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2013 Arkansas Community Foundation Annual Report

Working Together to Give Smart We’ve sent a lot of messages and publications to you through the years, and this year we wanted to hear back from you. So we held focus groups, conducted one-on-one interviews, administered a telephone survey and asked for feedback online to find out what all Arkansans and groups of supporters know about the Community Foundation.

We found that many of you share our goal of improving our state’s communities. But the particulars about how Arkansas Community Foundation can help this process are not generally understood. What we learned from you is helping us do a better job communicating the Foundation’s purpose. Our updated way of talking about the Community Foundation, along with our new graphic design, is a direct result of your feedback.

Thanks to your input, we have begun to talk about “Smart Giving to Improve Communities.” The challenges facing Arkansas require us to give with our heads, not just our hearts. It’s not enough to give; we’ve got to give smart. Giving smart means keeping an eye on the numbers — using data from charities more effectively to measure the impact of our work.

Giving smart isn’t only about numbers, though. It’s also about partnerships. Part of our work is to investigate our community, its problems, its potential and its people to determine how best to tackle the issues that hold back our state’s progress.

The Foundation offers tools to help Arkansans protect, grow and direct their charitable dollars as they learn more about community needs. We help meet community needs by making grants, providing information, supporting programs that work and partnering to create new initiatives that address the gaps. We are here for the long-term to help you support Arkansas communities.

Let’s work together to give smart!

Best regards,

Heather Larkin President and CEO

On the Cover: Bottom left, Jennifer Caldwell in the lab at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, AR. Story on page 3; Top left, Members of the C4 Fitness Academy in Morrilton reach for their goals. Story on page 2; Right, Raven Cox and Harrison Rae at the Making Your Garden Grow conference in Little Rock.

Story on page 1.

A Growing Network of School and Community Gardens When Arkansas Community Foundation noticed an increasing number of grant applications from school and community gardeners, the Foundation decided to reach out to others interested in building sustainable gardening programs.

A coalition with the Childhood Obesity Prevention Research Program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the Clinton School of Public Service, City of North Little Rock Fit 2 Live Initiative, FoodCorps, Feed Communities and the National Center for Appropriate Technology resulted in “Making Your Garden Grow,” the first-ever statewide training and networking event for school and community gardeners.

“I learned we need to make a plan, get all the materials together, identify lots of helpers and start small,” said Ja Chambless, a teacher at Patillo Center School in DeWitt who planned to begin a school garden for her preschoolers.

She’s one of 100 school and community gardeners from 21 Arkansas cities who met last May at the Central Arkansas Library System Children’s Library and Learning Center in Little Rock. During a break in the conference’s full-day curriculum, the lower floor of the colorful, comfortable library was abuzz with community and school gardeners who were exchanging ideas, business cards and even seeds as they discussed mutual goals and challenges.

A drizzly day didn’t deter the participants’ enjoyment of fellowship and educational opportunities. Sessions like “Tracking Your Progress” helped participants understand how to develop success indicators and “Gardening 1.0” held in the library’s greenhouse gave hands-on tips to new and experienced gardeners.

Raven Cox and Harrison Rae, students from Arkansas Tech University, came to the conference to learn how to make their community plot more successful. “We heard things we can use, like I didn’t know you can take the leaves off tall tomato plants and stick half of them in the ground to make a shorter, more productive plant,” Rae explained.

Participants at the fundraising and friend-raising session got tips from pros who both award and secure

grants for school and community gardens. Michael Drake of the City of Little Rock discussed building partnerships with organizations and individuals who share values to create successful school gardens. He explained the importance of gathering data about results of the programs to help obtain additional funding and support.

“I agree data is important,” said Arkansas Community Foundation CEO Heather Larkin, “But don’t overwhelm local donors with lots of statistics. Know the goals of your project and keep the information you give them in perspective.”

Jennifer Johansen came to the conference to get assistance with a new garden she was starting at the City of North Little Rock Human Resources Department. “I learned a lot in just one session — how to make a pot, how to build soil to increase nutrients and other skills that will help me grow a successful garden at work,” she said.

Making pots was also a take away for Angela Bukenya, a Clinton School student from Washington and Uganda who was leaving soon for a three-month volunteer project in Nepal. “I found the class simple, clear and easy to understand,” she said. “I’m planning to take back the information I heard about growing potatoes vertically and how to make pots with recycled materials.”

Several organizations provided displays with information on their organizations and activities.

“Growing food is the most fundamental way we interact with our environment,” said Joshua Lockyer of Conserving Arkansas’s Agricultural Heritage. His group works to help preserve and spread heirloom varieties of vegetables and plants that are disappearing because many gardeners buy seeds rather than saving them.

