The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation aims to achieve economic, educational, social, ethnic, and racial equity for all Arkansans. By changing systems and policies, the foundation focuses on long-term solutions and expanding access and power for marginalized communities. It supports this mission through grantmaking, capacity building, strategic communications, strategic partnerships, convenings, and program- and mission-related investments, working across public, private, and nonprofit sectors to foster leadership, policies, movements, and cultural shifts towards a thriving, prosperous Arkansas.
The Creative Solutions Grant by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation targets initiatives where collaborative efforts among the nonprofit, public, and private sectors can leverage resources for significant impact and foster innovative solutions. This grant program is focused on fostering goal-oriented and flexible relationships that can vary in formality, duration, and structure. Through these collaborations, the Foundation aims to ignite innovative solutions that align with its mission of achieving equity across multiple dimensions within the state of Arkansas. Applicants are encouraged to propose ideas that have a direct impact within Arkansas, particularly those that align with AR Equity 2025's priorities and approach.
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) will give preference to funding proposals that: