tuesday that a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 45,000-SF, $16.5 million facility in Bentonville is planned for 11 a.m. on Oct. 19 at Hayfield on J Street, directly south of the Amazeum. read more >
Wal-Mart plans to add about 10,000 retail jobs in the U.S. as it opens new stores and expands existing locations. The world's biggest retailer says its plans will also generate about 24,000 construction jobs, even as it opens fewer stores in the coming fiscal year. read more >
The Jones Center in Springdale gets a $290,000 Walmart Foundation grant to continue its programs and services. read more >
The Walmart Foundation has given $750,000 to support the Northwest Arkansas Community Internal Medicine Residency Program. read more >
The Walmart Foundation has given $1 million to a partnership led by Ducks Unlimited and USA Rice to help rice producers "increase sustainability and profitability," the waterfowl conservation nonprofit announced Friday. read more >
Kirk and Cynthia Dupps have donated $1 million to the construction of Arkansas Children’s Northwest, which opens in 2018, the Arkansas Children's Hospital announced Monday. read more >
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the Walmart Foundation are donating $8 million to Arkansas Children's Hospital's northwest Arkansas hospital, now under construction in Springdale. read more >
The Beck PRIDE Center for America’s Wounded Veterans at Arkansas State University received a grant for $25,000 from the Walmart Foundation. read more >
Nine Arkansas nonprofits received funding on Wednesday at the Walmart Supercenter on Bowman Road in Little Rock. read more >
The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville said Tuesday that it has received a $1.5 million donation from the Walmart Foundation. read more >
The Walmart Foundation donates $250,000 to the Jones Center in Springdale. read more >
