Texarkana Area Community Foundation
An Arkansas Community Foundation Local Office


Individuals, families, and corporations can establish charitable funds with us to support the causes they care about. In some cases, the donor chosses a particular charity to receive support from the fund. In other cases, the donor makes grants to a variety of charites from his or her fund. And, in some cases, the Texarkana Area Community Foundation board decides how grant dollars are spent.

Below is a list of our funds, separated by category:


Field of Interest Funds – The local board has grantmaking discretion
Unrestricted Funds – The local board has grantmaking discretion
Designated Funds – Each of these funds supports a specific non-profit organization
Scholarship Funds – Each scholarship has specific criteria
Donor Advised Funds – The donors of these funds recommend grants to be made from their fund


Field of Interest Funds
Robert Anthony Arnold Memorial Endowment for Community Emergencies
Grants support community emergencies

Paul and Barbara McCash Charitable Endowment
Grants support education and the arts

Unrestricted Funds
Agatha B. and J. Robert Prator Endowment
Texarkana Area Giving Tree Endowment
Texarkana New Car Dealers Association Endowment

Designated Funds
Randy and Ruth Ann Branin Endowment
Benefiting Opportunities, Inc. 

Citizens For A Better Community, Inc. Endowment
Benefiting Citizens for a Better Community, Inc.  The organization actively supports projects in Fouke, AR. 

Girl Scouts Lola Wilson Endowment
Benefiting girl scouts in 12 counties in Southwest Arkansas and 2 counties in Northeast Texas. 

Domestic Violence Prevention Endowment
Benefiting Domestic Violence Prevention Center serving Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas. 

Freeman Family Endowment
Fund is dedicated to the maintenance and upkeep of the Freeman Public Cemetery in Alleene, AR. 

Otis Henry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2549 Endowment
Benefiting the Friendship Center of Texarkana. 

Harvest Texarkana Endowment
Benefiting Harvest Texarkana, Inc., a food bank serving southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas and also a food rescue program for the Texarkana area. 

Shiloh Church and Associated Cemetery Association Endowment
Benefiting the Shiloh Cemetary Association in Mineral Springs, AR.

Texarkana Area Community Foundation Operating Endowment
Supports the local Texarkana Area office. 

Texarkana Area Community Foundation Youth Endowment
Provides dollars for local Youth Advisory Councils to learn about philanthropy through grantmaking.  

Temple Memorial Rehabilitation Center Endowment
Grants benefit the Temple Memorial Rehabilitation Center in Texarkana. 

Charles N. Temple, Jr. Memorial Endowment
Benefits the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council. 

Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Inc. Endowment
Benefits the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council. 

Texarkana Resource Endowment
Benefits Texarkana Resources for the Disabled, Inc. 

Tri-State SHRM Endowment
Benefits the local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management and supports scholarships for students working toward a Human Resource Degree. 

Texarkana Symphony Orchestra Conductor's Endowment
Supports the conductor’s salary. 

United Way of Greater Texarkana Endowment
Supports the operations of the United Way of Greater Texarkana.

Scholarship Funds
Perry F. Bradley Jr. Scholarship Endowment
Scholarships for graduates of Sulphur Springs High School in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Mary E. Culp Robert Louis Smith Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Scholarships for graduates of Lockesburg High School in Lockesburg, AR.

Ellene Johnson Rosebud Endowment
Scholarships for graduates of Texas High School in Texarkana, TX.

Robbey Nipper Scholarship Endowment
Scholarship for a band student graduating from Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana, TX.

Texarkana, Arkansas, High School Class of 1949 Endowment
Provides a scholarship for a Teacher in the Texarkana, AR High School.

Bertha Telford Scholarship Endowment
Scholarships for graduates of DeKalb High School in DeKalb, TX.

Wilbur Smith Rotary Club Partnership Scholarship Endowment
Provides a scholarship each year for a student at Texarkana College and a student at Texas A&M University-Texarkana.

Donor Advised Funds
Bobbie Nell Arnold Atkinson Endowment
William R. and Dorothy T. Beaty Endowment
Community Health EndowmentChildren's Charitable Endowment
Four States Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Endowment
Al and Tina Green Family Endowment
Andrew G. Goesl, M.D., and Sarah S. Goesl Endowment
George W. Peck Foundation Fund
William and Jerre Roberts Fund
Jerre and William B. Roberts Endowment
Charline and Emmett Williams Memorial Fund

1400 West Markham, Suite 206, Little Rock, AR 72201
ph: 501-372-1116 arcf@arcf.org