Forward Arkansas - Little Rock AR
LITTLE ROCK, AR
$600KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General operating support
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The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 71-0285871 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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- Contact
- Online at Wwwwrfoundationorg
- Phone
- (501) 376-6854
- Deadlines
- Submissions are rolling and can be received online at www.wrfoundation.org/how-to-apply/ at any time
- Application materials
- Wrf provides general operating support, project support, technical assistance, and program related investments to organizations working to advance economic equity, educational equity and/or social, ethnic, and racial equity within arkansas. Detailed guidelines are available on our website at https://www.wrfoundation.org/what-we-fund/#how. Our approach begins with an idea submitted to our online portal, www.wrfoundation.org/how-to-apply/
- Restrictions
- Wrf grants and program-related investments are limited to initiatives that directly or significantly impact the state of arkansas, and are primarily provided to organizations located in arkansas. If your initiative is not led by a nonprofit, government agency, school, college, or university, wrf will require a fiscal sponsor. A fiscal sponsor acts as a guardian of grant funds, retains discretion and control over the use of grant funds, and ensures that the funds are used for 501(c)(3) purposes. The fiscal sponsor and organization's missions should be in alignment. Wrf will generally not: fund individuals support capital expenditures (construction, major renovations, equipment, or supplies) provide operating support to cover budget shortfalls support fundraising campaigns support basic scientific research support endowments support initiatives that do not directly or significantly have an impact within the state of arkansas
Original filing text
- Contact
- ONLINE AT WWWWRFOUNDATIONORG
- Address
- 225 EAST MARKHAM STREET SUITE 200 LITTLE ROCK, AR, 72201
- Phone
- 5013766854
- Deadlines
- SUBMISSIONS ARE ROLLING AND CAN BE RECEIVED ONLINE AT WWW.WRFOUNDATION.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY/ AT ANY TIME
- Application materials
- WRF PROVIDES GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, PROJECT SUPPORT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC EQUITY, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND/OR SOCIAL, ETHNIC, AND RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN ARKANSAS. DETAILED GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.WRFOUNDATION.ORG/WHAT-WE-FUND/#HOW. OUR APPROACH BEGINS WITH AN IDEA SUBMITTED TO OUR ONLINE PORTAL, WWW.WRFOUNDATION.ORG/HOW-TO-APPLY/
- Restrictions
- WRF GRANTS AND PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS ARE LIMITED TO INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY OR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND ARE PRIMARILY PROVIDED TO ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN ARKANSAS. IF YOUR INITIATIVE IS NOT LED BY A NONPROFIT, GOVERNMENT AGENCY, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, OR UNIVERSITY, WRF WILL REQUIRE A FISCAL SPONSOR. A FISCAL SPONSOR ACTS AS A GUARDIAN OF GRANT FUNDS, RETAINS DISCRETION AND CONTROL OVER THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS, AND ENSURES THAT THE FUNDS ARE USED FOR 501(C)(3) PURPOSES. THE FISCAL SPONSOR AND ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONS SHOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT. WRF WILL GENERALLY NOT: FUND INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR RENOVATIONS, EQUIPMENT, OR SUPPLIES) PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER BUDGET SHORTFALLS SUPPORT FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS SUPPORT BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SUPPORT ENDOWMENTS SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT DO NOT DIRECTLY OR SIGNIFICANTLY HAVE AN IMPACT WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Reported organization name: THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
Application information: https://www.wrfoundation.org/WHAT-WE-FUND/#HOW
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Figures are aggregated from The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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