Grant Cycles

Spring

Youth Advisory Council (YAC) Grant Cycle opens Feb. 16 and ends March 31. Grants during this cycle are specific to programs that support youth and children of Garland County. All 501c3 nonprofits, schools, churches, hospitals or government agencies that meet this specific requirement are encouraged to apply. Grant range from $100 to $2,000. Contact Joyce Whitfield for more information.

Applications should be submitted online by completing the application or they may be printed, scanned and emailed to hotspringsarea@arcf.org.

Spring

Our Early Literacy grant cycle, opens Feb. 16 and ends March 31.  Grant range is from $2,500 to 10,000.  Our 2026-27 focus will be applications which work to ensure that all children will read at grade-level by the end of third grade. In addition, proposals focusing on increasing the number of preschoolers exposed to phonics while working with childcare centers to implement pre-K phonemic awareness curriculum, and after-school programs including enrichment classes and activities related to age-appropriate literacy development resources for K-3^rd grade students, would also be considered.

These grants must be submitted on the  Early Literacy online application, not the regular Giving Tree grant application.  

For questions, call Joyce Whitfield, Executive Director, 501-372-1007 or email hotspringsarea@arcf.org

Fall

Giving Tree Grant Cycle opens July 10 and ends Aug. 15. Grants during this cycle are made to support a variety of causes based on changing community needs. All 501c3 nonprofits, schools, churches, hospitals or government agencies that meet this specific requirement are encouraged to apply. Grant range from $500 to $8,000. Contact Joyce Whitfield for more information on how to apply.  

Youth Advisory Council (YAC)

YAC students are local public, private and homeschool high school-age students who are interested in community service and philanthropy. Applications for membership are taken each year prior to the beginning of the new school year.

The group meets monthly from September to April to learn about the needs of our communities as well as the nonprofits working locally to serve those needs. YAC members participate in community service projects and host their own grant cycle by soliciting grant applications February 16 – March 31 every year, for grants to be made to support programs designed specifically to help local youth and children in Garland County. Contact hotspringsarea@arcf.org to learn more.