OVERVIEW: The Faulkner County Community Foundation supports local community efforts, neighborhoods, education, and literacy, and health in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
FUNDING AREAS: Community, neighborhoods, education, and literacy, health
IP TAKE: This is one of the larger Arkansas Community Foundation affiliates, so there are multiple ways to get involved with FCCF and secure its grantmaking support.
PROFILE: Established in 2001, the Faulkner County Community Foundation (FCCF) is an affiliate of the Arkansas Community Foundation (ACF), which is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. ACF affiliate foundations help connect nonprofits, corporations, families, and individuals with charitable needs and interests in local communities. Based in Conway, Arkansas, FCCF has awarded millions of dollars in grants and aims to “engage people, connect resources and inspire solutions that help build Faulkner County and enable it to remain the place that our kids will want to raise their kids.” FCCF has 24 members on its advisory board and funds local community, neighborhood, education, and literacy efforts.
The Faulkner County Community Foundation provides supports through its AspireArkansas.org Framework Grants that focus on grade-level reading. FCCF administers multiple scholarships as well, including the Toad Suck Daze Get Smart Challenge Scholarships, Anne Pressly Scholarship Endowment, Jon Robbins Memorial Scholarship for Conway High School students, and the Phillip Weaver Scholarship and the Charles and Linda Weaver Scholarship for Vilonia High School students. FCCF awards Giving Tree Grants local groups, and Venture Philanthropy Grants supports efforts in health and wellness, education, basic needs, and community responsibility.
Grants range between about $100 and $3,000. Aspire Arkansas grants typically total $5,000 per year, while giving tree grants are $500 to $3,000, and venture philanthropy grants $100 to $2,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving on the ACF recent grants page. Read about recent grants on the funder’s news page. Grantmaking focuses on Conway, Greenbrier, Mayflower, Vilonia, and the surrounding areas located within Faulkner County, Arkansas. Past local grantees include the Faulkner County Museum Commission, Conway Ministry Center, and Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The application window is typically from January 10 to February 15 each year. FCCF utilizes an online grants system to review funding requests. Direct general questions to the foundation’s executive director at faulknercounty@arcf.org.
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