“Vegetable gardening is skyrocketing in Arkansas and we want people to be successful in their efforts so they’ll continue to garden,” said radio personality, columnist and blogger Janet Carson in the conference’s opening session.

“Volunteers for school and community gardens don’t have to be experts — we can teach gardening skills. More important is that we have committed volunteers who share our goals.”

Harrison Rae learns the basics in the Children’s Library greenhouse to help his community garden plot in Russellville.

To continue the conversation on school and community gardening, visit the “Making Your Garden Grow” Facebook group where we’re sharing post-conference resources and news about school and community gardening in Arkansas.

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Conway County Residents Reach New Fitness Goals

C4 Fitness Academy member Allen Holloway.

For photos and more info about the Fitness Academy, visit arcf.org.

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On any given day at the Conway County Commu Community Center (C4) in Morrilton, you’ll find a small but dedicated cohort of friends biking, swimming, lifting weights and encouraging each other. Their goals are nothing short of life-changing — losing significant weight, getting off medication and improving mobility — and the Wellness Academy is bringing together a team of partners to support them.

The story of the C4 Wellness Academy is, first and foremost, a story about people fighting to change their lives, but it’s also a story about cold, hard numbers. The tale begins in 2011 when Arkansas Community Founda Foundation released the first edition of the Aspire Arkansas report, which provides county-by-county data on various measures of community well-being.

Gene Pierce, a board member for the Community Foundation’s Conway County affiliate, attended the release of the report and was struck by the health and wellness numbers for his county. In Conway County, 66.7 percent of adults are overweight or obese, and in a 2008 survey, almost a third of Conway County adults reported getting no exercise in a 30-day period. “Fitness was something that was really on his mind and heart,” said Shawnna Bowles, Conway County executive director. “He suggested that we should focus on wellness locally.”

The Community Foundation’s Conway County advisory board wanted to support a wellness program that they could track and measure and that would provide a structure that prepared participants to be successful. They settled on a pilot project that would give participants a free C4 membership with unlimited access to exercise equipment and classes, 10 personal training sessions, six sessions with a dietician and ongoing diagnostic tests to track their progress. The board enlisted the help of local doctors to refer patients to the program and recruited C4 as a partner. “It’s more than just going to the doctor and hearing, ‘You should get healthy,’” said Bowles. “It’s a whole system.”

“We’re looking for a slow progression and realistic expectations,” said Fina Bartlett, C4’s certified personal

trainer. “The Wellness Academy members are finding that they sleep better, their knees hurt less, their blood levels are better.” The Wellness Academy made its debut in the summer of 2012 with 10 members; at the end of the year, three remained in the program and continued to work out every day. “They’ve made a real lifestyle change,” said Bartlett.

Though they were proud of the progress made by the program’s graduates, “We were disappointed with the dropout rate,” Bowles said. “Our board went back to the drawing board to look at what worked and what didn’t.”

In retooling the program for the second year, the Community Foundation board was able draw on data from the first year to identify areas for improvement. The second time around, the program’s trainers were involved in selecting the Wellness Academy members to ensure that each member was committed to the program. They also instituted a policy that all members must attend a workout every day for the first two weeks of the program to establish a routine and lay a foundation for success; members must also check-in each time they workout to ensure accountability.

“It’s not something you ‘fit in’; you just have to do it,” explained LaRue Holloway, a member of the second Wellness Academy, who is participating in the program along with her husband, Allen. “I felt we both needed to do this together. We feed off each other. I knew if I did it, he would work better at it. If one of us doesn’t feel like it, the other encourages.”

Michelle Burgess, another member of the class, added that the program is all about “disciplining yourself.

That’s what’s so great about this — you have to sign on and be accountable. Making friendships with the people going through the same thing makes you push yourself.”

With the class members pushing themselves and the program partners encouraging them along the way, the Wellness Academy is making strides to move Conway County residents’ wellness statistics in the right direction.

Reaching Out to Recruit Future Scientists Ten years, $365,000 in grants, dozens of grassroots programs served. Since 2004, Arkansas Community Foundation has partnered with the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation (ABHFF) to award grants benefitting organizations that serve African Americans and other minority groups throughout the state. The program aims to foster an environment in which future generations of African Americans can thrive and succeed.

“The grant program allows us to make grants to grassroots organizations throughout Arkansas,” said ABHFF Chair Charles Stewart. “Our $1,000-$5,000 grants can make the difference to enable the town of Waldo to have a library or Winchester to initiate a food bank to provide for families who do not have adequate food. I believe that we are changing the landscape of the philanthropic community in Arkansas.”

