Carroll County Community Foundation, local affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation, recently awarded 24 Giving Tree Grants to nonprofits working in and for Carroll County. These grant awards were hand-delivered by the volunteer members of the Carroll County Community Board of Directors during October.
“This year we had another record number of Giving Tree grant applications,” said Janell Robertson, executive director of the Carroll County Community Foundation. “We understood the urgent need and combined our Giving Tree Endowment grantable funds, with matching Food Security and Grade-level Reading funds, two other charitable endowment funds and a generous gift from an NWA fundholder to total over $60,000 in grants distributed this year — the largest total amount ever distributed.”
Nonprofits receiving grants through this funding combination include:
• A Cup of Love Food Ministry
• Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry (snack sticks for local school children)
• Berryville First United Methodist Church Winter Warming Center
• Berryville High School Bobcat Drama
• Automated External Defibrillators for all three public schools
• Bethel Agape Food Pantry
• Carroll County Answering the Call
• Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center
• People Helping People
• Carroll County Youth Literacy Rotary for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Carroll County
• CASA for Carroll County
• ECHO Village
• Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library
• Flint Street Food Pantry
• Full Faith Food Pantry
• Grandma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center • Green Forest United Methodist Church Food Pantry
• Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry
• The Little Red Bookshelf at Loaves & Fishes
• Opera In the Ozarks
• Ozarks Chorale
• The Purple Flower “Our Giving Tree program is our flagship grantmaking program. It represents our commitment to and the importance of local decision making to meet local needs,” said Heather Larkin, president and CEO of the Community Foundation. “Funding for our Giving Tree grants comes from individuals and families within our affiliate areas who want to improve their community. These endowments provide a permanent source of funding for local charitable causes.”
Carroll County Community Foundation makes grants through the Giving Tree program once a year. The next grant cycle will begin July 10, 2026. All 501(c)(3) nonprofits, schools, hospitals, and government organizations working in and for the people of Carroll County are eligible to apply online. For more information about Community Foundation grants visit our website at www.arcf.org . To learn more about the Carroll County Community Foundation visit www.arcf.org/carrollcounty .
