Grants That Make a Difference
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has announced a $2 million gift from former Tyson Foods chairman Don Tyson to endow the
Arkansas Center for Oral and Visual History.
With the gift, the center, which was founded in 1999 and is a collaborative effort of
University Libraries and the
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, will be able to hire additional staff and support their travel across the state to acquire and record the many perspectives that are of historical significance to Arkansas. The gift will also help provide the equipment necessary to make high-quality video recordings and support efforts to locate historic photographs and images that can be copied and added to the collection. The center will be renamed the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History in honor of the former Arkansas senator and his wife, who provided significant initial support for the center from the senator's unspent campaign funds.
"This center provides a real opportunity for all citizens of Arkansas to preserve our history for future generations," said Don Bobbitt, the dean of Fulbright College. "The Tyson family's generosity will go a long way toward ensuring that the University of Arkansas will be a leader in the preservation of our collective heritage."
Recipient Contact Information:
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas
Address: Fayetteville, AR 30303
Phone: 479-575-2000
URL: http://www.uark.edu
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
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