The Impact
"Thank you to United Way of NWA for helping provide Northwest Arkansas families with unique, fun, and engaging experiences!"
Partnership with The Jones Center for Families:
The Jones Center in Springdale offers members up to 80 educational, fitness and recreation programs for all ages. The support of United Way of Northwest Arkansas helps make possible the Membership & Youth Activity Scholarship Program, reducing the cost of annual memberships and youth camps/classes to a one-time $10 application fee.
The Jones Center for Families' Comprehensive Membership & Youth Activity Scholarship Program provides access to the facility and our programs at no cost to qualifying individuals and families. United Way funding toward this program supports Youth Activity Scholarships for hockey, figure skating, dance, gymnastics, basketball camp, tae kwon do, judo and many others.
Scholarship awardees are selected based on whether the family applying currently receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Disability, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA), Free/Reduced Lunch (FRL), AR Kids, Child Support or Unemployment Benefits.
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Whether you want to give or get help, Arkansas 211 is the free, confidential, 24-hour-a-day, multilingual way to connect individuals and families to critical local resources.
Donate Now!United Way of Northwest Arkansas Community Investment Grants
United Way collaborates with partners throughout the region to raise funds that support programs empowering children and families to achieve their fullest human potential. The United Way of Northwest Arkansas awarded $1.9 million in funding for the Community Investment Grants for 2022-23.
The recipients include Apple Seeds, Arkansas United, Art Feeds, Bentonville Schools –Grimsley Jr. High, Big Brothers Big Sisters of NWA, Boys and Girls Club of Western Benton Co., Boys and Girls Club of Benton Co., Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club, Child Care Aware of NWA, Economic Opportunity Agency, Family Network, First Tee, Girls on the Run of Northwest Arkansas, Havenwood, Hispanic Women's Organization of Arkansas, Legal Aid of Arkansas, Lincoln Consolidated School District, Literacy Council of Benton County, Magdalene Serenity House, Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter, Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter, OneCommunity, Inc., Open Avenues, Peace At Home Family Shelter, Restoration Village, Returning Home, Inc., RootED NWA, Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas, SOAR After School Program, Springdale School District, Sunshine School and Development Center, and The Jones Center.
Where does your donation go?
98% of all donations stay in our community and go toward areas of support including education, financial stability, and health for everyone. You will be helping invest in local solutions to make life better for our neighbors.
For a donation of $100 or more, you can support any 501(c)(3) of your choice in Northwest Arkansas.
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