St. Francis County Community Foundation
An Affiliate of the Arkansas Community Foundation

The St. Francis County Community Foundation makes grants to help improve the quality of life in our community.  Find out below information about our grantmaking process and grantmaking stories.

The St. Francis County Community Foundation has an unrestricted grantmaking fund that allows us to assess the community’s needs and make grants to non-profit organizations to support those needs. This fund has awarded nearly $50,000 in grants over the past six years.  The following non-profit organizations have received grants:

  • Forrest City Public Library
  • Players In Progress (PIPS)
  • SFC Single Parent Scholarship Fund new
  • Junior Auxiliary of Forrest City
  • SFC Fair & Livestock Asociation new
  • Forrest City Backpack for Kids Program
  • East Arkansas Community College Foundation
  • St Francis County Museum (6)
  • FCHS Baseball Team
  • FC Little Theatre "Spotlight On Kids"
  • St. Francis Area Developmental Center
  • St. Francis County Development Corp. - Cyber Cafe  
  • Forrest City Chamber of Commerce - ACE Beautification

 

  • Kiwanis Club of Forrest City - Scholarship  (2)
  • All Is Well Assisted Living Home (3)
  • Boy Scout Troups 122 & 202 - Toys for Tots 
  • Boys & Girls Club of SFC (4)
  • Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief Fund 
  • Forrest City Lions Club (2)
  • Delta Bridges, Inc
  • FCHS Beta Club "Every 15 Minutes" (2)
  • Literacy Council of St. Francis County (3)
  • St. Francis County Food Pantry (2)
  • American Lung Association
  • Forrest Hills Elementary Reading Corner
  • Rumble on the Ridge Basketball Tournament (2)
  • Eureka Civic & Social Club
  • Forrest City Kiwanis Club - Top 10% Senior Banquet (2)
  • Elegant Arts Home Extension
  • Special Olympics Arkansas - Area 8
  • Forrest City Area Humane Society (4)
  • Forrest City High School Mock Trial Team
  • St. Francis County Workforce Alliance
  • Community 4th of July Celebration
  • Forrest City Airport Commission
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (3)
  • Give A Paw Adoption Center
  • Forrest City School District -
    Beautification of Lincoln Campus

The St. Francis County Community Foundation is continuing to build our unrestricted fund through participating in the ARCF PARTNERS program, which is funded by a major grant to the Arkansas Community Foundation by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation.  If your organization would like to learn more about our grantmaking process and grantmaking guidelines, please contact Robin Jayroe at stfccf@cablelynx.com.  


 

What's News at St. Francis County CF

YAC Membership Application
04.03.2008 - The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is now accepting applications for membership. A student ...

Reading in St. Francis County--Lois Nimocks Beeson Library Endowment
01.22.2008 - Arkansas Community Foundation is spotlighting the problem of low literacy in Arkansas, and ...

Rudy Beede Scholarship Endowment
09.06.2007 - In order to raise money to help fund the Rudy Beede Scholarship Endowment, Jim McInturff rode a ...

Nicole Bennett Memorial Scholarship
07.18.2007 - Please click on the icon below to download the Nicole Bennett Memorial Scholarship ...

Community Foundation Recognizes Achievements
03.16.2007 - Golden Key:  Sharon Wilson was the recipient of the Golden Key Society Award, given by the ...

SFCC Foundation Recognizes Three New Endowments
03.15.2007 - Three new endowments have been established and another endowment, organized just last year, has ...

SFC YAC Makes Grant Presentations to Recipients
03.08.2007 - The St. Francis County Youth Advisory Council (YAC) recently made grant presentations to these ...

Fund Established to Keep Flags Flying
01.22.2007 - The absence of a flag on the city's largest flagpole during last year's Veterans Day salute has ...

SFCCF Announces Grants 2006-2007
01.10.2007 - Members of the St. Francis County Community Foundation are busy making presentations ...

Gift Will Help JA Renovate Campbell House
01.08.2007 - The Junior Auxiliary of Forrest City's Campbell House Renovation Project has been granted a ...

Golden Key Society Award Given
12.12.2006 - Sharon Wilson, C.P.A, recently received a plaque from the St. Francis County Community Foundation ...

SFC Community Foundation Works to Meet Local Needs
11.15.2006 - The governor of the state of Arkansas has proclaimed the week of November 13, 2006 as Community ...

Fletcher Receives Award
11.14.2006 - Mrs. Brice (Sonya) Fletcher, Executive Director of the St. Francis County Community Foundation, ...

Endowment Fund Helps Prepare Athletes for ACT
08.21.2006 - A grant from the Henderson/Devazier Endowment recently made possible a workshop for Forrest City ...

Rudy Beede Scholarship Endowment
08.11.2006 - The Rudy Beede Scholarship Endowment has been established by his wife, Pat Beede, with the St ...

Holiday Open House
12.10.2004 - The St. Francis County Community Foundation with the St. Francis County Museum hosted our 2nd ...

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