The impact of these small but vital grants is nowhere more evident than in the work of Arkansas Mentoring and Networking Association (AMNA), a nonprofit organization that promotes opportunities for minority students to become involved in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. In 2013, AMNA received an Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation grant to expand its outreach to underrepresented students in rural communities through personal contacts, school outreach and web-based tools that will allow students to access AMNA resources online.

That kind of outreach to actively engage promising young scientists is essential, explained AMNA Vice President Vivian Flowers, because only 11 percent of people working in high-paying STEM fields are African American, Latino or Native American.

AMNA’s founder, Dr. Al Ashley, served on the faculty of Stanford University, where he was a champion for diversity in the sciences; after returning home to Arkansas upon retirement, he began volunteering to help local students find summer science internships at prestigious research institutions. “He found that there were so many who had the capability and interest to study and do research in the STEM fields, but they didn’t have the exposure,” explained Flowers. “They didn’t know they

could do it, didn’t know they had the opportunities or were afraid to go out of state. He knew how important networking was to their progress and interest in STEM.” AMNA began by helping to place local students in science internships, but the program soon expanded to include a visiting lecturer series to bring Nobel laureates to Arkansas and networking lunches to help students and their parents learn about the possibilities for careers in science.

Jennifer Caldwell, a master’s of public health candidate at the UAMS College of Public Health, was one such student. As a freshman at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Jennifer attended a freshman orientation lecture at which Al Ashley was the featured speaker. She heard about the work he was doing to connect students to science internships and was intrigued. “I went up to him afterward and asked if he could get me an internship out of the country,” she joked. Ashley worked with Caldwell to explore her options, and in her first summer internship, she made it as far as Harvard University. The next summer, she was accepted to a program at Yale University that included an overseas trip to England — her dream.

Subsequently, she completed internships at Johns Hopkins University and UAMS. Now, she’s also working at the National Center for Toxicological Research while completing her master’s degree. Beverly Lyn-Cook, senior scientist and women’s health research coordinator at NCTR, is Caldwell’s internship supervisor. “We have to increase STEM education in the U.S., particularly in Arkansas. That’s where the jobs will be,” she said. “If we don’t get the kids interested as undergrads, we’re not gonna get them.”

Indeed, the undergraduate internships Caldwell served placed her on track toward a future as a medical doctor. Though she’s traveled the world studying science, her goal is to put her skills to work right here in Arkansas as an obstetrician practicing in Southeast Arkansas’s underserved communities. “I’m a firm believer in mentorship. I’ve always received help myself, and I wouldn’t be as successful without Arkansas Mentoring and Networking Association,” she said.

Jennifer Caldwell

To learn more about the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation grant program visit www.arcf.org or www.arblackhalloffame.org/grants.

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Statement of Financial Position

Community Foundation Donors Improve Our Neighborhoods, Our Towns, Our State We’re honored to partner with individuals, families and financial professionals who take a long-range view of philanthropy. Donors throughout the state have established more than 1,700 charitable endowments and funds through the Community Foundation. Those who have made gifts of $10,000 or more to one of our local or statewide Giving Tree endowments become members of the Giving Tree Society. Donors who make us aware of their bequests or other planned gifts become members of our Diamond Society. Our Golden Key Society honors professional advisors who have partnered with us to help meet their clients’ charitable objectives.

Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Investments at Market Value Receivables and Other Assets Total Assets

$ 16,931,549 154,710,776 18,532,486 $ 190,174,811

Liabilities and Net Assets Scholarships Payable and Other Liabilities Agency Liabilities* Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$

1,458,093 22,384,379 166,332,339 $ 190,174,811

Statement of Activities

Revenue Contributions Other, net Less amount for agency liabilities Total Revenue

$ 33,341,011 13,486,977 (3,174,469) $ 43,653,519

Expenses Grants Other Expenses Less amount for agency liabilities Total Expenses

$ 11,136,960 2,066,380 (685,852) $ 12,517,488

Increase(Decrease) in Net Assets

$ 31,136,031

*In 2001, Arkansas Community Foundation adopted a national standard of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement 136, which resulted in all agency endowment funds being reclassified to liabilities from net assets.

The complete audited financial statements are available upon request.

OPERATING EXPENSE RATIOS Visit www.arcf.org for a complete list of our funds and endowments, along with lists of the members of the Giving Tree Society, Diamond Society and Golden Key Society.

