In our commitment to recovery, AIP members are supporting 1) individuals, 2) businesses, and 3) community infrastructure. AIP members’ commitment to recovery has and will continue to emphasize grantee flexibility, including general operating support as well as increased urgency to disperse grant funds.

Something needed to change. And all the polite smiling and nodding by people I had worked closely with for years told me Arkansas funders were ready to take philanthropic collaboration to the next level. It was time to craft a shared vision for what could happen in Arkansas and take a coordinated approach as funders to unlock Arkansas’s full potential. I didn’t have a name for it in that moment, but we were ready for what would become Arkansas Impact Philanthropy (AIP).