Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation: General Operating Support

From Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

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.

Type of Support

Overview

The General Operating Support Grant by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation offers flexible funding for organizations, prioritizing those led by and serving people of color. This grant recognizes the challenges these organizations face, including receiving less funding and dealing with restrictive conditions. The grant aims to provide financial resources where they are most needed, thereby supporting the foundation's broader goals of achieving equity across various sectors within Arkansas. Applicants are encouraged to align their project ideas with the foundation's priorities, particularly focusing on programs that have a direct impact within the state and contribute to the AR Equity 2025 objectives.

Eligibility

Organization's Location

USA

Program Location

Organization Type

Nonprofits

Government agencies

Schools

Colleges

Universities

Organizations with a fiscal sponsor

Other

Must significantly impact the state of Arkansas
Primarily provided to organizations located in Arkansas
Must adhere to federal lobbying limits for 501(c)(3) organizations

Ineligibility

Individuals

Organizations planning capital expenditures

Entities seeking operating support to cover budget shortfalls

Groups organizing fundraising campaigns

Initiatives focused on basic scientific research

Projects aiming to support endowments

Efforts that do not directly or significantly impact within the state of Arkansas

not specified

Application deadline

Rolling

Submission

Review Criteria

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) emphasizes support for initiatives that demonstrate a clear dedication to enhancing equity across educational, economic, social, ethnic, and racial dimensions. These initiatives must:

Show a decisive commitment to dismantling systemic inequities and removing barriers perpetuated by current policies and practices.
Utilize approaches that challenge existing conditions, directly address the roots of inequity, and spearhead transformative change.
Focus on empowering communities to lead efforts in advocacy, policy reform, innovative disruption, and movement building as pivotal methods for achieving equitable outcomes.
Place a high importance on involving those most affected by inequities in identifying underlying issues and devising groundbreaking solutions.
Implement a dual-generational strategy that focuses on creating opportunities and addressing the needs of both children and adults within families simultaneously, aiming for comprehensive family welfare.
Recognize the value of collaboration and community by fostering or expanding partnerships and coalitions, acknowledging that achieving equity is a collective endeavor that extends beyond individual organizations or sectors.
Encourage proposals that are forward-thinking, strategic, and innovative, fostering a climate of creative problem-solving to enhance the well-being of all Arkansans.
Ensure mechanisms are in place for the regular evaluation, tracking, and reporting of the impacts, outcomes, and progress of the strategies and changes being pursued.

In summary, WRF seeks partners who are committed to a holistic and collaborative approach for addressing and overturning systemic inequities through innovative, community-led, and strategic efforts, with the goal of fostering a more equitable Arkansas.

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