Total Assets

2009

2010

2011

$ 109,592,919

$125,428,165

$153,242,587

1,895,087

1,760,388

1,912,393

1,976,087

2,066,380

11 25

11 27

12 27

12 27

13 27

1.73%

1.44%

1.27%

1.26%

1.09%

Total Operating Expense Number of Employees Full Time ARCF Central Office Part Time Local Directors

2012

2013

$156,628,146 $190,174,811

Operating Expense as % of Total Assets Central and Local Offices 4

Five-Year Gifts 2009-2013

Five-Year Grants 2009-2013 2013

2012

2012

2011

2011

2010

2010

2009 0

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2013

2009

15 20 25 millions of dollars

Grants by Program Area FY 2013

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Animal Welfare 1% Arts/Humanities 8%

Religion 7%

Community Development 9%

Human Services 8%

Health 16% Education 41%

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Many of our grants are donor-directed; that means our donors themselves determine which organizations will benefit from grants made from their own funds.

Some of our grants are foundation-directed; that means our staff and volunteer advisory committees choose the grant recipient, often through a competitive application process.

We make grants in the areas of: • Animal Welfare • Arts & Humanities • Community Development • Education • Environment • Health • Human Services • Religion

Environment 10%

ARCF ASSET HISTORY 1976 - 2013

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Arkansas Community Foundation provides grants to support programs that work and to help initiate new projects that fill gaps in our communities. Since 1976, we’ve made more than $109 million in grants to causes ranging from animal welfare and environmental stewardship to economic development and hunger relief.

501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, schools, hospitals, government agencies and other not-for-profit charitable organizations are eligible to receive grants.

We typically do not make grants to organizations that do not qualify for tax-exempt status, but we occasionally make exceptions if the proposed project has a clear charitable purpose for the public benefit.

We do not make grants to individuals.

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For grant guidelines and additional information on applying for grants, visit www.arcf.org.

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Investments Policy Allocation as of June 30, 2013

Our Aspire Arkansas Report is a Tool for Smart Giving

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At Arkansas Community Foundation, we’re in the business of providing resources to make charitable giving in our state more effective. That’s why we have commissioned research from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to produce Aspire Arkansas.

This report presents county-by-county data on measures of community well-being, from economics and education to health and community engagement.

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View an electronic copy of Aspire Arkansas at www.arcf.org/aspirearkansas or request a hard copy by contacting us at 888-220-2723 or arcf@arcf.org.

Historical data from previous years and comprehensive fact sheets for each of Arkansas’s 75 counties are also available at www.arcf.org/aspirearkansas. cy grade 3 litera

15%

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Aspire Arkansas is one of the most important tools in our toolkit: it’s both a yardstick to measure where we currently stand and a compass to help us determine where we should go. Inside the report, you’ll find data on student math and literacy scores, educational attainment, poverty rates, obesity rates, infant mortality rates and median household incomes across Arkansas. You’ll also see where Arkansas ranks nationally on these issues, and how the numbers have changed over the past few years.

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U.S. Equity

Real Assets

INVESTMENT MANAGERS FOR POOLED ASSETS Aberdeen Group CapRocq Clarion Partners Colchester Global Investors Colliers Dickson Flake Partners Comerica World Asset Management

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17 Yrs

Corbin Capital Partners - Pinehurst Dodge & Cox Doubleline E.I.I. Global Forester Diversified Goldman, Sachs & Company Luther King Capital Management Morgan Stanley Northgate Capital Neuberger Berman Park Street Capital PIMCO Silver Creek Capital Management Southern Bancorp Standard Life State Street Global Advisors Stralem and Company Vanguard Group World Asset Management

State Board Promotes Smart Giving to Improve Communities Arkansas Community Foundation was built by dedicated volunteers who believed in the power of philanthropy to transform Arkansas. Today our board of directors, a statewide group of leaders representing each of Arkansas’s four congressional districts, embodies that same spirit of optimism for our state’s future and challenges us to become ever more effective in our work. With our board’s leadership, we’re committed to promoting smart giving to improve Arkansas’s communities.

Our Board of Directors, FY2013 Jim Williamson of Van Buren, Chair Jerry Adams of Conway Ted Belden of Fayetteville Carolyn Blakely of Pine Bluff Charlotte Brown of Little Rock Mary Elizabeth Eldridge of Fayetteville Jackson Farrow of Little Rock Glenn T. Freeman of Lake Village Tina R. Green of Texarkana Dennis Hunt of Fayetteville Mahlon Maris of Harrison George E. McLeod of Little Rock Samuel Scruggs of Blytheville Philip Tappan of Little Rock Robert Thompson of Paragould Estella Tullgren of Mountain Home Robert Zunick of Hot Springs

Back row, left to right: Carolyn Blakely, George McLeod, Mahlon Maris, Philip Tappan, Robert Zunick. Middle row, left to right: Ted Belden, Robert Thompson, Dennis Hunt, Heather Larkin. Front row left to right: Jerry Adams, Charlotte Brown, Jim Williamson, Glenn Freeman. Not pictured: Mary Elizabeth Eldridge, Jackson Farrow, Tina Green, Sam Scruggs, Estella Tullgren.

