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The Carroll County Community Foundation Board of Directors presented Giving Tree Grants to 10 local nonprofits on Thursday, Oct. 13. Giving Tree is Arkansas Community Foundation’s signature program that supports a broad range of causes across our county and state – everything from critical issues to art and education.
“It is all about local people making local decisions to support local issues,” said Janell Robertson, executive director of the Carroll County Community Foundation. “We usually have two distinct grant cycles. This is the first year that we have combined our Spring Youth Giving Tree Grant cycle and our Fall Giving Tree Grant cycle into one, larger grant cycle. We had a record number of applicants this year.”
Funds coming from the Carroll County Youth Endowment were used for programs focused on youth and children. Funds from the Carroll County Giving Tree Endowment were used to support a broad variety of issues within die county. Since 2001, these two endowments alone have granted out more than $500,000 locally.
This year’s recipients were:
■ Berryville Community Center (youth grant) — Set of plasma cars and a Neon 9 Square in the Air game;
■ Bethel Agape Food Hank — Walk-in freezer;
■ Carroll County Youth Literacy Rotary Foundation — Dolly Parton Imagination Library books for local children in five languages;
■ Eureka Springs High School Drama Department (youth) — Projection screen/ scrim on high school auditorium stage;
■ Eureka Springs Middle School Music Department (youth) — Lyons 6-piece Orff Instruments;
■ Flint Street Food Bank — Fruits and vegetables for food bank patrons;
■ Green Forest Schools (youth) — Shade Sail/poles to create a shade area on the playground;
■ Green Forest Community Food Bank (United Methodist Church) — Non-perishable food items;
■ Ozarks Chorale — Music Library purchases;
■ The Purple Flower — I emergency shelter, food, transportation costs related to domestic violence.
Funding for the Giving Tree program comes from hundreds of Arkansas donors who trust the Community Foundation to understand die needs of the county. All tax-deductible donations to either of die Giving Tree Endowments grow and give back to local causes year after year.
The next Carroll County grant cycle will begin on July 10, 2023. More information about Community Foundation grants is available at www. arcf.org. Please contact your local office for more information at carrollcounty@arcf.org or by calling the new phone number — 479-315-6425.
mailto:carrollcounty@arcf.org
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