Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation: Policy, Advocacy, & Organizing

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) gives precedence to funding applications that meet the following criteria:

• Demonstrate a clear dedication to addressing disparities across educational, economic, social, ethnic, and racial dimensions.
• Articulate a concrete plan to challenge the status quo by tackling the foundational causes of inequality and removing systemic barriers and policies that maintain inequity.
• Favor initiatives that are led by communities, emphasize building movements, advocate for public policy, champion innovation, and aim to disrupt existing systems as mechanisms for transformation.
• Focus on empowering those most affected by inequality to spearhead the identification of its root causes and the generation of inventive solutions.
• Adopt a 2Gen (Two-Generation) approach that concurrently and deliberately supports both children and adults, offering whole-family strategies.
• Develop or enhance partnerships and coalitions, acknowledging that achieving equity is beyond the capacity of any single organization or sector.
• Are forward-thinking, strategic, and innovative to encourage and facilitate creative approaches to effectuate positive change throughout Arkansas.
• Possess the ability to track, evaluate, and report on the efficacy of the pursued change, the strategies employed, and the milestones achieved.