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Affiliate Staff, FY2013

Standing, left to right: Tammy Dixon, Kelli Kennedy, Janice Fletcher, Angela Hobbie, Katie Tennant, Stephanie Wyatt, Ginger Overturf, Janet Rider-Babbitt, Crystal Eastman, Ken Cox, Madelyn Ginsberg, Marci Lincoln, Jennifer McCracken, Phyllis Stinson, Shawnna Bowles, Janell Robertson, Julie LaRue, Robin Jayroe, Christy Himschoot. Seated, left to right: Lucy Smith, Sherry Toliver, Barbara Weinstock, Brenda Hill, Ann Carrithers, Pat Post.

Affiliate Advisory Boards Tap the Expertise of Local Leaders In addition to our statewide board members, the Community Foundation is also led by local advisory board members in each of the areas served by one of our 27 affiliate offices. These local leaders work together to identify the most pressing needs in their communities and help direct grants and connect resources to solve local challenges. We’re indebted to these local board members for their knowledge, insight and tireless work to increase the Community Foundation’s impact at the local level.

Visit www.arcf.org for a complete list of our local board members for FY2013.

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Carroll County – Janell Robertson Clark County – Ginger Overturf Cleburne County – Brenda Hill Columbia County – Janet Rider-Babbitt Conway County – Shawnna Bowles Craighead County – Barbara Weinstock Cross County – Jennifer McCracken Delta Area – Pat Post Faulkner County – Julie LaRue Fayetteville Area – Katie Tennant Fort Smith Area – Sherry Toliver Greene County – Marci Lincoln Hot Springs Area – Ann Carrithers Johnson County – Valerie Hardesty Lee County – Lucy Smith Mississippi County – Stephanie Wyatt Monroe County – Phyllis Stinson Ouachita Valley – Angela Hobbie Phillips County – Crystal Eastman Pine Bluff Area – Kelli Kennedy Pope County – Madelyn Ginsberg Sharp County – Christy Himschoot Southeast Arkansas – Connie Cox St. Francis County – Robin Jayroe Texarkana Area – Ken Cox Twin Lakes – Janice Fletcher White County – Tammy Dixon

National Standards Certification Arkansas Community Foundation meets National Standards for operational quality, donor service and accountability in the community foundation sector.

Central Office Staff, FY2013 Sheryl Colclough Affiliate Director scolclough@arcf.org

Sarah Kinser MA, APR Communications Director skinser@arcf.org

Lisa Duckworth Finance Associate lduckworth@arcf.org

Heather Larkin JD, CPA President and CEO hlarkin@arcf.org

Kim Evans JD Vice President for Development and Client Services kevans@arcf.org

Chris Love Program Director clove@arcf.org

Trina Greuel Finance Director tgreuel@arcf.org David E. Johnson JD Vice President for Community Investment djohnson@arcf.org Lynntia Jones Staff Accountant ljones@arcf.org

Helen Stout CPA Chief Financial and Operating Officer hstout@arcf.org Wendy Todd Office Adminstrator wtodd@arcf.org Lea Whitlock Scholarships and Affiliate Associate lwhitlock@arcf.org

Back row, left to right: Chris Love, Lynntia Jones, Helen Stout, David Johnson, Lea Whitlock.

Front row, left to right: Sheryl Colclough, Trina Greuel, Sarah Kinser, Heather Larkin, Lisa Duckworth, Kim Evans, Wendy Todd.

Consultants Audit Firm Steven G. Booth CPA JPMS Cox PA

Marketing and Communications Consultant Jessica Szenher APR Szenher Consulting

Legal Counsel Thomas Overbey Overbey, Graham, and Strigel PLC

Annual Report Design Lesley Cooper Cooper Design LLC

Investment Consultant Bill Thatcher Mercer, St. Louis

Photographer Kelly Quinn Kelly Quinn Photography

Technology Consultant Darrell Sansom Sansom Networking Inc.

Photo of Heather Larkin (inside front cover)

by Katie Cowart

Arkansas Community Foundation and its Affiliates The Community Foundaiton serves all 75 Arkansas counties. Our network of affiliates throughout the state provides a staff and volunteer presence to work locally in 39 counties.

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1400 W. Markham, Suite 206 • Little Rock, AR 72201 • 501-372-1116 • arcf@arcf.org • www.arcf.org